architect54

I just have to go back to learning how to pass this particular architectural registration exam and prepare with a no-excuse-for-failure attitude. I have some weird confidence that I already have this and shouldn’t be worried. My inner self keeps telling me, “Just cover your weak points and you’ll be ok. You know this. This you got.”

Since all prior results letters for me on this exam have shown the exact same deficient results areas, I know the points I have to cover. Because this is my last exam, I want this to be my last ‘take’ of this exam. So yet I still feel the need to prepare on the subject areas I confidently know.

For this Building Design Construction Systems exam I plan to rely on Edward Allen’s Fundamentals of Building Construction, HOK’s Guidebook for Sustainable Design, Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidlines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings, and my Ballast question and answer book and ARE Review Manual. Those along with plenty of vignette practice and any vignette tutorials I can get my hands on. Onwards.

During spring break I had a chance to study and take my final architectural registration exam, Building Design Construction Systems. If I passed, then I would be done. If I failed, I wouldn’t have worried about it. I just would have studied more thoroughly over the following six months.

See early-April I still had 4 chances to take my exam within my 5-year rolling clock. I wanted to capture that 4th chance. Now I only have 3 chances left to take BDCS.

I’m not worried. (That’s a lie. I am concerned.) That is one disadvantage to taking a long-term approach to this seven part exam. The longer you take overall, the more risk there is in meeting up with the dreaded rolling clock. So if you’re taking your architectural registration exam, let my example be a lesson to you. Onwards.

I passed Schematic Design. I have simple advice for you. Don’t use my method to pass this architectural registration exam. I used the actual test itself as practice. This is a poor method to overcome an exam.

I agree at some point you just have to take a test, but that is after putting out study time and effort. If you use an actual test as practice it may not always be advantageous in overcoming that same test! Practice your architectural registration exam, before going into the Prometric test center. Good luck on your exams!