It makes me chuckle when I hear about that particular TT Eriksson. I will say this though, I took Level II three times (first time was a trial run since I had passed Level I in December but no excuses) and I ran the Topic Tests back after the first run and it helped a lot. My advice would be to hammer in the practice;in other words, although it is biased it still is worth IF you have the time. Repetition=Confidence=Execution
This was my schedule last year:
CFA Level II Exam 2016
11/29/2015 Prep - Build Game Plan
December & January - Review - Concept Checkers & QBank
February - EOCs
March - Topic Tests
April & May - Mocks
June - Pass Exam
12/1/15 Ethics
12/11/15 Quantitative Methods
12/22/15 Economics
12/30/15 Financial Reporting Analysis
1/9/16 Corporate Finance
1/17/16 Equity
1/24/16 Alternative Investments
1/27/16 Fixed Income
1/29/16 Derivatives
2/1/16 Quantitative Methods EOC
2/4/16 Economics EOC
2/6/16 Financial Reporting Analysis EOC
2/11/16 Corporate Finance EOC
2/12/16 Ethics EOC
2/13/16 Corporate Finance EOC
2/15/16 Equity EOC
2/24/16 Fixed Income EOC
2/25/16 Alternative Investments EOC
2/27/16 Derivatives EOC
3/2/16 Portfolio Management EOC
3/3/16 Topic Tests
3/12/16 Ethics
3/13/16 REMOVE DISTRACTIONS
3/18/16 QBank
3/25/16 Financial Reporting Analysis EOC
3/27/16 Kaplan Practice Exams
4/5/16 Topic Tests
4/8/16 Kaplan Practice Exams
4/15/16 Topic Tests
4/16/16 Kaplan Practice Exams
4/17/16 Kaplan Practice Exams & Topic Tests
4/18/16 Kaplan Practice Exams
4/21/16 2015 Mock Exam
4/22/16 Curriculum Review
4/23/16 Topic Tests
4/25/16 2016 Mock Exam AM
4/26/16 2016 Mock Exam PM
4/27/16 Topic Tests
4/28/16 Kaplan Practice Exams
4/29/16 Financial Reporting Analysis
5/2/16 Kaplan Practice Exams & Topic Tests
5/3/16 Topic Tests
5/4/16 Kaplan Practice Exams
5/5/16 Topic Tests
5/8/16 Kaplan Practice Exams & Topic Tests
5/9/16 Kaplan Practice Exams
5/12/16 Derivatives EOC
5/13/16 2010 Mock Exam AM/PM
5/14/16 Fixed Income EOC & Corporate Finance EOC
5/15/16 Financial Reporting EOC
5/16/16 Kaplan Practice Exams & Topic Tests
5/17/16 Topic Tests
5/20/16 Equity EOC & Kaplan Practice Exams
5/21/16 Topic Tests
5/23/16 BPP Mock Exam & Ethics EOC
5/24/16 Kaplan Practice Exams
5/26/16 Topic Tests
5/28/16 EOC & Topic Tests
6/2/16 Review
6/4/16 CFA Level II Exam