What I Used to Pass the NCARB ARE Exams - Top ARE Study Resources & My Honest Review

[Super important, please read description]: Hey everyone, in this video I will go over some of the most effective ARE resources that helped me to prepare for and pass NCARB's Architect's Registration Examination (ARE). I personally don't believe you need a ton of resources to ensure your success, but picking some effective resources and having a solid study/review strategies will help you to be successful. For some tips to get you started on a good study/ review routine, please see this video below:
   • I Passed the ARE 5.0 on My First Try! - 5 ...  

General Disclaimer
a) I am not sponsored by or affiliated with any of the organizations or individuals who's study material/ program I recommended. So I have no monetary incentive for any product
b) This video is not intended to discredit other resources that are out there, but merely to inform you all on what has worked for me and why I found these materials so effective.

Please see some of resources I showed in this video linked below:
1) Architect Registration Examination Handbook (ARE Handbook)
https://www.ncarb.org/sites/default/f...

2) Desk Crits
https://deskcrits.com/

3) Speechify (To help you to read through the text book materials i.e. Ballast, if reading assistance is needed, or if English is a Second Language (ESL), or for the sake of time)
https://speechify.com/

4) Site Planning and Design Handbook
https://doarch411sp16.wordpress.com/w...

5) Problem Seeking: An Architectural Programming Primer
https://download.e-bookshelf.de/downl...

6) AIA Contracts (Find all the contracts relevant to the exams below. Just check the 3 boxes to confirm you are using these contracts for the purpose of examination)
https://my.ncarb.org/apps/exams/aia-c...

7) AIA Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (It is pretty difficult for some reason to find a downloadable PDF - I read that the main directory is AIA's website for the purpose of ease of updating the Code of Ethics. If I get a PDF, I will update the description)
https://www.aia.org/code-ethics-profe...

8) International Building Codes 2021 (IBC)
https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IBC...

9) ADA 2010 Document
https://www.ada.gov/assets/pdfs/2010-...

10) Schiff Hardin Lectures on AIA Contracts
https://archive.org/details/hanahan-s...

11) Sun, Wind, and Light - Architectural Design Strategies (This link is for the 3rd Edition, not 2nd Edition which is mentioned on NCARB's Website)
https://www.mediafire.com/file/321zwd...

For Practice Questions
12) ARE Questions
https://arequestions.com/

13) Designer Hacks
https://designerhacks.com/

14) Amber Book
https://www.amberbook.com/

15) Black Spectacles
https://www.blackspectacles.com/pricing

16) NCARB Practice Exams**
https://portal.examstudio.com/Dashboa...
** Although not mentioned in the video, this is one of those most important testing resources as it is the closet thing to your actual exams and is put out by NCARB itself. I suggest taking the NCARB practice test the morning before your actual exam. To access these, log into your NCARB account and access the exam through the link above


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🕒 Time Stamps:
0:00 - 1:04 [ Our Main Focus]
1:05 - 2:17 [Reading Materials that I used]
2:18 - 3:21 [How I divide those reading materials across the exams]
3:22 - 8:15 [NCARB's Suggested Material Matrix According to ARE 5 Handbook]
8:16 - 15:14 [Desk Crits]
15:15 - 19:14 [Speechify (To Help you Read Lengthy Textbooks or for ESL)]
19:15 - 21:19 [Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice (AHPP)]
21:20 - 22:44 [Ballast Textbook (PPI)]
22:44 - 24:33 [AIA Contracts]
24:34 - 25:27 [AIA Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct]
25:28 - 26:19 [International Building Codes 2021 (Or 2018 works too)]
26:20 - 26:51 [ADA 2010 Pdf]
26:52 - 28:05 [Problem Seeking: An Architectural Programming Primer]
28:06 - 31:31 [Schiff Hardin Lectures on AIA Contracts, B101 and A201]
31:32 - 34:57 [ARE Questions by Elif Bayram]
34:58 - 37:15 [Designer Hacks]
37:16 - 38:00 [Ballast Practice Exams]
38:01 - 38:54 [Site Planning and Design Handbook]
38:55 - 42:19 [Amber Book Course and Black Spectacles' Practice Exams]
42:20 - 46:25 [Combining Textbooks and Study Platforms is the Most Holistic Way to Study]
46:26 - 47:28 [Additional tips: NCARB forums, YouTube and ChatGPT)
47:29 - 50:36 [Summary of Resources]
50:37 - 51:34 [Conclusion]

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