Study Resources for the ARE

 

Click here to go to the ARE 4.0 Guidelines

 

Click here to find exam preparation seminars.

Helpful hints on how to pass the ARE from Abby Clary

Helpful hints on how to pass the ARE from Sara Beardsley

Helpful hints on how to pass the ARE from Natalie Critchley

Helpful hints on how to pass the ARE from Jana Edelbrock

Helpful hints on how to pass the ARE from Marsha Spenser

Helpful hints on how to pass the ARE from Mike Ryan

 

AIA Chicago in partnership with blackspectales.com offers online test prep tutorials - to register, go to http://blackspectacles.com/blog/are-webinars

The Chicago AIA also provides live annual refresher courses - call them for dates: (312) 376-2720

The following books are available from the AIA Bookstore, telephone (202) 626-7475 or, use the toll-free number: (800) 242-3837, or order online at www.aia.org

They are also likely available from the Prairie Avenue Bookshop, 418 South Wabash, Chicago, Illinois 60605, telephone (800) 474-2724, or order online at www.pabook.com

 

Many of them are also available from Professional Publications, Inc. 1250 Fifth Avenue, Belmont, California 94002, telephone (650) 593-9119, and can be ordered online from them at www.ppi2pass.com

Architectural License Seminars is a company specializing in preparing guides to help candidates pass the ARE.  They are owned by Kaplan Architecture, 30 S. Wacker Dr. #2500, Chicago, IL 60606-7481. Their publications can be ordered by telephone at (800) 420-1429, or online at http://www.kaplanaecarchitecture.com/
 

AIA Emerging Professional's Companion - available online at www.EPCompanion.org (you will need your IDP password to get in to this site)

AIA Handbook of Professional Practice - available at Prairie Avenue Bookstore, www.pabooks.com or through the AIA, www.aia.org

Archiflash flashcards ($89.95)
also available directly from the author at http://www.nalsa.com/

There are also online forums - places where you can ask questions about the exam and get answers from your peers who have already taken the exam.