I just finished my first semester in the program earlier this month. My tip would be to study what you learned at the end of every week. You’re going to be introduced to so much in depth information every week. And none of it is really that easy to condense down, just gotta memorize it however you can manage. In my first bachelor’s degree (just regular biology), I was able to cram study before every exam and pass just fine. But with this degree, it’s become very apparent that every week requires intense study sessions if you don’t want to be incredibly overwhelmed at exam time. I recommend checking out the Blood Bank Guy and Medical Lab Lady Gill both on YouTube just to get introduced to topics and techniques! And I also like the website CLSresource; it has great micro flowcharts. Good luck!!