Good experience is crucial, especially for CDS. That said, 2-3 years is plenty if you have good experience.kstars04 wrote:I disagree with coach.
Huh? Are you really confusing me with Gang Chen?
Do it again and you're both banned.
At my firm there is a group of us taking the exams, with a range of experiences. We are all studying 3-4 hours/day and on a tight schedule (2-3 weeks for CDS). We are studying Ballast chapters, NCARB, Jenny's Notes, various practice exams, and the Dorf guidelines for vignettes, and lecture once a week. All SIX of us with 2-3 years of professional experience FAILED CDS.... the people who passed have had 10+ yrs of experience (!!!). No exaggeration here. There is definitely something to having experience for CDS - and I promise you, we all felt as prepared as can be with 2-3 weeks of cramming!
Insult is more like it.kstars04 wrote:Oops! My bad. Sorry didn't mean to confuse you...
aa_banned wrote:Most people fail an exam because of errors that they do not know of, not the errors that they know they have made. Well, if you know the errors, you probably would not have made them.
CDS has a limited but very detailed scope of exam.
CDS is the EASIEST division if you read the right materials. I think ANYONE can study and pass CDS in 2 weeks if it is done right. No experience needed: Wells, experience is helpful but NOT mandatory.
If you want an easy pass to build some confidence, go for CDS.
Crank on it for 2 weeks, pass it, and get it out of the way.
Coach wrote:kstars04 wrote:BTW, I'm not surprised you all failed. I never liked study groups. If the dynamic is wrong (and it usually is), group think sinks in and you all fail to think rationally... or, one idiot consistently convinces all of you into believing the wrong things.
You've got to learn this stuff on your own time and in your own way.[/color]
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