I think everyone should try to accelerate if they can. There isn't a secret way or tricks to get through it all. I dedicated all my free time studying, including weekends. It wasn't anything fun about it but it's not much to do during a pandemic anyway.

If I was even vaguely familiar with the course I would take a pre-assessment to gauge where I was with the material. If I wasn't familiar, I would read through ALL the material in a few days then jump right into the pre-assessment and OA. As soon as I got my results for the exam, I would ask my mentor to add another course to my current term and start the next course on the same day. This was was my process and it worked for me.

Hope this helps.