<p>Nobody here is going to sway you it seems. Nor those who are attempting to do IP upgrade still (started last semester) and say it eats their life away. Just be prepared and you'll see what happens.</p>
<p>haha, thats not entirely true. well, at least i have been further motivated to do well my first semester. and i don't understand what you mean when you say upgrading eats their lives away. because i love to fly, it will only be adding to my life. or is there another, darker side i haven't been told about?</p>
<p>did you not hear what both my friends were saying? They have to study and memorize so much that it kills them. They also get such little flying time because of weather that they waste too much time down at the airfield doing nothing. One flat out told you not to do it because its not worth it. While that's his opinion, that shows how tough it is.</p>
<p>i heard about the not being able to fly as much as scheduled (by the way is this a reocurring problem each semester? that is, the weather being too bad throughout the semester that learning to soar or upgrading can take longer), but i didn't know they had to know so much it "killed them". i guess all i can do now is develop good study habits and hope that i will be blessed with good weather if i make basic soaring. but, no matter what, i will most definitely pursue soaring with everything i got.</p>
<p>oh, and hornet, did you get my PM about Mcclure? he hasn't e mailed me yet and i am really looking forward to corresponding with him. if you could shoot him a quick e mail reminding him, i would appreciate it so much. thanks :)</p>
<p>You can give it your all but your body may not be able to physically do it all. Listen to someone that has been there before. One day after football practice and work, I was driving home from a flying lesson, I ended up falling asleep on the expressway. I am very fit and very athletic, I've done it before, but my body just could not take anymore stress that it just shut down and I didn't even realize I fell asleep.</p>
<p>Luckily I was driving and not flying because I may have not been so lucky. Flying is very tiring and physically demanding on the human body, especially aerobatic flying. After your first couple lessons you are going to want to go back to your dorm and sleep.</p>
<p>As hornetguy and others have mentioned, you need to listen to the people that are currently in that position.</p>
<p>i do listen and am very appreciative of yours and other peoples advice. in fact, it encourages me even more!! and i know i won't be able to figure it all out completely until i am actually there. but joshrk22, would you say all the hard work is worth it? </p>
<p>p.s. i won't be playing any other sports except intramural. will that help?</p>
<p>training will be more than enough to exhaust you...</p>
<p>i bet. well i guess all i can do is hope for the best :)</p>
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<p>lol. reminds me of a briefing i once went to. ;) remeber that hornet? haha</p>
<p>ugh, don't get me started on that.</p>
<p>haha. we should be getting those papers back tomorrow i hope.</p>
<p>wait, what briefing?</p>
<p>nothing you would understand. don't worry about it. its one of many inside jokes</p>
<p>i understand ;)</p>