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Going Crazy
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| Location: | USA |
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| Exams Taken: | PD, BD/MM, CD, SP, BP, BT | | Exams Passed: | BD/MM, CD, BP, BT | | Describes Me: | nervous all the time |
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Posted: Sun Nov 2nd, 2008 09:03 pm |
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Hi guys,
As you can see, I've already taken CD and BD/MM. Could someone please make any suggestions as to how I should start studying for this exam?
This is what I have already:
- all documents from the Pre-Design folder from FTP site
- Ballast
- Archiflash cards
- Kaplan practice exam
- all Ballast practice exams
- MEEB
- AGS
- BCI
- Visual Dictionary of Architecture
- FofBC
- LEED for New Construction
What else should I get? Also, what chapters should I focus on in the books that I mentioned above?.......i already know what ones from Ballast, but, in addition to that.
Thanks in advance for your input
Last edited on Sun Nov 2nd, 2008 09:04 pm by Going Crazy
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QUIKSILVER
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| Joined: | Fri Mar 10th, 2006 |
| Location: | Land Of Oppurtunity, USA |
| Posts: | 1369 |
| Exams Taken: | PD, GS, LF, ME, BD/MM, CD, SP, BP, BT | | Exams Passed: | CD, SP, BP, BT | | Describes Me: | Optimistic individual whom believes that Failure teaches Success!!!!.... |
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Posted: Sun Nov 2nd, 2008 09:13 pm |
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Going Crazy wrote: Hi guys,
As you can see, I've already taken CD and BD/MM. Could someone please make any suggestions as to how I should start studying for this exam?
This is what I have already:
- all documents from the Pre-Design folder from FTP site
- Ballast
- Archiflash cards
- Kaplan practice exam
- all Ballast practice exams
- MEEB
- AGS
- BCI
- Visual Dictionary of Architecture
- FofBC
- LEED for New Construction
What else should I get? Also, what chapters should I focus on in the books that I mentioned above?.......i already know what ones from Ballast, but, in addition to that.
Thanks in advance for your input
Read this post.....I think it will give you good direction:
http://www.areforum.org/forums/forum1/22492.html
Cheers to future success!...
Q..
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Going Crazy
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Posted: Sun Nov 2nd, 2008 09:23 pm |
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Thanks for the reply QUIKSILVER.....very helpful information.
These exams are so large in study scope that its often good to get some advice from other people as to where to begin. From what i'm reading, its good that i've already taken CD and MM for this one. I just hope that it pays in the end. I should have my results for MM by Nov. 15th, so, we'll see if I have to retake that one or not, but, I have a feeling that I might have to. I will no-doubt, use your post as a starting point.
thanks again, and good luck with your exam!
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mylittlepony77
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| Location: | Ncarb Land |
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| Exams Taken: | PD, BD/MM, CD, SP, BT | | Exams Passed: | PD, BD/MM, CD, BT | | Describes Me: | almost halfway there |
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Posted: Tue Nov 4th, 2008 04:21 pm |
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Hi GC.
I posted this before, but pasting it in here for you:
I studied Ballast.
I studied ArchiFlash cards.
I read the Secretaries of Interior Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties (available via the FTP) (a lot of repetitions, so it did not take long).
Since I did not feel comfortable with the programming portion, I read
Problem Seeking: An Architectural Programming Primer by William M. Peña & Steven A. Parshall
I watched all the videos from this website: http://www.greenworks.tv/stormwater/videotopics.htm
I looked at photographs in Frampton's Modern Architecture.
I looked through materials available on the FTP site.
Also, you need to read the AIA documents A101 A201 and B141 at the minimum.
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Going Crazy
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Posted: Tue Nov 4th, 2008 06:01 pm |
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Thank you for the reply pony.....
I already own Ballast and Archiflash cards, so, that was a given for me.
My office has a hardcopy of "Secretaries of Interior Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties", so, i'm good there too.
Would you recommend that I read that programming book you mentioned for the exam? Better yet, if you had to redo the exam again, would YOU have read that book?
I've already taken the CD exam, so, i'm pretty familiar already with A101, A201, and B141.
Again, thanks for the tips!
GC
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mylittlepony77
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Posted: Wed Nov 5th, 2008 04:58 am |
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I did not feel confident about programming, so I browsed through this book. I do not think it was necessary, but I felt more prepared and more confident having understood the concepts. It was an easy read, too.
A general suggestion is: tackle your weaknesses so they become your strengths. Sounds banal, but is effective.
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