Can you write the ATPL exams without having done the Comm ones first? I thought you couldn’t do that- of course I stand to be corrected.
kd28, your best bet is to touch base with aeronav - a Guy called Ray Swales has taken their whole syllabus and put it on a CD which they sell- get them to fedex it to you and do home study, depending on your grasp of the principles involved and if you put in the time you should do fine. If what been said is true re the ATP then then same applies. Almost all the schools do one on one tutoring so if there is anything you are unclear about then set up a few sessions when you get down here. The thing that ,I think, helped me most in getting through the exams was the "Typical Exam" question books on each subject that I got form CFA at Grand Central- particularly the ones for the heavy cramming subjects.