As an aspiring architect, you are required to pass the ARE for initial licensure in all U.S. jurisdictions.

The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) have just released new information regarding their upcoming release of ARE version 5.0.

There will be six divisions, compared to seven in ARE 4.0. As a result, an aspiring architect can expect to spend up to eight hours fewer completing ARE 5.0 divisions.

Though the exam will continue to use multiple-choice, check-all-that-apply, and quantitative fill-in-the-blank question formats, it will replace ARE 4.0 vignettes with new problem types, including:

• Case Studies
• Hot Spots
• Drag-and-Place

Each division will include at least 80 questions, along with one to two case studies.

ARE 5.0 Timing and Planning Tools

NCARB will begin the final stages of ARE 5.0 exam development this spring, which will determine the official launch date of ARE 5.0 in late 2016.

If you have already started ARE 4.0, there is no cause for concern—the current ARE 4.0 exam will be available until June 30, 2018. Use the NCARB’s ARE 5.0 Transition Calculator to:

• help you form a personalized plan to pass the ARE
• see how divisions in ARE 4.0 will transition to 5.0
• keep track of your Rolling Clock showing which divisions you’ve passed and when they expire

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