Originally Posted by "wsmempson
If I had a criticism of the IMC course as a whole, there is an emphasis on NDB holds and let-downs
This is not true of the IMC sylabus in general which is wide open. The instructor and school have discretion according to their preferences and of course the local facilities available.
The IMCR can be granted without ever having tracked an NDB. Where I trained we had access to a good selection of ILS, LOC and VOR approaches in the local area (within about 20 minutes flying time), but the nearest NDB was over 30 minutes away and was en-route, not linked to an approach.
My current home base only has an NDB IAP so some post IMC training was required.