Hi Juliette Alpha,
I used to play the flight simulator and was using it for last 10 years , I did my engineering and after that went for commercial pilot training and now I have got my PPL and now moving ahead to get the CPL .
I must say that it helps alot and it can give you a boost in your ground studies . Same thing happened with me my instructors were amazed to see my handling too and I was the one of the best in my school who can handle crosswinds very well .
The only thing which you will need to work on during your flying is the trimmer and the rudder coz in simulators we can't feel the forces .