📏Calibration Check

for the ones who feel ready but need proof

Goal

Replace "it feels familiar" with an objective test score before you trust your readiness.

Source principle

Calibration: checking yourself against an objective measure breaks the illusion that familiarity equals knowing. : from Make It Stick by Brown, Roediger & McDaniel.

The plan

1. 🎯
   0:00-0:05

   Pick the topic you feel MOST confident about. Yes, the strongest one.
2. 📝
   0:05-0:10

   Pull a past-paper or self-test on it. No notes, no hints.
3. ⏳
   0:10-0:45

   Take the test cold, timed. No breaks, no lookup.
4. ✏️
   0:45-0:55

   Score it strictly. No partial credit for 'I knew what I meant'.
5. 🚩
   0:55-1:00

   List every item that 'felt easy but was wrong'. This is the illusion.
6. 📖
   1:00-1:15

   Re-study ONLY those items. Targeted, not broad.
7. 🧩
   1:15-1:25

   Note why each wrong item felt familiar. Find the trap pattern.
8. 📅
   1:25-1:30

   Retake a parallel set tomorrow. Compare scores. The gap is readiness.

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