Reviewing for the Baccalaureate during the Easter holidays: the 14-day plan
Jul 3, 2026
The Easter holidays are your last real window of opportunity before the baccalaureate.
After that, you go back to school, you have tests, you're tired, and you find yourself cramming 4 days before the exams.
If you play your 14 Easter days right, you can gain 2 to 4 GPA points on the baccalaureate. Here is the plan.
Why Easter is so strategic
1. You have two full weeks without classes. No teacher giving you extra work. You choose what you study.
2. You're not burnt out yet. Spring break is before the intense stress phase. You still have energy. You still have some breathing room.
3. You can review forgotten chapters. The chapters from the beginning of the year that you forgot. Now or never.
4. The baccalaureate is in 2 months. Far enough not to panic, but close enough to be serious.
The golden rule: do not set overly ambitious goals
The biggest trap of the Easter holidays: planning 8 hours of studying per day.
You will last 2 days. You will break on the 3rd. You will lose the next 12 in guilt.
Realistic target: 3 to 4 hours of truly effective work per day. The rest: you unwind.
Over 14 days, that gives you 45 to 55 hours of high-quality work. Huge. More than enough to catch up on 3-4 subjects.
Step 1: take inventory (day 1)
On the first day of the vacation, you don't study. You diagnose.
List subjects with their coefficient
All of them. With the baccalaureate coefficient.
Rate your current level in each (from 0 to 5)
0: I know nothing
5: mastered
Calculate the priority = coefficient × (5 - level)
The subject with the highest score → that's your number 1 priority.
Example: Math coefficient 8, level 2 → priority 24. English coefficient 4, level 4 → priority 4.
You will spend 5-6 times more hours on math.
List weak chapters
For each priority subject, identify the 2-3 chapters where you're really struggling.
These chapters will structure your 14 days.
Step 2: the ideal daily format
Morning block (3 hours, sacred)
9am-10am: priority subject 1 (active recall + practice problems)
10am-10:15am: break
10:15am-11:15am: subject 2 (different from subject 1)
11:15am-11:30am: break
11:30am-12pm: flashcards + quiz on everything you've done before
Lunch break + rest (12pm-3pm)
You disconnect. Really. You eat, you go out, you see friends.
Afternoon block (1 light hour, optional)
3pm-4pm: past exams for a subject, mock exam, or light review
Evening: OFF
No studying in the evening. You rest. You sleep early. Otherwise, you'll burn out halfway through the holidays.
Step 3: focus on past exams
The Easter holidays are the time to do complete mock exams.
Why
You see the actual format
You see your true weaknesses (not the ones you imagine)
You learn to manage time
You familiarize yourself with what the graders expect
How many
At least 3 complete mock exams during the holidays (timed, under real exam conditions).
A math exam? Block off 4 hours, without distractions, and tackle the paper. Only then do you compare to the answer key.
This is the number 1 success factor in the home stretch.
Step 4: the daily self-test routine
Each day, at least 30 minutes of active recall: - Flashcards on key concepts - Quizzes on weak chapters - Blank sheet of paper: "what do I know about chapter X?"
Without this, your 14 days are just passive reading. You retain 10%.
With this, you retain 60-70% in the long term.
Step 5: planning the end of the holidays
Classic mistake: you rush through the work and go back to school exhausted.
The last 2 days of vacation: - Take your foot off the gas regarding new topics - Focus only on active review (flashcards, quizzes) - Sleep more - Prepare yourself mentally for going back to school
You go back to school in shape, not exhausted.
Day-by-day plan (dominant subject: math, example)
Day 1: diagnosis + planning Day 2: math chapter 1 + French chapter 1 Day 3: math chapter 2 + active review of day 2 Day 4: mock math exam (past paper) + correction Day 5: history chapter 1 + flashcards Day 6: TOTAL REST Day 7: math chapter 3 + French chapter 2 Day 8: mock French exam + math review day 2 Day 9: history chapter 2 + flashcards Day 10: REST / going out / personal time Day 11: mock math exam 2 + correction Day 12: active review of all subjects (short past papers) Day 13: flashcards + review sheets Day 14: completely OFF, seriously
Pitfalls to avoid during the Easter holidays
1. Trying to cover everything → you end up remembering nothing 2. Cramming without doing past papers → you know the lesson but don't know how to apply it 3. No days OFF → you break down before the end 4. Reviewing late at night → your brain is fried 5. Skipping exercise / going out → your mental state plummets 6. Comparing yourself to others on Insta → they're lying
How Koro AI saves you 50% of prep time
When you have 14 days to catch up on struggle chapters, the limiting factor is preparation: - Making review sheets: 2h per chapter - Making flashcards: 1-2h per chapter - Sorting test questions: 1h
Koro AI does all of this in 30 seconds: - You upload your lesson (PDF, photo, copy-paste) - The AI generates sheets + flashcards + quizzes - Spaced repetition automatically managed - You can chat with your lesson to dig into a specific point
You save 20-30h of prep time over your 2 weeks, which you reinvest in real active recall: past exams, mock tests, self-testing.
TL;DR
Easter holidays = last real window of opportunity before the baccalaureate. Play them well: 3-4h/day of highly effective work, focus on your 2-3 priority subjects (calculate coefficient × level), at least 3 timed past exams, daily self-testing (flashcards, blank sheet), 1 OFF day per week. You can gain 2-4 points on your GPA with 14 well-managed days. But stop trying to cover everything: focus on the essentials.