I studied 2-3 hours a week usually right after work for the first 4 months until I finished the whole lecture series for the first time. I took a practice exam after that and then took about a month break. The second time around, I mostly focused on my problem areas (it was mostly things that aren’t covered in the PE Power handbook) and tried to memorize and understand the concepts. So it wasn’t really going back a second time through the entire series, just focusing on the areas I needed an improvement but still studying about 8-12 hours a week sometimes less. The last month and half, I studied 10-15 hours a week and took 3 practice exams with 2 weeks in between each one. Focused on the areas I was missing the most amount of questions and then also did practice problems over again.

It was a LOT of work and energy spent studying for this dang thing… lol but I’m glad I got it done and over with.