It wasn't like a drill sergeant yelling in your face that he or she was going to break you. Not at all. It was more along the line that the explanation given as to why so much was crammed into each sim session was that we're going to find out if we can load you up to your breaking point.

The Kobayashi Maru reference is funny because one day my sim partner (he passed, too) and I walked in for the brief and it was written on the white board.

I agree if you prepare and can plan and execute your way out of the scenarios, it all works out. But if you can't roll with it, it might not.

I'm only commenting about it at all because of all the "green on green" comments earlier in the thread. No one is getting a pass.