Level 1 – CFA Society San Francisco Classes & Supplemental Materials

I just started studying for Level 1, Dec. exam. I am signed up to take the classes at the CFA Society San Francisco (which start today and are based on the CFAI material). I’m not working right now, so hopefully that will help the tight timeline. Unfortunately, I wasn’t aware of this website / didn’t really do a lot of research before I signed up for the classes. The articles on this website do not speak too favorably of the CFAI materials (saying that they are too comprehensive). A few questions: 1. does anyone have experience w/ this class?, and 2. is there any good materials/resources to help me learn the material (more efficiently) before I take all the practice exams in the last month of studying? Obviously I would still use the EOC questions from the CFAI books b/c those have been spoken of highly on this site.

Thanks for your help.