Nope, I just made the sacrifice and let my class grades suffer a bit because I cared about USMLE > COMLEX. Schedule never got better for us IMO.
I used the clinical section to focus more on Step 1 since I thought it was easier. I read FA, watched pathoma then read through goljan and did questions in kaplan Q bank and USMLERx (as many as I could). The goal here was to understand: DDX of the clinical presentation and what are the features that make you lean one way or another, pathophysiology of each disease across all subjects (anatomy, physiology, biochem, molecular bio etc), then diagnostics/treatment/management/prognosis having less focus unless it was in FA or pathoma. Once I stopped spending the absurd amount of time it takes to read Robbins thoroughly, I realized how much free time I had to learn the relevant info. I wrote out more details in previous post on here and feel free to message me if you want to know how well this advice worked for me.
Not sure about your step 1 but mine was pathophysiology heavy. Very different from class material and not enough to score above average. But I do agree that you don't need to ramp up board studying until January. I would still look at first aid and pathoma starting early though.
I didn't go.
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I went to immuno because I felt I was lacking and needed reinforcement, it ended up being a waste of time (but that's just because that's not the way I learn things). I came back for path the last 3 days I think. Honestly it was golden! Even now, I still remember some of the stuff we reviewed. I had heard from upperclassmen and from other medical students in other schools where he has been, that the path prof for Kaplan was good and I can say they were not wrong. I am sure you can do well without it, but if you had to choose one section to attend, I will say definitely path
