[liveQARE] Tap into the minds of two licensed experts who literally wrote the book on how to pass the ARE. Tess and Sam, both Yale School of Architecture graduates and recently licensed architects, share their survival stories and best tips in Desk Crits: The Insider’s Guide to the A.R.E 5.0 . With…

Hi @tatiana ! I think that’s totally doable. I would cast your study net wide for PcM first, as in really read AHPP and take good notes, and study the contracts well, as there is so much overlap between PcM and PjM. CE will have overlap for the construction contracts, so generally knowing your contra…

May I ask you which state and location are you in or did you scheduled?

Hi Tess & Sam, Is the Desk Crits Guide to the ARE been approved by NCARB?

Hi @iliana95 ! I don’t think you should set out to memorize them, but you should be very familiar with them for PcM/PjM/CE. Try to pull out key concepts from each contract so that you can understand why they’re written the way they are! I would try to memorize the different timelines in the contracts…

Hi @ellakui ! Running out of time but we’ll post something quick! They can take a while to finish. I think the first thing to do is to quickly open up each resource so you understand what you’ve got, you do NOT need to read all the resources! Then go through question by question and turn to the resou…

Hi @luisr ! The guide has been around for a few months now and we don’t have hard numbers to share yet, but anecdotally, the feedback has been very positive and at times constructive! The Desk Crits pass rate is something we are actively working on putting a number to, so stay tuned! To pick the sin…

Thank you everyone for stopping by and for asking Tess & Sam your questions about the ARE. They’re already over on time so that’s it for now, but thank you all again and I hope you found some good advice! As a reminder, if you’re looking to get your own copy of Desk Crits: The Insider’s Guide to t…

Live Q&ARE w/ Desk Crits authors Tess McNamara & Sam Zeif

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Hi @njordan do you mind posting your question in the NCARB Live Q&ARE thread? The NCARB team will be answering all questions tomorrow from 6-7pm CT!

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