Today was a GREAT day! I passed the LEED AP BD+C exam! I am so relieved to have both the Green Associate exam and AP exam passed and off my shoulders! At the risk of gloating, I'm really proud that I passed both on my first attempt. I did study my ass off though, so it's not like I can claim it was an easy feat. In fact when my exam time ended and my heart was beating out of my chest as I awaited the final results, I was certain that it was going to tell me FAIL. I barely finished answering the 100 questions in the 2 hour time frame. I had noticed that my timing was poor around 45 minutes into the exam and started panicking. I knew that I had to speed up and we all know how that can be a recipe for disaster when it comes to test taking! However it when it came down to it, I was well prepared and I knew in my mind that I knew the answers. So I calmed myself down as much as I could while still trying to go through the questions much faster and I tried to think like those tricky bastards from the GBCI that write the exam.
My advice for future LEED APs: carefully read the questions and keep in mind that the questions are written very specifically and can easily be misread if you're not alert. The GBCI/USGBC has no qualms about writing precarious questions.
