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IDP and e-EVR NCARB Webinars

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

NCARB has two webinars (online web presentations) today, Wednesday August 5th. The first is on IDP at 1:00 pm EST. The other is on e-EVR at 3:00 pm EST. I recommend listening to the webinars to learn of updated e-EVR features and the hopefully you’ll learn how to use IDP better.

If you plan on listening to the webcast(s), visit the links above. Click thru and you’ll see a link to check if you have all the supported software to view the presentation. Do a check on your computer prior to see if it can broadcast the media. You don’t want to wait 5 minutes before the broadcast to find out you have to restart your computer to install some web/media software.

Don’t panic if you absolutely must miss the broadcast. Hopefully NCARB will put up the recorded webcast some time in the near future. Like they did with the 6-month rule webcast. (That, by the way, the link to currently does not work on the new site.)

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Treat ARE as One Exam

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Something that struck me in the ARE Strategies podcast is the suggestion to treat the 7 part architect registration exam (ARE) as one exam. For my remaining exams, I might try and employ this advice for three exams. My original exam sequence was 3-3-1. It became 3-1-3 and now I’m going back to 3-3-1.

I have 4 exams left (two I failed and two I haven’t taken). I’m thinking of grouping study for 3 exams (Building Systems, Structural Systems, and Building Design and Construction Sytems). This would leave Schematic Design to the end and a 3-1 exam sequence. I would take the exams in the order mentioned. I will have to reschedule to commit to this order.

I’m not sure how I’m handling this. Is there enough overlap of study topics? Will I be able to study enough of each topic to take the 3 exams close together?

In the podcast Umber Kazmi recommended treating the exam as one. Her advice still indicated studying for one part at a time. I think. That’s what I got out of it. So I don’t think I’ll be able to study for all three exams and take them within a week of each other. Not with 2 hours of daily study. Not unless that daily study lasts for a very consistent 3 month period with extended weekend studying. (OMG.)

I sort of treated my first three exams as one. Those exams had more similarity and content overlap. For my remaining exams I’m rethinking my exam strategy a bit and preparing my head for some extensive studying about to come.

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Energy In

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

As you take your architectural registration exams, you might generate energy for others (friends, co-workers) to take their exams or sign up for IDP. I think I have generated that kind of energy. It’s mostly energy out.

To counter this, I was thinking to start/find a study group on the areforum or ask some co-workers.

Until I get the nerve, I’m going to tonight’s AIANY ARE Graphic Workshop on the Building Systems vignette. I plan on going to this and the one on the Structural Systems vignette. I hope these workshops help me generate some energy in.

(I posted about the AIANY’s ARE Graphic Workshops here.)

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