I wanted to take the exam earlier this year, but work, family, visitors, and a new baby .... you can figure out the rest.  This is my story....

• I read the PMBOK back in February and took some notes. no studying
• I read Andy Crowe around March and took some notes. no studying
• I rescheduled my April exam. (I had a scheduled trip)
• I took 3 pm study tests and scored 58-65%. i took them w/o any review.
• I purchased the prepcast from Cornelious. I couldn't finish the videos
• In May, I read Head First and took some notes. no studying. (some material was starting to make sense even though i was only reading.).
• I took chapter quizes (andy crowe and head first) mid 70%
• I rescheduled my June exam (relatives were staying with us for a few weeks)
• I downloaded pmzilla notes
• In September, I read highlighted pages from PMBOK. no studying.(all formulas were a huge problem for me at this point)
• I rescheduled my September exam (I was starting a graduate course on project management at BU)
• Completed BU graduate course. Tons of work was required for this course. This was VERY helpful (7 weeks long).
• My final PMP exam was scheduled for 12/30.(last possible date w/o paying again)  By 12/24, I had printed the following: Chowdary notes, PMP Processes (notes I took back in feb/march), ITTO from pmzilla,  and some notes from headfirst.
• From 12/24 to 12/30 2am, i spent an average of 6 hours per day. 
• 12/24: I read all the highlighted pages from andy crowe, read my notes, read my processes notes.
• 12/25 andy crowe exam: 79%
• 12/26 pmstudy exam 1: 69%
• 12/27 pm study exam 2: 73% pmstudy exam 3: 73%
• 12/28 pm study exam 4: 73%  Oliver (only 50 questions) 68%
• 12/29 read chowdary notes (all of them) pmzilla exam 60% (i almost cried)
• 12/29 read chowdary notes again. signed up for andy crowe velociteach's insite. Took 15 questions for each KB area and Process group. Averaged 77%
• 12/30 1am read chowdary again. took 5 process group quizzes (10 questions each) avg 84%
• 12/30 7am at the dunkin donuts by the exam site. took 50 question velociteach exam. 84%
• Passed exam with 1 proficient and the rest average. 
•   ***** This is NOT how i wanted to prepare myself for this, but I had a lot of stuff going on. I'm NOT proud that I had to push myself like this and passed or barely passed probably. This is not how I do things but I really had to take this exam.  I'm sharing my experience becuase I thought the exam was not super easy. i think people really need to study and definetly, take your time.
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• Experience: 14 years Risk/IT/Security/Management
• Certs: cissp, cism, cisa, crisc
• Prior work exp and exam exp was crucial for me. .