Yeah, but if you're studying engineering you should be able to get 8's and 9's without too much trouble.
That's not necessarily true for everyone. The math and mechanics section should be no problem. But the AQFAR/PFAR/FOFAR aren't comprised of just those two sections.
The verbal section gave me problems on the test whereas it was fine on practice. Having taken only 1 english class and writing technical reports doesn't make your vocabulary as good as one who might be non-technical major (meaning you write more papers and prob had more than that one eng. class).
The aviation/nautical sections won't help much from engineering, except for aerospace and maybe mechanical. I knew the parts of an airplane and understood basic aerodynamics and how control surfaces acted on the plane in diff scenarios. However, I knew nothing about the rules and regs of certain things regarding landing at airports, reading a runway, if X instrument says this, how does it have an effect on Y?, etc. There were acronyms and questions I had no clue about, but still studied my ass off to the best of my ability as someone w/o a PPL. I also see that you went to Embry. Their engineering program and school in general gives a much better advantage in regards to aviation than most engineering schools. Michigan didn't have an aviation program in which to go and get flight experience or take aviation classes. Our classes were aircraft and spacecraft based, but only dealt w/ propulsion, aerodynamics, structural, and flight control aspects.
The spatial section only becomes easier w/ practice and if you can visualize things 3-dimensionally and be able to pull your POV from 1st person to 2nd person.
These are just my .02 cents, but I def. don't think your statement above is justifiable in every case, nor should gouge be spread saying that is how it is...
