Best resources for incoming PE Associate to prep

I have 2 years and 3 months of consulting tenure and feel like I'm in a good groove. The job feels easy and everyone trusts me so there is minimal churn and my WLB is great. I have a PE offer at a UMM starting next summer and am looking to build skills now to give myself a head start since work feels easy. I'm a woman and have no contacts in PE so am concerned about going in without prepping too since I'm sure starting on the wrong foot could be a huge setback. Does anyone have any good resources for preparing? I really don't know where to start but have limited modelling experience (beyond the basics)/financial knowledge so suspect that would be the best place to begin. Thanks in advance!

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