Can I still make my point about getting experiance as a PPL before going off and doing the IMC.
An IMC is pretty useless other than as a badge to a new PPL as you do not have the experiance to properly control the aircraft yet or have the spare capacity to deal with the task loading of operating the aircraft safely in IMC.
It is all well and good being able to do it with the instructors sat next to you but when you need it for real the task loading is massive.
The old adage about at 50 hours you think you know everything etc. is true!