Passing the Private Written

FutrPilot

FutrPilot

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I took my written exam today and passed it and im not quite shure if i should be happy or worried. I probably rushed it and didn't completly read the questions or didn't read all the options, just cause i felt really overconfident reading the Gliem book over and over. I only took approx. 45 min to take the exam. I passed with a 73% and when the proctor went to go look at the score he said " well you passed, who are you taking your checkride with?" so i told him, and he procced to give me this worried look as well as stating to me "ewww, thats not gonna be good if your going with him. he'll tear you apart"As a student pilot im pretty worried now about taking my checkride which is almost 2 weeks away. should i be worried about this, should i celebrate that i passed. besides looking up the codes to see what I missed any suggestions in prep for the checkride oral?

Thanks,
 
I wouldn't worry about the written...its over and done with, nothing you can do about it now. What you definately do need to do is find out your weak areas and get studying pronto! Yea you may get grilled pretty good by the DE because of the low score but 2 weeks is plenty of time to study up on your problem areas.

and if you have to, you can always reschedule a later date if your not ready...its better than bombing the oral.

I always recommend the "ASA private pilot oral exam guide"...its a lifesaver for last minute cramming
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If I were you I would start studying the (ASA?)light blue oral study guide. I would also schedule a few sessions of ground with a senior instructor preferably one who has experience with the DE.
 
Congratulations!
You should be happy because you passed.
I would reiterate what others have said and make sure you study (and understand!) the ASA oral guide.
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I've gotten a score in the seventies on a written, too. I've never had an examiner ever ask about the score (I doubt he even looked at it).

Move along...
 
Yea you should be happy you passed but don't go running down the street celebrating because of it. Definatly get ASA's oral exam guide. It really helped me and it is a great tool to see how much you actually know.
 
The DE for my IR ride looked at my score on the written (99%) and said, "Uh, oh. Now I'm going to have to pull out the really tough questions." Based on the oral which followed, I don't think he was kidding.

Just be ready to discuss the areas of weakness from the written. You should be fine.

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Make certain your CFI goes over the areas you were deficient in on the written. Its sometimes easy to forget to do this, but when your CFI signs you off, he/she certifies that they have gone over these deficient areas with you. And you could possibly be asked this by your examiner.

Good luck! you'll do fine!
 
Just brush up before your checkride. I made the mistake of enrolling in the Intrustment course before attaining my PPL. Get you private and start working on your Instrument flights before taking the Instrument tests. I am still waiting for the weather to cooperate in order to take the PPL ride, I passed the written FAA Instrument test, on my second attempt.
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Long story short, I have too many eggs in the basket to worry about. The oral portion of my checkride I passed, but the examiner was an hour and a half late, so no flight for me. This coming Wednesday is my third attempt after the initial appointment. Sorry for the hijack, needed to vent.
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I got a 100% on both the PPL and the IR. This is probably due to my being a college instructor, and teaching students how to overprepare. Or maybe it was because I did about four million Gleim practice tests (CD). In any event, I haven't yet taken the IR practical, but when I took the PPL practical, the DPE was nonplussed by the score. After the exam, I debriefed with my CFI. He said that the DPE had asked the same questions he would normally have asked, took the same amount of time he normally would have taken, etc.

The written is just a hoop through which you must jump. The oral is much harder, because the DPE may ask anything. Whatever your written grade, the advice is the same: study your @ss off for the oral.
 
One other piece of advice... make sure you know what you missed and know the answers. You can bet the DE will ask them to you in the oral..
 
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