siavosh

Jolyn,

Just a brief note: I am a finance major and work in the financial sector.

Now...
My suggestions which you can take with a grain of salt lol.

I started studying mid February. I usually spent Mon-Thursdays doing 3 hours, Friday was my break, and then Sat-Sun maybe 5 hours a day. Till all changed May 1st. As of May1st i spend around 4-5 hours (7.30/8pm to around 1ish) Mon-Fri, and I would say close to 8 hours Sat and Sun. I also spend time during my lunch at work to review. Night before work, I put a couple items in my bag that I review during my commute - Usually some summaries from Schweser.

I have heard that studying too far in advance may do you more harm then good - you might burn.

Also, I suggest (again grain of salt), you work through the books as many times as you can, rather than devoting a months to each book at a time... Come November, you would of forgotten everything you did in Book 1/2, 4-5 months ago.

Also i suggest, putting together a time table... I didn't stick to it as religiously for the first 3/4ths of my studying (I would underestimate the time I really needed to do something). However, the last month (May 1 +) I have been on the dot.

Hope this helps.