ATP Written and prep for $150!

I don't get how one day's worth of computer based studying will give you even a 10% increase in your probability of passing considering there are 1700 questions in the ATP written bank. You'd already need to be fairly knowledgeable goin in I think. CFI's would do well. But current 121 F/O's that have been right seat rotting for years are gonna need at least a week to prep for this written.
 
RightSeatGirl said:
I don't get how one day's worth of computer based studying will give you even a 10% increase in your probability of passing considering there are 1700 questions in the ATP written bank. You'd already need to be fairly knowledgeable goin in I think. CFI's would do well. But current 121 F/O's that have been right seat rotting for years are gonna need at least a week to prep for this written.
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Not if it's anything like Shepard's thing.
 
It sounds like a great deal, but while they don't say it, it also sounds like a lot of self-study before the day of class and exam is critical.
 
RightSeatGirl said:
But current 121 F/O's that have been right seat rotting for years are gonna need at least a week to prep for this written.
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I doubt that. I took the written with ATP last year and didn't use any prep other than what was done that day. I also took most of the day but I'm sure others who are smarter probably won't need that much time. I wish I had waited and could've saved $145.
 
RightSeatGirl said:
I don't get how one day's worth of computer based studying will give you even a 10% increase in your probability of passing considering there are 1700 questions in the ATP written bank. You'd already need to be fairly knowledgeable goin in I think. CFI's would do well. But current 121 F/O's that have been right seat rotting for years are gonna need at least a week to prep for this written.
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You basically just sit there and memorize the correct answers in the reduced database.
 
RightSeatGirl said:
I don't get how one day's worth of computer based studying will give you even a 10% increase in your probability of passing considering there are 1700 questions in the ATP written bank. You'd already need to be fairly knowledgeable goin in I think. CFI's would do well. But current 121 F/O's that have been right seat rotting for years are gonna need at least a week to prep for this written.
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It's not about going in with a strong foundation of knowledge. It is about shoving 700 questions and answers into your short term memory for just long enough to pass a test that will be given to the second before those 700 answers fly from your head. It's that simple and that easy.
 
RightSeatGirl said:
I don't get how one day's worth of computer based studying will give you even a 10% increase in your probability of passing considering there are 1700 questions in the ATP written bank. You'd already need to be fairly knowledgeable goin in I think. CFI's would do well. But current 121 F/O's that have been right seat rotting for years are gonna need at least a week to prep for this written.
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See, your first mistake is assuming that anything in the ATP written is actually practical knowledge.
 
BobDDuck said:
See, your first mistake is assuming that anything in the ATP written is actually practical knowledge.
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Yeah really.

Some things should be known and understood and others are memorize and dump out of your brain, but wow, that test gives the other memory dump events a run for their money!
 
Well then maybe you guys can tell me what the hell you're smokin, drinkin or eatin to give yourself superhero brain power because I couldn't memorize 700 answers in a day if my damn life depended on it. Seriously, do you guys mainline ginkgo biloba or something?
 
RightSeatGirl said:
Well then maybe you guys can tell me what the hell you're smokin, drinkin or eatin to give yourself superhero brain power because I couldn't memorize 700 answers in a day if my damn life depended on it. Seriously, do you guys mainline ginkgo biloba or something?
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You don't need to memorize all of them. You just need to memorize enough of them to get a 70%.
 
RightSeatGirl said:
Well then maybe you guys can tell me what the hell you're smokin, drinkin or eatin to give yourself superhero brain power because I couldn't memorize 700 answers in a day if my damn life depended on it. Seriously, do you guys mainline ginkgo biloba or something?
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It ONLY shows the right answer. You would be surprised how quickly you learn the material. I did the same thing for CLEP tests when I was in college. I had a flash card program and I only learned the right answer. After a couple of hours, it is automatic.
 
mojo6911 said:
It ONLY shows the right answer. You would be surprised how quickly you learn the material. I did the same thing for CLEP tests when I was in college. I had a flash card program and I only learned the right answer. After a couple of hours, it is automatic.
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I dunno man I'm pretty blond..
 
RightSeatGirl said:
Well then maybe you guys can tell me what the hell you're smokin, drinkin or eatin to give yourself superhero brain power because I couldn't memorize 700 answers in a day if my damn life depended on it. Seriously, do you guys mainline ginkgo biloba or something?
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If you don't have 250 Jet time there's no way you could do that...:sarcasm:

Seriously though it's amazing what you can memorize in that short time.
 
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