Congrats.

Re. training, your previous academic experiences may not have prepared you for the pace of 121 training. The material is not super-hard for most people, but there is a lot of it in a short time so plan on spending many hours studying each night until you get a feel for the standards.

The ol' college technique of knowing 20% of the material, cramming 40% the night before, and throwing a hail-mary on the last 10% needed to score a 70% will not work. Remember you are studying for your oral interview (assuming they do that for FOs) as well the written stuff...best to be over-prepared.

Also be wary of those who drink beer all night, every night. They are probably either clueless CFI's or CA upgrades. The upgrades already know most of it anyway so they don't have to work as hard as you do.

Pay attention in class. Use good study techniques, and make flashcards.

Start learning flows (and maybe profiles) during systems class...those are the things you REALLY must know cold, and the longer you expose yourself to them the easier they will be to perform in the sim.

Probably best not to go home every weekend, but try to get out out at least once a week. Try to exercise regulalry too if you do that normally.


Also, don't be "that guy" the 172 SkyGod who can't keep his mouth shut and annoys the heck out of everyone. The upgrades in your class know people in the training dept...you don't want your reputation to precede you to the sim