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18-Week SOA Exam P Study Plan

A 18-week SOA Exam P study plan covers roughly 100 hours at ~6 hours per week. The sweet spot for most working candidates on Exam P. 6 hours per week is enough for full coverage plus meaningful review and multiple mock exams.

Timeline
18 weeks
Hours per week
~6
Total hours
~100
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18-week Exam P activity tracker

A visual preview of how exclam.ai turns this 18-week plan into daily reading, flashcard, quiz, review, and mock streaks.

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Week-by-week phase breakdown

A 18-week Exam P plan splits into three phases: coverage, review, and mocks. Upload your ACTEX digital edition, scanned ASM pages, TIA handouts, or your own notes and exclam.ai schedules each phase automatically as a fully guided study plan.

Phase 1
Weeks 1–10

Coverage

First pass through the Exam P syllabus. Build flashcards as you go. Quiz yourself at the end of each topic area before moving forward. Do not skip topics even if you feel weak — mark them for heavy review later.

Phase 2
Weeks 11–15

Review

Weak-topic drilling. exclam.ai surfaces topics where you underperformed during coverage and re-quizzes them. Daily FSRS flashcard reps across all topics to prevent decay. Start doing timed question batches.

Phase 3
Weeks 16–18

Mocks

Full-length practice exams under timed conditions. Target one mock every 3–5 days. Same-day error review: for every question you miss, re-derive the solution from scratch. Taper in the final 3 days — light flashcards only.

What this plan covers

Exam P has 3 topic areas. This plan allocates time across all of them, weighted by the approximate exam weights.

Is a 18-week plan right for you?

This plan works if…

  • You can commit 6 hours per week
  • You want full coverage plus meaningful review and mock time
  • You are working or studying full-time alongside prep
  • You want a sustainable pace without burnout

Consider a different plan if…

  • ×You have less than 5 hours per week available
  • ×Your exam is fewer than the full plan length away

Other Exam P durations

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