I went home at the end of both weeks of Indoc (2.5 hr drive), stayed in Appleton during the middle weekend of systems. Although I was conveniently aligned to make it work without having to worry about flights etc. it didn't fit well with the Systems syllabus for me. As mentioned, Indoc had a test each Friday with time to prepare during both academic weeks. For systems it's a little faster and more furious with daily quizzes and culminates in a 'final exam'. The syllabus is also built more to prepare you for the next step (CPT/Sims) during the 1st week (of systems) with exposure to 'flows', profiles, memory items, and limitations which we were told are the threshold requirements to get past the next phase of training.

My class found value in some group study around those profiles and flows over the weekend which also bolstered the systems knowledge going into the last week of Appleton training. Now, I will caveat this as the path I chose and what worked for me. I would anticipate the company won't have much patience if you're not prepared for each day of training. I'm certain it can be done (home every weekend), but that would come down to the individual's capability to manage the variables.

That's my $.02 as a guy that just finished systems last week.