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tireless walker
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كتب: الجمعة نوفمبر 7th, 2008 03:48 am |
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Just postpone exam day for two weeks,cause I really can't anticipate any confidence. After had CDS last month, I feel so sure and couldn't wait to get rid of one more, but after two weeks reading, now I am totally lost. I am using Kaplan 4.0, very old ballast, some chapters copied from AHPP and flashcard. I understand it's broad, broad and broad, but not sure if all these are enough for a pass? There is a history book (general history) in Kaplan series and it's also heavy, should I read it cover to cover for PPP? because in PPP book and ballast, there are already chapters about history (mostly about city planning and urban design). So confused about what kind of history I should focus?
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كتب: الجمعة نوفمبر 7th, 2008 06:18 pm |
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| You'll probably see a maximum of 4 history questions. Determine how much time you want to devote to history based on that.
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CB3
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كتب: الاثنين نوفمبر 10th, 2008 02:43 am |
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the sample questions i am getting out of Ballast 4.0 are mainly to do with history of urban planning trends and notable cities.
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tireless walker
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كتب: الاثنين نوفمبر 10th, 2008 02:10 pm |
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CB3 wrote: the sample questions i am getting out of Ballast 4.0 are mainly to do with history of urban planning trends and notable cities.
Yes, CB3, the same in Kaplan's PPP book. But Kaplan has a separate history book, from Egypt to almost now. That's why I'm confused if I should use this one too. I found some guys in this forum had almost 10 history questions in their exams, 10 from 85 in MC!!!
That's a lot!!!
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كتب: الاثنين نوفمبر 10th, 2008 06:29 pm |
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tireless walker wrote: I found some guys in this forum had almost 10 history questions in their exams, 10 from 85 in MC!!! I find this extremely hard to believe. They probably meant 10 history questions throughout the entire ARE.
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كتب: الاثنين نوفمبر 10th, 2008 06:43 pm |
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i read the Kaplan history book before anything else, anticipating it to be a primer for all the sections. i expect i will rely mainly on the "history highlights" touched on in Ballast, section by section.
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كتب: الاربعا نوفمبر 12th, 2008 03:09 am |
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Coach wrote: tireless walker wrote: I found some guys in this forum had almost 10 history questions in their exams, 10 from 85 in MC!!! I find this extremely hard to believe. They probably meant 10 history questions throughout the entire ARE.
I don't - I had at least 7 in BDCS. I was pleased to get home to discover I got at least half of those right.
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كتب: الاربعا نوفمبر 12th, 2008 06:05 pm |
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slhill wrote: Coach wrote: tireless walker wrote: I found some guys in this forum had almost 10 history questions in their exams, 10 from 85 in MC!!! I find this extremely hard to believe. They probably meant 10 history questions throughout the entire ARE.
I don't - I had at least 7 in BDCS. I was pleased to get home to discover I got at least half of those right. Well, it appears that we have discovered a relatively significant change from 3.1.
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hugon0
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كتب: الاربعا نوفمبر 12th, 2008 09:20 pm |
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Coach wrote: tireless walker wrote: I found some guys in this forum had almost 10 history questions in their exams, 10 from 85 in MC!!! I find this extremely hard to believe. They probably meant 10 history questions throughout the entire ARE. I wonder if it depends on what you consider to fall in the category of "History," which I suspect varies a lot.
I've run across a few questions that refer to a vaguely historic building and ask you to name parts of it. Is that history, or a picture of an old building?
I have a masters in architectural history, so it's actually interesting to me what the ARE considers to be worth knowing. There's definitely a bias towards Chicago. But, in my opinion, it's something architects ought to know. Most of the straight-up history questions I've seen are pretty basic (not to mention superficial.) Mies, Sullivan, Wright, and of course the aforementioned settlement patterns. Of course there are some oddballs that pop up, too (Nervi?!)
Look through a travel brochure on Chicago's architecture and you'll be in good shape!
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Coach
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كتب: الخميس نوفمبر 13th, 2008 12:36 am |
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hugon0 wrote: Coach wrote: tireless walker wrote: I found some guys in this forum had almost 10 history questions in their exams, 10 from 85 in MC!!! I find this extremely hard to believe. They probably meant 10 history questions throughout the entire ARE. I wonder if it depends on what you consider to fall in the category of "History," which I suspect varies a lot.
I've run across a few questions that refer to a vaguely historic building and ask you to name parts of it. Is that history, or a picture of an old building? That occurred to me too. If you have to identify a dentil, is that a history question? Wellll, not really. And I have no doubt that some categorize preservation or adaptive re-use questions as history... but they aren't. Whatever the case, I have no doubt that retention from arch history in school and a cursory review of that text and/or class notes is plenty to get by. اخر تعديل في الخميس نوفمبر 13th, 2008 12:36 am بواسطة Coach
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كتب: الثلاثا نوفمبر 18th, 2008 03:50 am |
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| did you study the 2 ALS books for pre-design? thanks, al
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كتب: الثلاثا نوفمبر 18th, 2008 05:56 am |
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| Just took the test, and I prob. had about 6-8 history questions. I just skimmed through Kaplan history booklet, and if I had studied it a little more carefully, it would've been good enough (it would help if you've retained some info from college). My history questions were very random, so I wouldn't stress too much about it. Just try to read through the Kaplan, and you'll prob. do good enough on the history portion. Good luck!
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