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tropical-hut
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Posted: Sun Aug 10th, 2008 04:16 am |
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Yes folks, I finally did it after third time, If I will start all over again I would probably
take the Mitalski or Thaddeus seminar. Again I would like to thank everyone on this
site.
This is what I studied and reference material:
Kaplan Study Guide 2006
Kaplan Flashcard
Kaplan 2007 Test Bank
Kaplan Question and Answer 2006
Ballast - Structural Topics by David Kent
ALS Book - Structural Technology - Berg + Robert Marks
Architects Studio Companion - Allen
Simplified Design of Structural Steel By Harry Potter (oops I mean PARKER) 
Graphic Standards - Ramsey
Why Buildings Fall Down - Salvadori
Why Buildings Stand Up - Salvadori
Building Construction Illustrated - Ching
A Visual Dictionary of Architecture - Ching
NCARB - Study Guide 3.1
FTP Site - Thaddeus Seminar (very helpful)
This time it took me Eight weeks of studying (1 or 2 hrs a day at least) .
Lots of practice on calculations, and making sure I know the basics and formulas
before moving to another topic.
And finally, I asked for divine guidance to make me understand what I'm
studying.
For those who are about to take and still taking GS, If I did it I'm sure you can
pass it too....
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baskinnd
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| Joined: | Fri Jun 22nd, 2007 |
| Location: | Texas USA |
| Posts: | 188 |
| Exams Taken: | PD, GS, LF, ME, BD/MM, CD, SP, BP, BT | | Exams Passed: | PD, GS, LF, ME, BD/MM, CD, SP, BP, BT | | Describes Me: | done! |
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Posted: Sun Aug 10th, 2008 02:37 pm |
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congrats! thanks for your reference help. i'm going to start studying this week and plan on starting the online anytime mitalski seminar. its a lot of money but at least i know that if i take it and go through it all and understand it i have a very good chance of passing. its worth the peace of mind.
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skyhook
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| Joined: | Sat Mar 15th, 2008 |
| Location: | CA |
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| Exams Taken: | PD, GS, LF, ME, BD/MM, CD, SP, BP, BT | | Exams Passed: | PD, GS, ME, BD/MM, CD, SP, BP | | Describes Me: | support where beam or wall not available |
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Posted: Tue Aug 12th, 2008 01:19 am |
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| was there much difference between the als (berg and marks) study guide and the 2006 kaplan study guide ?
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tropical-hut
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Posted: Tue Aug 12th, 2008 05:04 am |
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skyhook wrote: was there much difference between the als (berg and marks) study guide and the 2006 kaplan study guide ?
There's not much of a difference but I would suggest use whatever is latest from Kaplan. I'm sure they try to correct any typo or wrong calcs from the past versions.
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skyhook
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Posted: Tue Aug 12th, 2008 01:02 pm |
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tropical-hut wrote: skyhook wrote: was there much difference between the als (berg and marks) study guide and the 2006 kaplan study guide ?
There's not much of a difference but I would suggest use whatever is latest from Kaplan. I'm sure they try to correct any typo or wrong calcs from the past versions.
...wrong calcs,, a ha...I knew my answers were right all along.
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modulator
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| Location: | New Orleans, Louisiana USA |
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Posted: Tue Aug 12th, 2008 10:51 pm |
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| I've found several typo's in the 2007 version of Kaplan GS guide!
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fibes
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Posted: Thu Aug 14th, 2008 08:48 pm |
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modulator wrote: I've found several typo's in the 2007 version of Kaplan GS guide!
I'm using the 2008 one and there are what seem to be brain blocks for me, on page 5 I'm having the hardest time reconciling how they got the angle of 64.1 from tan-angle of 2.06. The best way i've been able to deduce the angle of the resultant was subtracting the horizontal 118#cos from 1 which is not intuitive to me at all.
I think I'm doomed if page 5 is stumping me.
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modulator
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Posted: Thu Aug 14th, 2008 08:53 pm |
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tan-1 2.06=64.1063.........
I was getting screwy stuff as well, then I realized b/c I changed batteries on the ole TI-81 brick, everything reset to Rads instead of degrees.
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fibes
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Posted: Thu Aug 14th, 2008 09:03 pm |
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modulator wrote: tan-1 2.06=64.1063.........
I was getting screwy stuff as well, then I realized b/c I changed batteries on the ole TI-81 brick, everything reset to Rads instead of degrees.
My brain is a brick and i couldn't for the life of me figure out how to do that on the Microsoft calc. 2.06-hit inv-then hit tan...
Thanks for taking the time to help.
Last edited on Thu Aug 14th, 2008 09:05 pm by fibes
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modulator
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Posted: Thu Aug 14th, 2008 09:14 pm |
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on MS calc, under the "hex" button (upper left), there is an "Inv" box to check when you want to take the inverse of a function. type in 2.06, check the "Inv" box, hit Tan function, you get 64ish degrees.
I have NO idea how this is going to play out on the exam calculator.
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fibes
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Posted: Thu Aug 14th, 2008 09:33 pm |
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modulator wrote: on MS calc, under the "hex" button (upper left), there is an "Inv" box to check when you want to take the inverse of a function. type in 2.06, check the "Inv" box, hit Tan function, you get 64ish degrees.
I have NO idea how this is going to play out on the exam calculator.
Me either.
THNX.
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Posted: Fri Aug 15th, 2008 09:08 pm |
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baskinnd wrote: congrats! thanks for your reference help. i'm going to start studying this week and plan on starting the online anytime mitalski seminar. its a lot of money but at least i know that if i take it and go through it all and understand it i have a very good chance of passing. its worth the peace of mind.
I'm in the same boat. Been reading Allen and simplified engineering for architects and builders...by recommendation of someone on the forum. Its a real page turner. I'm not eligable till October 30....but I started studying 2 weeks ago.
I'm doing Mitalski mid sept-mid oct.
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