RIOT TRAINER!! Some swear by the micro sim, I thought it sucked. You should fly your entire flight for the sims on the riot, so you can see the speed at which things will happen, make sure you get your lead radials firgured and all that good stuff.
VERBALIZE everything you are going to do. If you don't a lot of the old guys will think you are lost and start asking you questions, that your brain may be too busy to answer.
Think about what you are going to say on the radio, before you make the radio call, be CONCISE (ie only the pertinent info) and professional. Ex. holding calls are PTA... IE Saufley, 28, 3000. Not "holding saufley, time is 28 and altitude is 3000."
They suck ass, even if you do rock the,, just becuase the old sim people are ruthless. Take your beating and keep pluggin, a lot of guys will work you, to see what you are made of. But they will reward you will GREAT grades.. good place to make some money as far as grades go.
Work hard, it sux, but it is only temporary