The first-week plan: map every syllabus once

One hour in week one saves the two panicked weeks most students have around midterms.

Every syllabus contains the whole semester: exam dates, weights, drop deadlines, late policies. Almost nobody reads them after week one, which is why the week with three exams comes as a surprise. Map it once.

1. Add every exam and major due date to a calendar you actually look at. Mathub classes already carry the syllabus calendars; choose your classes in Settings so Today and the landing page show them together.
2. Find the collision weeks: two exams or an exam plus a paper within four days. Put a "start early" reminder two weeks before each.
3. Read the grading table. Know what a homework set is worth versus an exam; it tells you where an extra hour matters most. The grade calculator in each class turns the table into "what do I need on the final".
4. Write down the drop deadline and the withdrawal deadline. Decisions about a class are much easier when you know the date.
5. Note office-hour times for each instructor and TA in one place.

Then, weekly

Sunday evening, ten minutes: look at the next seven days on the landing page, pick the two or three things that matter most, and put study blocks for them on the calendar. That short ritual is most of the difference between a calm semester and a frantic one.