There’s a Reason it’s Called Schematic

Monday was good. I practiced the interior layout on my laptop on the railroad. I’m using commute time to study. Turns out I’m not using my car and the subway right now. This happens to work to my advantage, because the 50 minute Long Island Railroad commute should be the time (or less) to finish the NCARB problem. During an actual exam, that would leave 10 minutes to check. 10 minutes to check isn’t much, but it is a goal to reach.

I came across an AREforum post recently, that had me thinking this exam could be hard for some. Yes, I failed, so this exam was hard for me. But I mean maybe hard for others. Well I have every intention of finding out again. I don’t feel very confident, but I feel ready to take the Schematic Design exam again. Like most of the architectural registration exams, I also like to think it is easy! I know, time constraints and everything on the interior layout. But I see this Schematic Design exam for the abstract exercise that it is and I’ve conditioned my approach to suit that.

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