Finished ground school and wrote the written exam

Well, at the beginning of July I finally finished ground school and all that I needed to do was start studying for the final exam. Part of the ground school program is that you must write a minimum of three (3) practice exams. So, I studied for a week or so and one Sunday I attempted the first exam. A three hour exam...I scored about 85%. Since there was lots of time left in the day, and feeling like a had a good handle on the exam I decided to write the second. I scored better...into the low 90's I believe. I felt like I had a good handle on the information, however there where many items that I was not 100% on like types of Fog and as well as some of the Air Law stuff. So I decided to cram and memorize. I began the task of doing flash cards for nearly all of the sections. This took an amazing amount of time, but no better way to review all of the course notes.

After which, I began studying for the P-STAR pre-solo exam. Which just goes hand in hand with studying for the written PPL exam. Studying for the P-Star was fairly easy as a good potion of the info is a refresher of the PPL course and I just needed to memorize a few details such as what the different tower lights mean (red, green, white) and some airspace heights. So I studied and memorized for a week and wrote the P-STAR exam. Managed an excellent mark!

I switched back into review and wrote more third party practice exams. The last weekend in July I managed to study three days straight studying about 25 hours total. Everything was solid in my head.

So August 1st was my scheduled Transport Canada Exam for my PPL. I passed! 89%. Nailed Navigation, but Air Law I struggled a bit. So I won't get lost, but I may end up in Jail.

In retrospect the actual Transport Canada Exam was quite difficult. Seemed like most of the questions they asked were all parts that I didn't study heavily for. And all the parts that I crammed studying on they didn't ask. Isn't is the way it goes.