@Hi Meonly
To be sincere, EC's experience was vital in succeeding in my country.
Your brain, mind, psyco situation in general is very important to face a selection like this and training is important too as it allow you to improve.
EC's selection was my training in the end.
I went to my national provider's selection very prepared.
In fact in the final interview they asked me why I acted so confident in the group discussion..
Also a failure it's absolutely important to improve. I failed EC but I learned where I did wrong and what was the answer to their (and mine too) questions..
Like the most stupid one: Why would you like to be an ATC, and why here, with us.. etc etc..
Anyway, the course will take plane in my country, but not in my city, it lasts about 14 months.
I've already have some infos about the course structure as some candidates started in Oct.
Basically they start with some subject as AvioRights, Navigation, Wheater.. some people said they're boring.. time will tell..
Then there is the simulation part, divided in some levels. As far as I know, is a section with high failure rating... (3-7%).
the final phase include english prep, airplane sim and final exams..
The main difference between EC and my national provider's selection is that EC rely mainly on avio prep.
Every excercise includes and it's based on aeronautic preparation. It's more interesting if you like the context...
Two years ago there where the FEAST. I found it very strong in terms of energy consumption.
Everybody talks about be fully rested: it's true and you can understand it only when you experience it.
Are you a sportsman? do you know how hard is to do an endurance sport?
I was lucky in that way because when you're trained to sustain a long session of training for a race, you also (and mainly train) your mind to be in a perfect shape even after several hours of test.
Hope I was of any help to everybody..
When will you go to EC?