How painful was the class.
It wasn't painful at all. I barely studied before which is to say I read over the 394 questions once over the two days before. I almost didn't go but gave it a shot.
During the class we went over each test question and the instructors answered all of our follow up questions. They gave constant reminders of how to take the test like "That's the longest answer so it's probably the correct one". Or associated words in the question with words in the correct answer. Both of those helped me on the exam.
Well the only painful part of the test prep was other students asking questions that had nothing to do with the exam prep. The instructors are passionate about Ham so they answered them and we got a little behind in the morning. This caused us to race through the second half of the day. I was worried we wouldn't finish on time but trusted in the system and we did. Hey I passed so it was worth it.
The instructors are volunteers. In fact they are not sponsored by any club or organization. Just three guys that want to help people pass the exam and they do a good job at it. I'm thankful for their help.
If I had to do it over again I would have started my studies earlier and really focused on the practice tests at so many free websites. Then I'd take the class and get some of my questions answered.
Good luck......you should be fine. The class has an 85% pass rate.
