Plan Prerequisite Catch-Up Weeks Before Term Starts — Free
A prerequisite gap is a countdown wearing a syllabus costume. Divide the hours each gap needs by the hours you can genuinely practise each week and see which gap runs out of calendar first.
The proof surface
Skill-gap boards map which skills a role needs. This converts prerequisite gap hours into catch-up weeks at a fixed weekly practice budget and flags any gap that cannot close before the course starts.
Why the flat version breaks
Estimating gap hours from confidence, not tasks
Convert the gap into concrete tasks first: twelve worked problems, one safety module, three formula sheets.
Running gaps in parallel on the same hours
Practice budget is shared; two gaps at five hours a week each need ten.
Practising recognition instead of recall
Reading the notes again does not close a gap that the course assumes you can perform.
How to work the catch-up weeks gauge
List the assumed prior material — algebra, lab safety, spreadsheet formulae — with the hours an honest self-assessment says it takes to close.
Use the registration or start date, minus the week you need for settling in. Six weeks of calendar is not six weeks of practice.
Five hours a week that actually happen beats fifteen that do not. The budget applies to each gap row in this run.
The gauge reports catch-up weeks per gap and holds the longest. A twenty-five-hour essay gap at five hours a week needs five weeks — if that exceeds the calendar, borrow hours from a smaller gap or move the course.
What the catch-up weeks gauge replaces
| Question | Before | Visible working |
|---|---|---|
| Estimating gap hours from confidence, not tasks | Convert the gap into concrete tasks first: twelve worked problems, one safety module, three formula sheets. | Measure weeks until the course starts |
| Running gaps in parallel on the same hours | Practice budget is shared; two gaps at five hours a week each need ten. | Set a practice budget you have kept before |
| Practising recognition instead of recall | Reading the notes again does not close a gap that the course assumes you can perform. | Start with the gap that runs longest |
A local arithmetic aid replaces hand calculation, not expert review. No paid AI service is needed.
Run it on the samples, right here
FIRST-LOAD
Input is processed locally and a draft is saved automatically in this browser profile when storage is available. Reset to sample clears that draft; Pro history has its own clear button. A state link encodes your inputs in its URL: share only non-sensitive rows. Browser history, clipboard and anyone receiving the link may retain it. Optional AI use below leaves this device; it is not required.
Catch-up arithmetic on gap hours and dates you supply. Not placement testing, academic advising or a readiness guarantee; confirm prerequisite expectations and start dates with the course organiser before relying on the plan.
Data note: Everything runs in this browser tab on the catch-up weeks gauge: your prerequisite | hours to close the gap | weeks until the course starts stays on this device, nothing is uploaded, and the reading is rebuilt only when you press run.
Go deeper: the companion app files the same reading as a meter band gauge
The article demo above runs without limits. The companion app keeps a local history, exports the rows as CSV, prints the catch-up weeks gauge reading, and holds your drafts on this device — one free run, then $ 4 one-time for the layer that keeps filing.
The catch-up weeks gauge reading is complete for free. The optional $4 layer adds print, row CSV and the last five local reading summaries; it does not add hidden answers. Checkout is not configured yet; the article demo remains unlimited.
Open the plan prerequisite catch-up weeks before term starts companionBoundary
Catch-up arithmetic on gap hours and dates you supply. Not placement testing, academic advising or a readiness guarantee; confirm prerequisite expectations and start dates with the course organiser before relying on the plan.
What this is built on
- Method: Five hours a week that actually happen beats fifteen that do not. The budget applies to each gap row in this run.
- All sample records are invented examples. The app does not fetch measurements, policies, files or personal records.
- Google’s official pricing page, fetched 2026-09-29, lists free-tier access including AI Studio. Optional formatting only; limits and availability can change. Free-tier content may be used to improve products. Never paste private records there.
Before: Convert the gap into concrete tasks first: twelve worked problems, one safety module, three formula sheets. After: the catch-up weeks gauge shows the working beside each named row so the reader can change the assumption and inspect the consequence.
Optional AI formatting, not calculation
For this catch-up weeks gauge, use the free AI Studio interface only if available to you, with no paid API key. Manual entry completes the same workflow for free. Supply only fictional or non-sensitive notes. Review its output against the source; never paste unresolved questions into the numeric rows.
Format my non-sensitive notes for a catch-up weeks gauge. Return plain rows only: prerequisite | hours to close the gap | weeks until the course starts. Preserve supplied quantities exactly. Do not guess missing values; list questions separately. Do not calculate or add advice. I will check every row before pasting into the local tool.
Accepted schema: prerequisite | hours to close the gap | weeks until the course starts. No AI response is executed as code.