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All Rights Reserved. For your eyes only.  \nARE EXAM PREP: THE TOP 10 TIPS FOR PASSING THE ARE®  \nFROM BLACK SPECTACLES AND MIKE NEWMAN  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \n04-05 INTRODUCTION 06 TIP 1: DON’T PANIC  \n07-08 TIP 2: BE STRATEGIC  \n09-10 TIP 3: FIND YOUR RESOURCES  \n11-12 TIP 4: UNDERSTAND THE CONTRACTS 13-15 TIP 5: YOU ALREADY KNOW STRUCTURES  \nCopyright Black Spectacles 2016. All Rights Reserved. For your eyes only.  \nCopyright Black Spectacles 2016. All Rights Reserved. For your only  \n3  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \n16-17 TIP 6: NO ONE CARES IF YOU’RE A BRILLIANT DESIGNER  \n18 TIP 7: PLANESAWING VS. QUARTERSAWING 19-20 TIP 8: KNOW HOW COOLING WORKS  \n21 TIP 9: 300FT 2 TO 350FT 2 PER PARKING SPACE  \n22 TIP 10: UNDERSTAND PROGRAMMING  \n23 FINAL THOUGHTS  \nTaking the Architect Registration Exam (ARE®) can be an overwhelming experience.  \nBut it doesn’t have to be.  \nBlack Spectacles enlisted the help of licensed architect and AIAARE Prep Powered by Black Spectacles instructor, Mike Newman to compile a series of tips to help you navigate, and pass, the ARE.  \nUse these tips to help you figure out how to get started, some of the best study resources, and some of the key concepts you need to know before going into the exam.  \nTIP 1  \nDON’T PANIC  \nSeriously, don’t panic.  \nIn reality, it doesn’t matter if you fail one of the exams. You just have to take it again. Yes, it costs money and takes time. But it really doesn’t matter.  \nThere are a million questions you could be asked on the exam. There’s no way you could possibly know all the answers. You could get an exam filled with questions you don’t know the answers to and still pass. Don’t overthink it. Overthinking is what will get you into trouble. As soon as you start overthinking the exam questions, it becomes a cycle.  \nYou can take the exam as manytimes as you need in order to pass. If you happen to pass them all in the first shot, have an extra beer (or two) . Don’t fret about it if something doesn’t go quite the way you thought it would. If you fail, that doesn’t mean you won’t ever pass, instead use it as a learning experience and move on.  \nLearn to relax and not worry about it. If you pass, awesome. If you don’t, take it again. The exam can feel like a big weight on your shoulders if you let it. So don’t.  \nCopyright Black Spectacles 2016. All Rights Reserved. For your eyes only.  \n6  \nTIP 2  \nBE STRATEGIC  \nThe best way to learn how to take the exam, is to just take the exam.  \nBE STRATEGIC ABOUT THE ARE 5.0 TRANSITION  \nIf you are already halfway through ARE 4.0, finish it! ARE 4.0 won’t be retired completely until June 30, 2018, so you’ve got plenty of time to complete it.  \nFigure out which version fits in your timeline. If you aren’t planning on starting the exam until 2017, maybe do version 5.0 so you don’t have to worry about finishing it within a year or deal with transitioning to a new one.  \nOne of the biggest changes in this transition is the 7 exams within ARE 4.0 are realigning to become 6 exams in ARE 5.0. If you want to be as efficient as possible, you could do the 5-Exam Plan™, which is a little of both versions, and finish the entire ARE in just 5 divisions. The 5-Exam Plan consists of these 3 exams from ARE 4.0: Construction Documents & Services, Programming, Planning, & Practice, and Site Planning & Design, and Project Planning & Design and Project Development & Documentation within ARE 5.0.  \nBE STRATEGIC WITH THE ARE 5.0 RESOURCES  \nThe new version of the exam will no longer have graphic vignettes. Instead, they will be replaced with new question types-hot spots, drag-and-place, and case studies-to ask graphic specific questions. NCARB has video demonstrations available to show you examples of these new question types.  \nCopyright Black Spectacles 2016. All Rights Reserved. For your eyes only.  \n7  \nBE STRATEGIC WITH HOW YOU TAKE THE EXAM  \nLet’s say you studied for 3 days, then took all the exams. What if you passed 3 or 4? 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