mnieman

You really don't need 10 months to study for L1... In fact, it might hurt you more to study so much for it because you'll forget things by the time the test comes along.

As for ethics, you can read it once now and once a week before the exam. That should be plenty of practice.

You have more than enough time to study now for the December exam. That way, you can study for L2 in June and be a year ahead. If you don't pass L1 in December, you can take it in June and still come out even.

If I were you, I would call CFAI, switch my L1 test to December, and start studying for that. There's absolutely no reason to study so long for L1.