i'm glad i found this forum so that i could tell everyone i passed SPD
first thing i did after seeing the pass posting on my states online account was head over to ARE Forum to see that it is down again; and now that i've looked around i see that it's been down since the first of september?
thanks coach for starting this forum so we can keep getting help on the exams.
as for the exam; the vignette program was very similar to the ncarb practice vignette. just had a lot more trees to contend with. not sure what all i can say about the exam; but i used ballast and a lot of reviews of other folks posts for vignette assistance. and of course :
http://www.dustingoffron.com/ARE/SPD_SDvignette.jpg
http://www.dustingoffron.com/ARE/SPDper ... rswale.bmp
http://www.dustingoffron.com/ARE/SPDNCA ... ngTips.jpg
also, i might help to say that PPP, CDS, and SPD have a lot of overlap and to be sure to skim through PPP and CDS material while studying for SPD. so far i took CDS (pass), PPP (fail), and SPD (Pass). i didn't know that these three exams have some overlap and now that i know this i'll be sure to review my CDS and SPD notes when i go retake PPP.
good luck to everyone.
R