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Michael Riscica AIA Studying For The CDS Exam This is not a commercial. DISCLAIMER: Michael Riscica has a business that makes money helping people study for the Architect Registration Exam. AIA Portland does not promote, endorse or support

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Michael Riscica AIA Studying For The CDS Exam

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This is not a commercial.

DISCLAIMER: Michael Riscica has a business that makes money helping people study for the Architect Registration Exam. AIA Portland does not promote, endorse or support anything from Young Architect, regardless if it is free or costs money. The purpose of this presentation is to share experience and provide insight on how to study for the CDS Exam, NOT promote the Young Architect brand. If you feel you are being marketed to in any way shape or form and if any of the content in this presentation is inappropriate then…. Please contact Executive Director Robert Hoffman at AIA Portland and appropriate actions will be taken. 503-502-3430 RHoffman@aiaportland.org

Michael Riscica AIA

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Michael Riscica AIA Studying For The CDS Exam

Table of Contents

  • Opening – The only ARE Advice You’ll ever need.
  • Who am I?
  • What is CDS?
  • Preparing for the First 3 – CDS, PPP and SPD
  • Preparing for CDS Exam
  • Closing
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Opening

Only ARE Advice you’ll ever need.

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Opening

Only ARE Advice you’ll ever need. There is no one way. You must find your own path. Be open to receive information and take what you can use. Learn from everyone, but focus on your own experience. Acknowledge and respect that everyone has a different journey and reasons to become licensed. There is no one way. You must find your own path.

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Who Am I ?

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Who Am I ?

  • BARCH NYIT 2007
  • Bicycled across America and

never went back to NYC - 2007

  • Merryman Barnes Architects

2007-2011

  • City of Portland – Facilities Project

Manager 2011-2015

  • Michael Riscica Architect 2015-

Currently

Michael Riscica AIA

Started Exams in 2009 and completed it in 2013. In the end, it was 4 times the work I ever thought it would be. I’ve watched hundreds

  • f people start, crash and burn and never finish the ARE.

…After my exams I decided to try starting a blog.

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Young Architect.com

Facts

  • Started blog in 2014 as a way to help Students, ARE Candidates, and

Young Professionals be more successful.

  • Never my plan to become the “ARE Guy”, it all happened accidently.
  • Written 53 blogposts specifically about the ARE, a book titled “How

to Pass The ARE”, and have helped over 50 people study with The ARE Boot Camp Program.

  • YA has been featured by NCARB, AIA National, AIAS National,

Entrepreneur Architect, Business of Architecture, Boston Society of Architects, Architizer, The DJC and Architect Magazine.

  • YA receives 73,000 visits/month and has 87,000 social media

followers and subscribers.

  • YA currently ranks #28 in Rise Global’s, Top 500 influencers and

players in Architecture, Development and Real Estate.

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What is CDS

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What is CDS

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What is CDS

Review content areas Vignette Isnt graded like a 3rd grade math test. The Decision

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What is CDS

Review content areas Vignette Isnt graded like a 3rd grade math test. The Decision

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What is CDS

Review content areas Vignette Isnt graded like a 3rd grade math test. The Decision

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What is CDS

The ARE isn’t graded like a 3rd grade math test, with 100 questions.

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What is CDS

The Big 4.0/5.0 Decision

There really is no decision, c'mon stop it!

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Preparing For The First 3 Exams

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Preparing For The First 3 Exams

  • 1. Codes
  • 2. Accessibility
  • 3. Contracts
  • 4. Sustainability
  • 5. NCARB Software
  • 6. Knowledge from other exams
  • 7. ARE Vocab
  • 8. Getting Help
  • 9. Finding Study material
  • 10. Stress of first exam

Michael Riscica AIA

http://youngarchitect.com/2015/10/12/prepare-for-your-first-architect-exam/

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Preparing For The First 3 Exams

Practice Questions

  • Input VS output.
  • Questions 3 at a time
  • ALWAYS focus on why you got the question wrong
  • Practice WTF questions by using questions from other exams.
  • Use questions with a group of people. 3-4 people work best

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Preparing For The First 3 Exams

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Preparing For The First 3 Exams

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Preparing For The First 3 Exams

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Preparing For The First 3 Exams

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Preparing For The First 3 Exams

Michael Riscica’s Mock ARE Study Schedule

Goal: 100 Hours 1-5 Weeks Goals: Study Habits & Survey The Entire Exam Schedule Exam 5-12 Weeks Dig deep study hard, call in sick to work and just study. Exam

Phase 1 Studying Phase 2 Studying

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Preparing For The First 3 Exams

Michael Riscica’s Mock ARE Study Schedule

Goal: 100 Hours Youngarchitect.com/schedule

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Preparing For The First 3 Exams

Logging Time

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Preparing For The First 3 Exams

Getting Help

  • Call the NCARB Hotline – 202-879-0520 Put this in your phone
  • ARE Facebook Group - YoungArchitect.com/AREFBGroup
  • NCARB ARE Google + Community
  • ARE Coach

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Preparing For CDS Exam

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Preparing For CDS Exam

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http://youngarchitect.com/2016/03/12/dont-study-cds-read/

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Preparing For CDS Exam

Group the chapters together by content area. Each Content Area is a milestone.

Vignette Study Materials Contracts

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Preparing For CDS Exam

Life of an Architecture Project

Print it out, read it, mark it up.

http://youngarchitect.com/2014/02/19/life-project/

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Preparing For CDS Exam

Contracts

  • There is no shortcut.
  • Plan on spending a good chunk of time studying A201 & B101
  • Use the Contacts with Commentary

YoungArchitect.com/A201 YoungArchitect.com/B101

  • Schiff Hardin Lectures.
  • Learn about all AIA Contracts, but focus on A201 & B101

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Preparing For CDS Exam

Contracts

  • There is no shortcut.
  • Use contacts with Commentary.

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Preparing For CDS Exam

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Studay Materials

Publishers Ballast Kaplan (Brightwood) Architect Exam Prep Gang Chen Black Spectacles Nalsa AHPP #ARESketches Frank Ching NCARB Study Guides And many more… Studying Reading study material Practice Questions Contracts Flashcards Youtube & Videos Study Guides on Audio Blogposts Wikipedia Forums ARE Lecture Series

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Preparing For CDS Exam

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Closing

You are enough. You already have everything you need inside of you to pass these tests. You just have to show up to do the work.

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The End

MikeRiscica@gmail.com YoungArchitect.com/ARE

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