My 8-week DRI study schedule (free resources only)

What do you think about condensing this to 4-5 weeks if I can do 2-3 hours per day? I have a test date that's sooner than I'd like and trying to figure out if I can make it work.

Great breakdown. One thing I'd add to Week 1: look at the score breakdown from your baseline practice test — not just the overall score. Most DRI exams are weighted by domain, and knowing which domains carry more weight changes how you allocate study time.

The Anki flashcard tip is something more people need to hear. I have a DRI deck with about 200 cards covering all the key terms and formulas. Doing 20 cards/day during my lunch break added up faster than I expected.

This is gold. Saving and sharing with my study group. The "stop studying 24 hours before" advice is underrated — I bombed an exam once because I crammed until midnight and couldn't think straight in the morning.

Congrats to everyone working through this schedule — it's really close to what I used. The one thing I'd add is don't underestimate the regulations and standards section. I almost didn't study it deeply enough because I figured I'd pick it up from context, and I nearly paid for that. What actually saved me was drilling through free dri regulations standards and compliance practice questions until the material stopped feeling foreign.

Once I got comfortable with the compliance side, the rest of the exam clicked into place a lot faster than I expected. You don't need to memorize every number but you do need to understand the logic behind the rules. That shift in how I was studying made a real difference in the last two weeks.

This is basically exactly how I did it. I work full-time and have two kids, so those 1-1.5 hour windows were sacred for me. The regulations section was honestly where I spent the most time because it's dense and it's easy to think you understand something when you don't. I found the free dri regulations standards and compliance practice questions really useful for testing yourself before moving on, because reading alone wasn't cutting it for me.

One thing I'd add: don't underestimate weeks 7-8. I almost skipped the review phase because I felt ready and I'm glad I didn't. That's where I caught the stuff I thought I knew but actually had gaps in. You'll find your pace but stick to the schedule even when life gets in the way, because a 30-minute session is better than skipping entirely.