I'm still not sure how it happened, but last weekend I took my seventh (but not final) ARE, bringing me up to all seven exam attempts in the span of one year. The good news is that I passed, which means I have only one exam left to pass! In all, I'm pretty pleased with my progress; aside from failing Site Planning, things have gone relatively smoothly, although it's been a grueling and painful experience. I don't think there's a better way to do it, though, and I'm glad I pushed myself to get it done in a year, rather than drag it out over a longer period of time. Here's the original schedule I set myself, which would have had me complete everything last year: March - PPP April - SPD June - Structural Systems (SS) July - Schematic Design (SD) September - Building Systems (BS) October - Building Design & Construction Systems (BDCS) November - Construction Documents & Services (CDS) And here's the schedule I actually followed: ...
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