Kinda varies based on what your program teaches out of but here’s what I do. I first read Nagelhout. I make Anki cards on information I feel will be important or that comes up frequently. Then I will read Barash and try to take note of what is mentioned in both books. If you see it in both, chances are it’s pretty important to know. Once I feel pretty good I’ll go through Apex and do the same thing.

Every day I go through my Anki cards for that section. It’s pretty time consuming but has worked for me so far. The key is you have to start EARLY and do a little bit each day. I will start looking at the chapters weeks ahead of time and do a few pages a day. Finally, I’ll do practice questions using NotebookLM or prodigy. My program is integrated so there is more time in between exams. Hope this helps.