gbalaka wrote:These unknowns is the reason I did not switch to 5.0 and stuck with 4.0 till the very end. Why do people hate the vignettes? I love the vignettes! They were sort of a free pass for me for each exam....but that's me.
But in general, these exams are in no way, shape or form means to be easy. But I totally see your point. They can be quite subjective sometimes and you just need to answer per NCARB's liking.....whatever that is....
blancovero wrote:vcart25, I took my test on June 7th and I left the testing center feeling so good... Unfortunately, my good feeling lasted until Friday when I received a the FAIL, not only a fail a HORRIBLE fail, which destroy me. I have over 15 years of experience, working every day with officials with code, zoning regulations, etc. in in my test I failed with level 4!!!! code and regulations,,, you have to be kidding me!!!!! I called NCARB and off course I did not go anywhere,,, I am upset, confused and I do not know any longer how to take this tests... I already passed SD, SPD, CD, PPP and BS in taht order and then after failing twice SS I decided to jump to 5.0... Sorry for my rant, but I cannot understand how I failed and I failed so horrible...
I already scheduled PPD for July 11th,,, let's see... Keep calm and carry on or just get drunk and cursed to the wind
blancovero wrote:I transitioned after two consecutive failing in SS, I also had left BDCS and I thought it was a good idea to transition to 5.0. I studied a lot for SS at least 320 hrs and I failed twice, so I thought:' what a heck!, let's try 5.0" and I swear I left the testing center so positive. I found the SS test so ambiguous and confusing and without no reason for an architect to be a good architect after the SS test... I still thinking the crossing to 5.0 was a good move,,, I already schedule PPD for July 11th... let's see what the f... the result is...
Back to the books (one more time) and feeling demoralized... but keep going
architect23 wrote:I have to agree with the author Vrcat here, in that I found PDD more difficult than PPD.
Having real world experience will definitely help you on PDD. But I did find a large number of subjective graphic questions, particularly the drag and place questions, which seemed to have multiple answers. I found some of the graphics to be illegible, and I had to squint to read some of the words. The time lag situation is real. There was slight delay on PPD, but nothing I'd complain about. For PDD, the time lag is obvious. There were other questions where there didn't seem to be enough information/instructions given, an issue on PPD.
If anyone has taken PPD OR PDD and wants to study together, shoot me a message.
cianchetta0 wrote:
crap, I am taking it on Sunday! any tips? was your main problem time?
kerzzo wrote:
While frustrated, I think I will not give up so easily, even if it is costing me so much money and time---yes, I gave up my 1/2 time job to study----so I have to make it worthwhile
kerzzo wrote:I am using both 4.0+5.0 study materials,but then again your study time will prolong obviously.
Like many others here, i also go to the actual book matrix referenced in the 5.0 Handbook. Of course these large books,which is insane to think we would chew them all.
198kevin wrote:I used ballast 5.0, listened to Grant Adams lectures and a Gang Chang practice exam and passed PPD. Left feeling a little unsure but was pretty sure I passed and got the pass. I think you might be overstudying if using all those references. Everything was covered in Ballast.
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