What they said. IFS is waaaaaaaay down the list of shit that should be concerning you right now, killer.
IFS is designed to be a screening program. There's not really any such thing as excelling at IFS - you either meet standards, or don't.
The way I always saw it, IFS screens for three things:
- attitude (are you willing to take the program serously?)
- aptitude (are you capable of learning this stuff and retaining it while in the airplane?)
- adaptability (do you barf uncontrollably or freak out/freeze up on the controls?)
I had appointments with lots of dudes wearing their khakis who couldn't or wouldn't meet one or more of those wickets. Blowing off musters, gundecking their paperwork, failing FAA tests, not even remotely familiar with their syllabus material, etc. We'd rather find those guys immediately, than waste time and money classing them up.
The problem children always seemed to have the attitude that IFS didn't really count...that it was just a County Fair airplane ride. I had one tell me that he was 'pacing himself'.
As with the rest of the Program, take it seriously when it's time, work your ass off at what's in front of you.