Pass!!! All done!

Pass!!! All done!

Postby lavenam » Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:03 pm

I passed!!! 3 months from final ARE pass to eligibility to take the CSE. Procrastinated studying so it took me another month to actually take the test.

It was pretty difficult. I was 95% sure I had failed when I walked out. I was very pleasantly surprised to receive an unexpected pass! A lot of the questions were more experience based and judgment calls rather than directly related to the CSE study material.

Study list
Whole Enchilada (read multiple times, listened a couple, perused links)
OMCES (got to 90%, kind of diminishing returns trying to get higher)
3 Practice Scenarios - I thought these were valuable and a pretty good representation of the test questions
Woo Study Guide - OK, some weird/incorrect info, but great summary on calgreen and energy code
Woo Practice Tests - I did not like these. I disagree with a lot of his answers. I think I learned from them, but got between 50 and 60 percent. Not a great confidence booster.
Old PassXFlash - meh, give them a once over
Wetlands Permitting - last chapters on the permits are helpful. case studies, not so much.
Guide to Calgreen - very helpful. know this
A201 & B101 Schiff Hardin Lectures - great refresher from CDS. definitely give these a listen
Caroline's CDS notes - good refresher on the basic contracts, project delivery, ADA requirements
Would also recommend stalking this forum and the david doucette facebook CSE group - found a lot of helpful clarifications on questions I had.

Thanks coach, and all who answered my questions!
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Re: Pass!!! All done!

Postby LindsayKing » Sat Jan 27, 2018 12:13 pm

Congrats!!

Thanks for the note on the Woo practice exams. I was feeling okay about my progress - and then I took a Woo practice exam and got about 50%. I felt like some of the questions were randomly specific and/or I didn’t agree with the answers.

I need to find my confidence in this...2 weeks left!!
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