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Ray Freeman posted an update in the group
LARE Multiple Choice Discussion 13 years, 10 months agoI’m setting this discussion group up as an information exchange resource for people sitting for the exam. Perhaps it will be helpful in de-mystifying these sections for the users.
You can perhaps also use it to set up a long distance study group, find people local to you with whom to study, and ask questions of people knowledgeable about the…[Read more] -
Jarrod Katzer posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years agoLet me just add to my last with a couple of tidbits. Don’t worry about taking all the tests at once. I have not noticed a lot of overlap – each section almost entirely pertains to its stated material. Frankly, I think folks that say “that test had nothing but section # material on it!” likely did not prepare long enough to know that they were be…[Read more]
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Ray Freeman posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years agoI’ve posted a notice for my upcoming LARE ABD Workshop in January under the events section of this site.
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Jarrod Katzer posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years agoYou’re welcome. I hope it helps. I’m using this method now to study for Section B.
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Jarrod Katzer posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years agoI’ve taken two of the three multiple choice exams and passed those two the first time using the following method. I wrote a blog entry somewhere on this site expanding on this method but here it is in a nutshell: It may seem strange at first but it works – apparently. You should know I have no LA degree so I had even that much more of a hand…[Read more]
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Elizabeth Renton posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years agoI might suggest that taking A&D at the same time might be a good approach as well. There was quite a bit of material that seemed to overlap on the 2 tests…might as well study it all at once!
I took all 3 at the same time. It is indeed doable if you follow Ray’s suggestions. I spent about 6 weeks studying intensively…an hour or two every…[Read more] -
Ray Freeman posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years agoTaking all 3 multiple choice tests at the same time is doable, but a lot depends on the individual.
Are you over-worked? (Sadly those employed generally are, due to the “attrition” the profession has experienced)
Do you have kids, significant others, sick parents, do a lot of onerous volunteer work?
How focused are you at test preparation?
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Kathleen S. McQuiggan posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years agoIf you look through these LARE blogs, there have been suggestions…And my office had some old stuff laying around. Also some people buy the PPI exams and then share the cost with others, or if you take the classes you can get info. There were LARE classes at the national convention that I took last year in Chicago, $50 each, and that gave me…[Read more]
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Kathleen S. McQuiggan posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years agoI just finished all the LARE exams, and since I am in California I also took and passed the CA exam. I took C and E together and A, B, D together. If you don’t mind studying and are detail oriented it is totally doable. My strategy was to take a lot of practice tests. As many as I could get my hands on. There is a certain way they test, a ki…[Read more]
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Steven Chavez posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years agoI think taking A and B could work very well. But section D has become much more difficult recently — a quite low 51% passing rate on the last exam. Its also 3 hours long, and the material is very very broad.
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ann gilkey posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years agoMaureen, You’re comment made me smile. I hope no one is doing this licensure thing for exclusivity and prestige. One person’s “exclusive and prestigious” is another person’s struggling profession. I would never go through all of this for exclusivity or prestige. Are you aware that most people do not know or care what an LA is? I was kidding wh…[Read more]
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Gregory Schimel posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years agoIt’s great to have a wall of all the books listed as study material. For section A, B, & D the list use to be about 30 books. Most people don’t have the time to read or the expenditures for such a library! They have recently reduced the list to about 4 or 5.Some have very little to do with studying for the exam. Could it be that some academic is…[Read more]
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Melissa McDonald posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years agoWho paid Maureen to say that?
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ann gilkey posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years agoEach time I take it, I think, “I just need to go home and focus more on ( fill in the blank)”. Then I come back, and little I focused on is on there and something I never saw before in all my life is on there. That’s pretty bad when you own over 50-80 vignettes, a shelf of books, numerous electronic feeds and have practiced them every day fo…[Read more]
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John J Dempsey posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years agoThoughts on Tuesday’s latest Section E monster…?
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Bingshan Wong posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years, 3 months agoI am planning on taking C this December. Please help with any tips and helpful resources. Many many thanks!!!
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Crystal Power, ASLA, LEED AP posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years, 4 months agoI finally passed C! Passed 4 of the 5 the first time, but this was round 3 with Section C. Yippee! Sayonara, LARE!
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Susannah posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years, 4 months agoI passed C and that is that for me and the LARE! We can now go our separate ways, thank goodness.
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Ray Freeman posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years, 4 months agoLARE Preparation Courses in Northern California
Freeman & Jewell Landscape Architecture is once again offering our popular series of preparatory courses for candidates taking the Landscape Architect Registration Examination. The courses are generally offered four times each year in Northern California, usually four to six weeks prior to the…[Read more]
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STEPHANIE Landregan FASLA LEED posted an update in the group
L.A.R.E. – ANYTHING GOES 14 years, 4 months agoLARE Preparation Courses in Southern California, UCLA Extension
Instruction focuses on the three essentials for successfully passing the
exam: subject matter mastery, problem-solving ability, and test-taking
strategies. Our intensive review courses are taught by working
landscape architects – talented professionals who can guide you in
preparing…[Read more] - Load More
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