lcai

don't get me wrong, i've been doing studying for a while - but not retaining much in my thick skill - previous 2 levels, you memorize a ton of formulas and you've got a fighting chance.

The 2 week stretch is the make or break time.

mcmc

I agree with Wendy and few others regarding that most people won't remember stuff from 6 mo ago and that's why I never did that myself. I don't know how people started last Oct/Nov deal with that issue. However, the flip side of the coin is that in secod go around, you need much shorter time to pick things up and it comes back much quickly and easier.
The trick is to really know yourself and go with that; my affirmation or anything other members's opinons are really useless other than giving you the endorsement you hoped for. A good analogy is taking a car thru a curve; if you know you have a toyota, then you slow down and take it easy; if you know you have a 911 and can just fly thru the curve but if you are too confident, then the tree will jump into your path. The trick is to know the limit.