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It was awesome. Also intense. Bring coffee and lunch as it is truly a marathon.
4 instructors. They go over the very important procedures: "story time" good way to cram 20 procedures in there in a short time. "how they can f you" is an eye opener. In-basket in unique as far as the approach. If you're a wreak with in-basket they show you a simple way to do it (HOWEVR, if you are good with in baskets and keep doing what works for you).
Well worth it, although "8 hours" is not accurate. The cram was more like 18 hours. It was 8 hours in class but they also give you a test, in basket and some reading material that will take up another day.
I'm glad I went, but had I waited for the video and slowly went through it I would have been fine and not as exhausted
My advice is go and you will gain something from each instructor. I was a Rising Star Student so I was familiar with their methods of instruction including "story time" etc. Their class each week had 3 hours+ of that. The 8 hour class was a good way to gauge how well you are prepared for a wide variety of topics presented and how long you can actually sit in a seat! the test is 6 hours. I liked everything except the in-basket instruction HOWEVER I did gain something from it! Scanning the "in basket questions" for the PG related ones to get them out of the way so it narrows your actual in-basket questions to a minimum. If you go to the class you will know what I mean. I still prefer The Key instructor George Misfud's way of tackling InBasket. However I now mixed that with the Rising Star way of doing "PG questions" FIRST, scanning for more PG questions in the "Inbasket Questions" SECOND, and lastly followed by the actual "InBasket Questions".
My advice is go and you will gain something from each instructor. I was a Rising Star Student so I was familiar with their methods of instruction including "story time" etc. Their class each week had 3 hours+ of that. The 8 hour class was a good way to gauge how well you are prepared for a wide variety of topics presented and how long you can actually sit in a seat! the test is 6 hours. I liked everything except the in-basket instruction HOWEVER I did gain something from it! Scanning the "in basket questions" for the PG related ones to get them out of the way so it narrows your actual in-basket questions to a minimum. If you go to the class you will know what I mean. I still prefer The Key instructor George Misfud's way of tackling InBasket. However I now mixed that with the Rising Star way of doing "PG questions" FIRST, scanning for more PG questions in the "Inbasket Questions" SECOND, and lastly followed by the actual "InBasket Questions".
I was never a RS student but I was top 10 on all 3 lists. You should never skip in basket questions. You risk skipping an important question on test day thinking it's a PG question and not an In Basket question or vice versa, and screwing something up.
My advice is go and you will gain something from each instructor. I was a Rising Star Student so I was familiar with their methods of instruction including "story time" etc. Their class each week had 3 hours+ of that. The 8 hour class was a good way to gauge how well you are prepared for a wide variety of topics presented and how long you can actually sit in a seat! the test is 6 hours. I liked everything except the in-basket instruction HOWEVER I did gain something from it! Scanning the "in basket questions" for the PG related ones to get them out of the way so it narrows your actual in-basket questions to a minimum. If you go to the class you will know what I mean. I still prefer The Key instructor George Misfud's way of tackling InBasket. However I now mixed that with the Rising Star way of doing "PG questions" FIRST, scanning for more PG questions in the "Inbasket Questions" SECOND, and lastly followed by the actual "InBasket Questions".
I was never a RS student but I was top 10 on all 3 lists. You should never skip in basket questions. You risk skipping an important question on test day thinking it's a PG question and not an In Basket question or vice versa, and screwing something up.
They actually tell you this in class. they then tell you to sketch or note the type of questions it is. Worked for my study group. but will watch the video again when it comes out. Lol
