PA - 3rd Attempt - Fail
I passed three other exams from the first try, but having some problems with PA. I highly appreciate the impact that preparation for ARE made on my professional growth, but there are few things that I’d like to share with others and NCARB. My first PA exam was in 2019, second in 2020 and third one in January 2021. It appeared to me that 90% of exam questions were the same. I covered every book for This exam and felt prepared, but some of the diagrams and practice questions just killed me with confusion. The most upsetting part is that the questions were almost the same. I do not mind to fail, but some of the questions and case studies could have at least changed in three years. I’m not giving up and looking forward to my next try.
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The PA section has the least logical and rigorous questions of all the six sections. Just as Michael said, many of the questions are lacking logical conditions and are only aiming to create illusion on purpose. That's why lots of my friends are taking this section several times and they keep taking same questions but not knowing the right answers. It's not testing knowledge of participants but more likely trapping them. I'd recommend the committee to review questions from this section and make them more convincing.
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This is exactly how I felt! I took my second attempt at PA today and unfortunately failed again. Same case study as my first try and some of the same questions. I felt like I was prepared, I studied for roughly 6-8 Weeks about 15 hrs a week, yet when I took the exam I felt like a lot was irrelevant. I had a roughly about 10-15 questions about analyzing a program or layout and that took a lot of my time. At the end I had to guess on like 10-12 questions.
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