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From: ahv@masscomp.UUCP (Tony Verhulst)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Private Pilot Groung School
Message-ID: <840@masscomp.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Nov-85 10:32:38 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 25 10:32:38 1985
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Reply-To: ahv@masscomp.UUCP (Tony Verhulst)
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Summary: 

In article <4604@alice.UUCP> ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig) writes:
>> There's a fourth option: "home study" -- buy a bunch of books, set aside
>> some time, and read.
>
>Rather than explicitly setting time aside, leave the books in the john.
>By the time you have to take the written, you'll probably have absorbed
>enough to ace it.

I also highly recommend the "home study" method.  I took a ground school
course at the local FBO for $135 and all I got out of is was a signature
to be able to take the exam (a slight exaggeration - but not much).

Even one of the "two day wonder courses" claims that (approximate quote)
"you will have enough knowledge to be able to pass the test IF TAKEN
WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME".  I suspect that people who take these short
intensive courses don't retain the material as long as others 
(I would like to hear from people with positive comments about this
type of course).

For ten dollars I bought a question and answer quide and over a period
of 4 weeks or so I went thru each question in the book 3 times.
Since the questions on the exam are identical to the questions in the study
quide you can score yourself so that you know exactly where you stand.

The test was a snap.  I took 2.5 hours to do the test twice, and got
a 97%.   Good luck.