So I failed my first attempt back in March by 11 points. Devastated doesn't even cover it — I'd been working as a pharmacy tech for three years and honestly thought my on-the-job experience would carry me through. It did not. The calculations section wrecked me, and I didn't realize how heavily they test brand/generic drug names until I was already sitting there blanking on half of them.
After that I completely restructured how I studied. I gave myself eight weeks, did about 90 minutes a day, and the thing that made the biggest difference was actually doing timed CPHT practice test after practice test instead of just re-reading my study guide. Passive reading felt productive but it wasn't. Getting the wrong answers under time pressure and then figuring out WHY I got them wrong — that's what moved the needle.
Passed in May with a 390. If you're prepping right now, what are you using? Genuinely curious whether others found the Sterile/Non-Sterile compounding section as tricky as I did or if that was just me.