My personal experience on talking to people about this is that it certainly won't do you any harm, IF you respect the reasons for having it.
Done under the supervision of the right school for you, not only will it equip you with the right skills to get out of trouble if you find yourself in it, it can also prove to me an excellent boost to both basic airmanship, radio use and it can enhance your basic flying skill by sticking more rigidly to times, headings, heights and such All this equates to giving your more experience as a pilot (if you are not that experienced), and also adding to making you a safer pilot with the skills to avoid and get out of the *****!
I personally think doing an IMC would be great fun and intend to do one as soon as I can, however, I think I might be getting one free!
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Good luck and enjoy it,
Rusty
[This message has been edited by Rusty Cessna (edited 26 April 2001).]