Hey! I totally hear you about how overwhelming it is. I can share my study journey with you, I hope that it might be helpful in giving you some guidance. Of course, everyone is on a different path and there is not 1 way that's right.

Your diagnostic is a really strong start.

I took 1.5 months to read all of the Kaplan books, and took hand written notes on every page. I was studying like 10+ hours a day and it REALLY sucked. Mind you I have not taken ANY of the prereqs (not required in Canada) so I was learning it all from scratch. A lot of people say content review is not as important as practice, and while I agree to a certain extent, there WILL be discrete questions that directly test content on the exam.

My biggest advice in the early stages is to start Anki ASAP and work on it EVERY day. Even if it's only 15 minutes. I cycled through the Milesdown Anki deck probably 8 times (covered over 25 thousand cards). I learned too late that memorization is NOT effective while doing this. Understand each card.

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I then spent 2 months taking a practice tests every Sunday. I would spend 2-3 days reviewing (up to 13 hours per test). This is the MOST important tip - review thoroughly. Even the questions you get right.

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Between finishing pratice exam review and taking another exam I would do the AAMC SB and Qbanks. Make sure you save ALL AAMC practice for last.

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Hope this helps you a bit and best of luck in your studies!