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mrdcon
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Posted: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 06:02 pm |
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I passed! I was so bummed walking out of the test center.... see my earlier post.......
http://www.areforum.org/forums/forum4/51106.html
For those yet to test... stay with it... it was my THIRD try and it's done!
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ARE-STUDIER
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Posted: Mon Jun 16th, 2008 10:35 pm |
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Congratulations!!
I'm taking it on Saturday... Nervous...
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mrdcon
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Posted: Tue Jun 17th, 2008 01:48 am |
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ARE-STUDIER wrote: Congratulations!!
I'm taking it on Saturday... Nervous...
Don't be! Stay focused and complete the easy ones first and come back to the harder ones. Watch the wording of the questions. The calculations are easy and all the info that you need is in the reference section. Good luck!
I'm on to the GS and LF to wrap it up... you've already passed those .... so how you advise me on those two exams?
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Posted: Wed Jun 18th, 2008 12:02 am |
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| Thanks. I feel GS and LF are relatively easier in all the exams. As long as you focus on the study guides, understand the concepts, and do some of the calculation excercises (this is necessary to speed up your calc process), they are fine. They overlap a lot with MM, I would suggest you quickly go through MM as well if you have time. Good luck!
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 07:59 am |
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Congratulations for passing the BEAST!
I want to re-take this Mechanical/Electrical, but it has been a long time since I studied for it. I wanted to ask you to list the most important material you think I should study, and where I can get it at a good price.
Than you.
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 01:49 pm |
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ENA-UNAM80 wrote: Congratulations for passing the BEAST!
I want to re-take this Mechanical/Electrical, but it has been a long time since I studied for it. I wanted to ask you to list the most important material you think I should study, and where I can get it at a good price.
Than you.
I assembled a 3 ring binder and divided it into each part that I needed to study (ie: acoustics, electrical, mechanical systems, etc.
I read each part until I knew it and then moved on to the next. I cut out pictures and images so that I could identify parts and systems and drew pictures so that I would understand things better. I'm a visual learner and I needed to draw and re-write things for it to sink in.
I studied from:
MEEB, Architect's Studio Companion, The old ALS study guides, Archiflash cards, and used the forum notes from the FTP site.
Hope that helps. 
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 05:01 pm |
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Thank you so much mrdcon!
My next test is Building Planning, this would be my second try. I need to practice more to solve the problems faster, the drafting part is okay. I'm only using the Kaplan book and practice vignettes. Does anybody out there have other suggestions in preparing for this test? how can I get the Dorf book?
Thank you everybody!
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 05:27 pm |
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ENA-UNAM80 wrote: how can I get the Dorf book?
There are plenty of people selling their copies of 'Solutions' here and there. Head over to the 'Marketplace'. You'll find it in 10 seconds. I'll have to re-take BP as well, but not before going round 1 with both ME and PD.
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Posted: Fri Jul 11th, 2008 10:47 pm |
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| Passed... The final one to go.
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Posted: Sat Jul 12th, 2008 01:23 am |
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| Congratulations! is BP you just passed? when did you take it? sorry, I'm kind of new in this forum
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Posted: Sat Jul 12th, 2008 02:02 am |
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| Thanks. I took ME on June 21st.
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Posted: Mon Jul 14th, 2008 05:32 pm |
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Congrats!!
Can you please elaborate on the exam subject and itemize list of questions, it would be a great help to all.
Thank you.
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Posted: Tue Jul 15th, 2008 01:54 am |
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I read Kaplan, all the notes on the ftp site. I read the MEEB cover to cover (6 weeks), by the end of MEEB, I thought I did not remember anything, and I rescheduled my exam to 2 weeks later, and started focusing on the topics in the forum.
I found the following post a great guide, and studied every topic on this list. Many questions I encountered in the exam were covered.
Those final two weeks turned out to be essential. I was able to focus on certain areas the exam was heavy at, and elaborate the materials in those aspects, instead of losing emphasis when I was reading every chapter of the MEEB. In the last two days, I was able to quickly browse most of the gaphics in MEEB, which was helpful too.
http://www.areforum.org/forums/forum4/52248.html
Hope it helps, and good luck!
Last edited on Tue Jul 15th, 2008 01:55 am by ARE-STUDIER
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Posted: Tue Jul 15th, 2008 08:11 pm |
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| thank you very much for the details
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Posted: Fri Jul 18th, 2008 03:59 am |
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Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am waiting to get my result. How long did it take to get your result?
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Posted: Fri Jul 18th, 2008 01:51 pm |
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TEST JUNE 21ST
RESULT JULY 11TH
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Posted: Sat Jul 19th, 2008 12:56 am |
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Thanks, I got my result today. I passed too. shuch a relief.
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Posted: Sat Jul 19th, 2008 04:41 am |
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Congratulations! you are doing great.
I'm still waiting for my BT results, I took the test on June 6th.
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Posted: Mon Jul 21st, 2008 01:21 am |
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ARE-Studier....Wow, you got your results back pretty quick.
I took my test June30th and no results yet. If I get mine as quickly as yours, I will get results tomorrow...knock on wood. And Congrats to everyone that recently passed. This was a tough one, so you should be proud of your accomplishment!!
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Posted: Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 12:47 am |
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I asked the Architectural Association for my result, they have access to the NCARB website. I have not received the paper work yet. but this is how I got all of my result so far .
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Posted: Tue Jul 29th, 2008 06:40 pm |
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I just got my results in the mail.....sigh..... I PASSED!!!! WOO HOO!!!
Who's buying the drinks tonight??
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Posted: Tue Jul 29th, 2008 06:53 pm |
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Congratulations!!! cheers to you! good job!
I'm still waiting for my BT results....
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