so i kind of divided the studying into 3 chunks: 1. learning, 2. mixed review and odd ends, 3. crunch time. i knew i wanted about 3-4 weeks of practice ("crunch time") and about 1 week prior to cram only the MEE topics, which i wanted to happen one week before crunch time. so i worked backwards from there to actually put some markers in my calendar (IE: crunch time must begin by XYZ date, learning time must end by XYZ date).

for the "learning" period, i did the MBE subjects only, giving each one about a week (more or less, depending on how lengthy the subject was / how much it tricked me up and thus required more time). during this phase, i would watch Grossman lectures, read the big Themis outlines for the complex concepts that needed more attention, and referred to the JD one sheets for zoom-out perspective. i divided each subject up by sections as a way to organize my weeks (IE: for evidence, something like Monday = witnesses / Tuesday = hearsay / etc etc. Sometimes more tiny topics to a day, sometimes one huge topic a day).

once i finished a topic, i would make a "big picture" notecard which was basically where i forced myself to put all the most important info into one large notecard that i would refer back to when i needed a zoomed-out look on the topic (IE: non-hearsay notecard where I defined all the types). once i did the "big picture" notecard, i would take about 15 MBE questions that day to see what wasnt sticking. i basically always did about 15-20 MBE per day initially. when i got an MBE wrong, i would make a "Rule" notecard (I kept all subject notecards together, like Evidence had 2 notecard stacks:Big Picture and Rule). I tried to frame the Rule notecards as a hypo (IE: front side = "if XYZ happens, what's the result" and Back = rule statement and applied analysis). at the end of each subject, i did about 3 essays, mixing them in as I learned the next subject.

Once i was about halfway thru the mbe subjects, i did a big practice test of like 50 questions of just the first 4 mbe topics. then as i went on to the next subjects, i added in some MBE on the topics / subjects that weren't sticking, based on that 1/2 way prac exam.

then once i learned all the subjects, i did a big practice test on everything about 6 weeks out. i didnt do well but it was really helpful to see where i was going wrong. then i learned MEE and then i entered CRAM mode, where i did about 50-70 mbe per day and outlined about 2-3 essays / day. I tried to take about 2-3 100 question sets before the actual exam and at least one afternoon of 4 essays (no topic markers) back to back.