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Here was my strategy: Give up my lunch break every day entirely, and instead hide somewhere (NOT at my desk) to just read and study. I understand that not everyone can take an hour lunch, but I can, so there. Then every evening I spent one hour studying, usually between 7:00-8:00 or so. I made sure my wife was COMPLETELY on board with this before even considering signing up - this was a team process, and I could not have done it without her support. In the last month or so I bumped up the total time per day to 3 hours, so I fit in an extra hour somewhere, either at work or at home in the evening. The last week was sheer hell - I was up until 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning every night. As far as readings, I went through one CFAI reading at a time, going first through the Schweser book, slowly, and taking full notes, then reading - more causually - the CFA text to help the material sink in and cover any details I may have missed with Schweser. I got an early start (first readings in November or so, but got serious around January 1) and finished this about 6 weeks before exam time, and spent the last 6 weeks reading, re-reading, and re-re-reading my notes, going back through sections I didn’t understand well, doing end of chapter questions, and starting some practice tests. The last week was for memorization of a few formulas/lists, and more practice tests. Emphasize AM section, as this is completely different from what we got used to with levels 1 and 2. Going from single question to vignette is a small step, going from vignette to structured response is a HUGE leap. Get ready for it. I hope this helps. Check back here on 8/16 or so to find out whether or not you should completely disregard all of it.