Likey failed for the 5th time. Need help with what to study.

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Samantha Weinryb

April 01, 2024 18:24

I’m fresh off my 5th PPD fail and I’m having a hard time figuring out what my weaknesses were. I know I was confident on a good amount of questions and it just seemed to be little random things that I must have gotten wrong. I’m at a loss as to how to build upon what I’ve been studying. Any suggestions on how to flip my studies on its head to catch these loose ends I seem to be missing? I have most of the suggested books, the ballast practice exam and quizzes, and the black spectacles subscription (I’m considering dropping this, but I do find the practice tests helpful) Any encouragement would also help too.

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  Victor Ralph Moreno April 01, 2024 21:00

  Hate to hear that. Just keep at it, stay fresh with material since there is so much covered on this. I planning on my 5th attempt in 2 months. It’s tough constant studying and staying abreast. I hope NCARB is really taking a hard look at all the fails. Something isn’t right.

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  Samantha Weinryb April 02, 2024 01:29

  Thanks and good luck with your studies. I do agree that this particular test feels neglected or perhaps lacking some quality control. The wording of several questions were very unclear in my opinion. Obviously I can’t comment further on it but I hope that it gets some attention.

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  Cody Zimmerman April 03, 2024 03:44

  Samantha, are you changing up your study plan with each retake? Some things may be worth rereading but I’ve been in this position before and I introduced new reading material/ practice exams with each retake in order to fill in the gaps. Also best advice I can give is to create a well rounded study plan regardless of what your fail score report says being that each version is different. I often hear stories about people spending too much time/energy on the content areas they scored low in and doing worse on a retake because the other content areas suffered as a result. Please stay positive as it's a process. This is just a part of your story.

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  Kawai Yam April 10, 2024 22:57

  Hey same boat here... I'm not sure how many times. Kinda shame, nervous, scared, lost of words every time I think about it...But probably more failures than you. I'm still trying...
  In my past three exams, I was usually one or two points off from passing... I don't know what to do in order to get pass tbh. My score report is very avg. Most of them usually around or above 70. So score report doesn't help much. Anyway, I would like to talk to someone like you, perhaps keep us motivated.

  I'm here in this study group. Join me if you like.
  https://discord.com/invite/cHcbQKZW

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  Kaylinn Nugent April 11, 2024 03:45

  I'm starting to use Hyperfine for PPD and PDD. I like the homework style setup and how they break down topics into digestible segments. They link to references to directly study based on the homework too. They follow the NCARB guidelines like Black Spectacles does, but it's more focused on learning topics, not memorizing random facts. It was only around $65 for the course packet on Hyperfine and you get to keep the resource if you need to retake the exam - so no subscription which is more affordable. Definitely wish I would have started using it sooner! https://hyperfinearchitecture.com/ 

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