So I'm pretty much there with logged time and my IA is close to giving me an endorsement.

And I have a window of a few months in a few months where I can really focus on this..

What are people's opinions on study guides for the A&P written exam?
Gleim seems to have a nice online course for $120 or so.

Once I'm past the written, I'll need to find a two week cram course for the oral and practical too.
Any opinions on which ones are better than others?

When I did mine I got the ASA test books, one for each section. The advice I got was go and take the tests in the books (1000 questions). Mark each one you got wrong in yellow. Study those. Take it again and mark the incorrect ones in pink, study those. Take the actual tests. Ended up with the lowest score as an 88% highest was 97%. You just need to pass. The practical/oral really depends on who gives it. BTW, there are questions in the test that the actual correct answer is wrong. There are also questions on really old tech, like carbon pile voltage regulators.

My advice is don't study. Pay the money for Baker in Nashville. They prep you for all 3 writtens, oral, and practical.

I'm not saying its the best way to gain the knowledge, I'm saying it's the best way to get the certificate done in a hurry.

AEROPOD wrote:My advice is don't study. Pay the money for Baker in Nashville. They prep you for all 3 writtens, oral, and practical.

I'm not saying its the best way to gain the knowledge, I'm saying it's the best way to get the certificate done in a hurry.

Thanks. The few schools I looked at seemed to only prep you for the oral and practical and want you to have the written out of the way.

In my case, my goal is the fastest route to a certificate in hand. I only say that because I know my personality is such that I WILL go back and gain the knowledge I lack before performing work.

Baker was awesome, knocked out my A&P 6 yrs ago and my IA 2 yrs ago.

AEROPOD wrote:Baker was awesome, knocked out my A&P 6 yrs ago and my IA 2 yrs ago.

You slacker, you could’ve done the IA 3 years ago!

i used the ASA app on my tablet. Cheap and worked well enough. There were some questions on the test that I hadn't seen, but most were. Lowest score was a 90%.

Prepware app. Any chance you have, pull out your phone and run through the questions. If I remember correctly, doing it this way, my lowest score of the 3 was a 96%.

AEROPOD wrote:My advice is don't study. Pay the money for Baker in Nashville. They prep you for all 3 writtens, oral, and practical.

I'm not saying its the best way to gain the knowledge, I'm saying it's the best way to get the certificate done in a hurry.

Baker all the way. They get you through everything fast.

Don’t waste your time doing independent study. I did mine at at Avtech exams in Riverside CA. They do a course that includes the written prep (and they have testing on site) and o&p prep. Bakers does the same I believe. I was extremely happy with Avtech and would highly recommend them. I killed the o&p I was done by lunch because I had seen everything that was on the test previously.

I would also vouch for Baker, they have it down to a science. I did my IA there and have a few friends who have done A&P there. You could walk in there with literally zero knowledge (not that I would recommend that...) and will walk out with your cert in hand.

Thanks to everyone for responding.
Looks like Baker is the way to go.
I think I will still spring for the online Gleim content for evening prep until I can take the class tho.

Bagarre wrote:Thanks to everyone for responding.
Looks like Baker is the way to go.
I think I will still spring for the online Gleim content for evening prep until I can take the class tho.

They probably won't give you a lot of free time but I'm 30 miles south.... let me know when you are coming and if you have a break I'll pick you up and show you around.

Bagarre wrote:Thanks to everyone for responding.
Looks like Baker is the way to go.
I think I will still spring for the online Gleim content for evening prep until I can take the class tho.

If you do think you want to go the Baker route, I would call and talk to them. I think they recommend NOT pre-studying because of the teaching style they use.

Newbizor wrote:

Bagarre wrote:Thanks to everyone for responding.
Looks like Baker is the way to go.
I think I will still spring for the online Gleim content for evening prep until I can take the class tho.

If you do think you want to go the Baker route, I would call and talk to them. I think they recommend NOT pre-studying because of the teaching style they use.

I agree wholeheartedly with this. Nothing you do in advance is going to help much if at all. My buddy went a month before me and I asked him what to study. He said nothing, just show up. I trusted him and I'm glad I did.

AEROPOD wrote:

Newbizor wrote:

Bagarre wrote:Thanks to everyone for responding.
Looks like Baker is the way to go.
I think I will still spring for the online Gleim content for evening prep until I can take the class tho.

If you do think you want to go the Baker route, I would call and talk to them. I think they recommend NOT pre-studying because of the teaching style they use.

I agree wholeheartedly with this. Nothing you do in advance is going to help much if at all. My buddy went a month before me and I asked him what to study. He said nothing, just show up. I trusted him and I'm glad I did.

That is a seriously impressive claim!
I'll give them a call before I buy any material.