IMC
This one's been done to death before>
I personally think I did the IMC too early (70 hours total time)
I was still having probs keeping altitude and what with doing the IMC in a different a/c to the one I'd trained in I found it a bit of a sweat.
On the positive side I did it on a residential course over 8 days in the UK in one of the worst April months for years: hardly ever needed the hood: geniune IMC most of the time.
And I passed so mebbee it wasn't all that bad.
And I've kept it current and gone on to do the FAA IR and kept that current too.
Sooooooooo I s'pose if you can keep altitude and can type convert pretty smartly, then go for it.
But do it in the UK not USA, and in as short a time as possible so you don't suffer from the 'two steps forward, one step back' syndrome if you do it over a long period.
Safe flyingCusco.