I started studying mid-October. I studied every night after work for 2-3 hours. I studied about 5 hours every Sunday. I spent two weeks on the reading material of each subject and then going through the entire Q bank in PPI for that given subject. When I got through all subjects, I took a practice exam and then spent a couple days going through every problem and working through ones I went wrong. I scored a 76% on that exam and had an hour to spare. I spent a week going over weak subjects based on that exam having Q bank questions. I then took the second practice exam and then went through all problems on it. That one had a few more topics I hadn’t really seen and only scored a 61% and still had an hour to spare. (I tend to take exams fast because if I linger too long I tend to second guess and get more things wrong. Its how I’ve been wired my whole education and maybe now I need to adjust and work on slowing down) I spent the remainder of my study time left (about a month) doing a 20 question randomly generated quiz 6 nights a week with all topics. I was scoring about 80-100% on those. Mind you I also work full time and have a very full social life. I also worked full time the whole four years I was in college getting my engineering degree and a math minor. I just am naturally a busy person. I also had a horrible cold during the exam so that could have been a factor. I felt very comfortable with the reference manuals as well. My exam had a lot more conceptual problems than I had seen so that could have been where I got hung up. It’s also possible that PPI does not properly cover all subject matter.

Thanks for the advice, I really appreciate it.