kerzzo wrote:vrcat25: I agree with you. Even PA is going to be a big problem as this one is a combination of both SPD and PPP.
PPD and PDD are nightmares... I am still staggered at those who say they pass the first round. I have very good experience in real life and those questions are all about the universe and theoretical existence and random situations. It's a good mind exercise, but do not determine a good architect/creative thinker.
thd7t wrote:Regarding PA, there's a trick that worked really well for me. Study Predesign materials from 3.1. It aligned really well. Materials were dead cheap, too!
vrcat25 wrote:I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if you struggled with PPP and 4.0, PPD and PDD are WORSE, in my honest opinion. I can honestly see somebody failing PPD 10 times or more in a row. It's not because the material is harder, but because somehow they managed to have even more obscure and ridiculous questions than with PPP. A couple think it's easier, but i just wanted to tell you my opinion since i've taken both. If i knew then what i know now, i wouldn't have transitioned and if i were you, i'd probably quit too. Just being honest. Maybe you're different and you'll thrive in 5.0. I'd suggest taking all 5 tests at the same time and just see how you do. Maybe you fail them all and then decide to quit. Maybe you pass 3 or more and you're in the same position. It won't hurt much more to try right? Whatever you decide, keep your head up. It definitely doesn't make you any less intelligent for failing these tests. The majority fail PPD and PDD their first try.
Sarcasmo wrote:Also, why would you tell a candidate to take "all 5 tests at the same time and just see how you do..."?
That's how it used to be done.
Worst advice ever to any candidate, let alone one having difficulties. So, for a person struggling with passing one exam at a time, you're suggestion is to load up 5 times the difficulties? What is your agenda in suggesting this?
Sarcasmo wrote:Wow, are you available for motivational speaking engagements?
On a serious note, I think telling candidates that you think people could fail PPD 10 times or more in a row is not responsible. If someone to actually fail PPD ten times, it would be so unusual that it would represent a problem directly related to the individual candidate, and not to the test itself as you seem to be suggesting.
Also, why would you tell a candidate to take "all 5 tests at the same time and just see how you do..."? Worst advice ever to any candidate, let alone one having difficulties. So, for a person struggling with passing one exam at a time, you're suggestion is to load up 5 times the difficulties? What is your agenda in suggesting this?
Sarcasmo wrote:Vrcat, the success of your approach speaks for itself.
Sarcasmo wrote:Coach, why are you telling me about the 5.0 exam?
It's called a conversation.
Your speculations about the exam may seem reasonable, but I'm confident you'll find few experienced 5.0 testers who will agree with you.
Few who had no experience with the paper and pencil exam would agree -- ARE 1 to 5.
There is definitely some study overlap, and it can be efficient to group certain exams together regarding study efforts. But for you to suggest that this overlap means that 5.0 should best be approached in "rapid succesion" like the old three-day exam -- that is just not great advice.
It was 32.5 hours over straight 4 days. Do you really think it's harder now?
I do believe that most 5.0 candidates are getting through the ARE at a much faster rate than those who completed 4.0. And, there are some unique cases of a few very bright candidates who have completed all six exams in under two months or so. But not three days, and not by struggling candidates like the OP.
You've missed the point entirely. I see a lot of people bitch about content and how what they studied was not on the exam. If you're ready for everything, and take the exams over a short period, that problem will tend to evaporate.
Shadow wrote:I have 10 yrs of work experience at an architectural office, spent way more than $1K on the exams and annual fee, a 5 yr-old who keeps on me why do I kept on taking this stupid exam instead of spending time with her.... I wonder that myself too.
I'm no longer working in an architecture office. The pay is $10,000 more and the stress is zero to none.... It's an architecture related job but it does not required me to be licensed, so I don't even know why I'm bothering with the 5.0 anymore.... just for a freaking title after my name so I can feel so much better about myself?
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