[justify]I'll be taking my Architecture licensure examination on June this year. I've prepared so much for this exam - it took two whole years for me to gather the diversified experience needed and required to take this examination - hopefully, I'll be able to bag this on my first try.

Not many have been lucky enough to be granted the title of Architect - yes, luck is the word. Our practice has a broad range of subjects that we need to learn, and two years of practice just isn't enough. I consider my attempt to be too early - I have classmates in my review class who are probably in their late 20's - and have had around 4 years of experience I assume. There are a lot of young examinees too - those that graduated in my batch last 2006. Required hours of diversified experience is 3000+ hours - about 2 whole years after graduation from college.

[B]Diversified Experience
[/B]Architecture here requires us to cover a broad range of practice, that is:
[LIST=1][*]Architectural planning and design - including drafting/drawing of designs, structural concetualization, and the like.[*]Preparation of contract documents - this includes the papers needed for sealing the deal with clients, the general conditions, bill of materials, cost estimates, among others.[*]Field work[*]Pre-design services - project promotion, feasibility studies.[*]Allied fields - electrical layouting, mechanical, utility systems, acoustics, lighting - among MANY others.[*]Ancillary services such as interior space planning, restoration.[/LIST]All these, are given an amount of hours that we need to complete before we are allowed to take up the examination.

This, coupled with, again, a broad range of subjects that will be tackled for the exams - is overkill.

Here's to hoping that I can miraculously hit the top notchers' list on the exam.:illgetu:[/justify]