Exam study schedules built from the official blueprints
By Sameed Ahmad, who builds Focus AI (so read the Focus AI parts with that in mind).
Updated November 2026
Updated November 2026
Each exam below publishes how its questions are split across topics. These builders take your exam date, hours a day and days a week, and split your study days by those official weights, with the last quarter kept for mixed practice and review. They are free and need no account.
| Exam | Written by | Questions | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCLEX study schedule | NCSBN | 85 to 150 (adaptive) | Up to 5 hours |
| NCLEX-PN study schedule | NCSBN | 85 to 150 (adaptive) | Up to 5 hours |
| MCAT study schedule | AAMC | 230 | About 7 h 30 min seated |
| Step 1 study schedule | FSMB and NBME | About 280 (14 blocks) | About 8 hours |
| Step 2 CK study schedule | FSMB and NBME | About 316 (16 blocks) | About 9 hours |
| LSAT study schedule | LSAC | 77 scored (+1 unscored section) | About 3 hours + 50-min essay |
| Bar exam (UBE) study schedule | NCBE | 200 MBE + 6 essays + 2 MPTs (legacy UBE) | 2 days (NextGen UBE: 1.5 days) |
| CPA study schedule | AICPA | 50–82 MCQs + 6–8 TBSs per section | 4 hours per section |
| FE study schedule | NCEES | 110 | 6-hour appointment (5 h 20 min of exam time) |
| GRE study schedule | ETS | 54 + 1 essay task | About 1 h 58 min |
| GMAT study schedule | GMAC | 64 | 2 h 15 min + optional 10-min break |
| SAT study schedule | College Board | 98 | 2 h 14 min + 10-min break |