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My undergrad also made it a requirement that we attempt the test to graduate. Luckily I passed and it made life easier.

I wonder if they scale these to some degree. It seems the buildings lateral exam has fairly consistent pass rates... which logically seems impossible given different test takers and different problems.

It makes sense now that I think about it, but I didn’t realize the 3rd problem was the general analysis problem for the Lateral afternoon. I actually thought the steel one was the general analysis problem… or I guess I sort of concluded there wasn’t one. But yea, now that I look back, definitely...

I didn’t even realize they charge for that.

Not to get too into the weeds... but I was actually the opposite. I worked math on everything. I also did have an intro "approach/methodology" outlined up front. I know it isn't the recommended approach by many, but I can't help but work out every number. Good thing it appears either...

IL IS OUT! My journey is over all… passed.

Do you own the 2nd edition and are talking about only the changes between that and the new one? I can’t comment on the differences, but that’s possible to survive with... if you take no SDM at all, very risky imo. I would think it would be difficult to learn the ins and outs of designing the...

Thanks for the recommendation. I haven't looked at the 2018 version, but I did see 2012 and 2015. Unfortunately, they don't get much into the analysis of the irregularities I'm curious about in those versions.

Oh awesome. I didn't even realize I had an older version, haha. If you do any bigger changes to the PM portion, I'd say it would be beneficial to add in some problems that test seismic irregularities. I rarely see PM example problems that ask to identify and/or design for these. For example...

Minor comment. Since ACI does not change, maybe this issue could be missed: There’s a coupling beam problem. I had looked semi recently and think it was problem 72, maybe 73. Either way, the solution is correct, but the letter shown as “correct” is a typo. It should be letter B and not D.

I second what vhab49 said, haha.

I think I know exactly what you mean. I was generally surprised by the material specific questions... again, not from a difficulty perspective, but the kinds of questions they asked.

Yea, the question though would be what exactly earns a score of the 75%. Knowing exactly what the graders want it the tough part.

I felt it was very different. It didn’t seem so similar to typical practice problems I was used to. This doesn’t necessarily equal easier or harder, but just different. I also felt there were what I would say are “next level” tricks. These were maybe aimed at the trained test taker to look for...

I think that would depend on the severity of the mistake made. The work won’t need to be perfect, but it probably needs to be on the right track to not lose major points. We’re a bit in the dark on how they grade so it’s hard to say.