typhoons hey, that old chesnutim thinking the same, as long the courses meet the deficiencies and meet what the FCCPT want thats the main thing. You actually sound like your working to the same time scales as me which is good!
Im using O'Sullivan too which isnt an easy read and as you said, quite a few subjects that we didnt cover at uni. Ill take the 2 PEAT exams sometime in June too just to give me some pointers on where im lacking.
Are you going through any agencies in the US or doing things yourself?