in the early stages, i set a specific interval to study. i promised myself i would study 25 pages a day out of the kaplan every day. i didn't want the interval to be in units of time cause i know i'd cheat myself and get distracted by breaks. so i used pages instead. so it took a little less than a month to finish the entire kaplan book. after that i went through it one more time but bumped it up to 50 pages and made flash cards of the science sections. then i ordered the infamous dat destroyer (google it) and did 70 problems a day. and right now i'm going over it a second time but in 20 problem sets, making sure i understand the concepts. its gonna sound weird but studying for the dat is addicting. i feel odd if i dont study every day. its like a meal. a bad tasting one
. i plan on taking mine on march 16 so i have about a month to go. you have a lot of time so just pace yourself and develop a routine. everyone's different. good luck.