AGM - What to Wear, What to Say; BP Aftermath
Saturday will require some forethought, seriously! Somehow in the morning I'll have combat boots on and a vest indicating me as a subject for target practice - this for the new Convention Centre site tour. Then something reasonably respectable - visibly clean? - for the AGM. Then I'm supposed to be in "black tie" (which is code for definitely no black tie for me), and my dinner companion has just announced an outfit of a sweatsuit ("freshly pressed") and tuck tape.Tonight: well between getting a birdhouse done and an outline of my report for the AGM, a little bird is telling me that I should work on the report. Highlights? Nothing new really - pototype, David Thaddeus, Mock Oral, ARE 4.0 transition and then what is now regular stuff (we haven't always had these) - the IAC, the intern update, the preparation seminars. Some stats - which involve me hunting for all my Council agendas and tallying up how well you've done on the AREs - some which come from AIBC staff, which have an air of dependability - number of new interns, number of new architects by internship, course numbers.
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Building Planning
For me, and I repeat emphatically, for me, this plus my last graphics exam SP have seemed really easy, to the point where it has been a challenge for me to study through something so incredibly boring. I don't know if I passed either yet (it's taking a long time!), so maybe I shouldn't be saying any of this but still you can check your solutions against the programmes and "know" if you passed. I'm confused as to why there's such a low pass rate for these graphics exams in particular. Though the 2 feet on the pull and 1 foot on the push is embedded in my head now, I would say that these exams are to me expensive video games. Essentially, it's as if once you know the first 5 moves of the game, it plays itself out which is why it's particularly boring for me. So in practicing the vignettes, I'm just playing out the same first 5 moves over and over again - all my layouts look the same, all my buildings look the same. Maybe it's good thing - all my boring buildings will comply with accessibility and exiting.
Tips
1. Just read Norm Dorf. He's direct. I've found the Kaplan guide not only not helpful but possibly contributing to confusion.
2. The NCARB vignettes are the closest to what is on the exam. I've found the Dorf and Kaplan vignettes "spacious" - in the end it is quite tight for both vignettes. The furniture is also more similar.
I did the practice vignettes twice. The first time a week before the exam, giving myself "unlimited time" to do it. The second time as fast as possible to beef up the "time management" aspect (design a building in _ hours!), and just a day or two before the exam so it's fresh. You get 5 hours to do the exam; I walked away after 3. I think. In any case, my case was that I finished early.
Good luck.
posted by Lisa @ 6:58 PM
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