Failed PJM for the second time

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    Rebekka O'Melia

    Hi Sara,

    Sorry you didn't pass.

    If you could send me your score report, I could help you figure it out.  Resource management is allocating firm hours per design phase in-house and consultants.  Since it's only 3-7% of the exam, that may have only been 1 or 2 questions.  I suppose one or 2 question could cause you to fail, but it's unlikely.

    You definitely need to be able to do simple, quick estimates on this exam.  I wonder if the question(s) you got wrong were buried in the case studies.

    LMK, and keep studying!

    Rebekka O'Melia, Registered Architect, NCARB, B. Arch, M. Ed, Step UP,  Step UP ARE 5.0 Courses

     

     

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    Sara Mirza (Edited )

    Thank you Rebekka for your note. Yes, I sent you my score report via Linkedin and thank you for your help. If as you're saying this division might have 1-2 questions, it's very likely that I haven't answered them correctly and I got 0%. Ok, now this percentage is getting more believable for me. So my failure might not be dependent all on them.

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    Rebekka O'Melia

    You're welcome.  Yes, 3% of this exam could be 2 questions!!  

    Rebekka O'Melia, Registered Architect, NCARB, B. Arch, M. Ed, Step UP,  Step UP ARE 5.0 Courses

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    Victor Ralph Moreno

    Rebekka. Do you review reports in general? I am about to take this again and have no idea where I went wrong.

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    Rebekka O'Melia (Edited )

    Hi Victor,
    I review the report for clients who are signing up or want to sign up but aren’t sure what to do next.

    Rebekka O'Melia, Registered Architect, NCARB, B. Arch, M. Ed, Step UP, www.stepuparchitecture.com

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    Bryn Young

    Hi Sara, sorry to hear about your exam. It can feel defeating to fail a second time. The good news is you've seen this exam twice now, so the next time you get in there, you'll be even more prepared. Did you do anything different this time you were studying?

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    Sara Mirza

    Hi Bryn

    It's true that I've seen the test twice but for the questions that I didn't know the answers to and I haven't found any answers so far, the bad news is that again on my next test I may have them and again I'm not sure what's the answer! For ARE tests with not having the correct answers at the end in general, we never can learn from our past mistakes! How do we know which one was right and which one was right to learn from them? That's the bad news! I'm studying another division now.

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    Bryn Young

    Hi Sara,
    I completely agree, it’s a disservice to not know the correct answers. This is why I think it would be advantageous to have a score report even if we pass, so we know what we missed and what we need to know more of as architects. If you haven’t already, try to write down what you can remember from the previous tests and ones you weren’t confident on keep trying to research more.

    What division did you decide to switch to?

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