The checkrides are very hard to pass but they can be passed.
But you have to be in the exact spot at the right time or forget it.
What I did was to make my own check ride just set up a flight and try to follow the landing procedure as best as you can without auto pilot if you can do this with out going all over the sky then you pass if not you need more practice.
if you can find an approach plate for a given airport follow the procedure that is on the chart try to cross the waypoints at the right altitudes and follow the course as given if you can keep you heading within + or - 10 degress and your altitude + or - 200 feet that is not all that bad try to keep your altitude witin 100 feet + or - than you nailed it.
