Just wanted to give everyone my thoughts on the structural exam of ARE.
Thankfully and luckily, found out I passed the SS exam which I took a week ago.
I studied:(4 long months)
Kaplan (read this over 3 times) *
Kaplan Q&A *
Ballast
Fema 454 (read twice)
IBC chp. 16
Buildings at Risk Wind and Seismic (read twice)
Archiflash
And just about everything I could find at ftp site..I read over at least once.
I did not have any questions on truss calculation or finding reactions.
A few on lateral calculations, finding overturning moment, base shear, etc.
Vignette is very similar to NCARB practice, so no worry there.
As said many times, there are many lateral questions--so be prepared!!!
If you don't understand the material first time around, don't give up and read it over again..it will all pay off later!
Hope this helps, good luck everyone out there whom are studying for SS exam!!