u/ChallahHabibi

A couple of weeks ago I finished my structured education and exam repetitions. Yesterday my supervisor signed them off and today I scheduled my CT boards for a month from now.

I have been studying on and off, but my main focus has been the structured education (which did double as a study guide of sorts) and the repetitions. But for the next month, I plan on hammering the Mosby's Book and possibly CT Boot Camp. I plan on doing a few hours after work each day and all of my weekends will be dedicated to studying.

But will this be enough? I have seen people who said they really only studied for a month and they were fine. There are even those who claim they only studied for a week or two and passed.

For those of y'all who took the boards, how long did you seriously study? What sources/study guides did you use or find the most helpful?

I'm currently in the process of getting CT certified. I've been an XR tech for 2 years and currently work at a level 3 rural hospital. I've been training for the better part of 3 months. I have about 60% of my exam repetitions done.

The actual cross-training is going very well, but the preparation for the exams themselves is going to be the end of me.

I don't expect to take the boards for a few more months, but I'm not so subtly being "encouraged" to take the boards in September. Which is doable I suppose, but I don't know if I'll be ready by then.

Right now I have two different sources to study. The CT Tuffest stuff which is also doubling as my structured education, and I also bought the recent edition of the Mosby's book.

It's all just so much. There's so much information and going back to get info that I missed. Once I'm done with my Tuffest Stuff structured education I'm planning on making a ton of flash cards using the study guides provided (I'm currently taking regular notes),but again, it's just a lot. I also plan on doing the same for the Mosby's book, but when I was in school I at least had the benefit of being in an environment where we went over everything in a structured way. Instead of trying to figure everything out on my own.

I dunno, any advice on how not to hit a breaking point? Or how to not make too many study tools that give too much unnecessary information? What did you all do to study without driving yourself up the wall?

I recently lost a ton of weight and I'm looking into updating my wardrobe.

I keep getting ads for things like Stich Fix, Bespoke Post, Paul Fredrick, Oxknit, Tie Bar, Sendero, etc.

I like the looks of a lot of these brands, but the two things that I worry about are 1.) the quality of the clothes themselves and 2.) not having to take a mortgage just to buy a couple of shirts.

Do any of y'all have a favorite online store for clothes? Any you'd vouch for? Any that are good quality for a reasonable price?