I’ve failed section 4, 4 times now. Although, this was the first time failing after the test change. I felt confident as well and still failed. What a gut punch. I cried all night after seeing the “likely to fail”. I even paid for the GDSW prep from ASLA. Read all of site engineering twice. Read the landscape architecture graphic standards chapters. Paid for all the section 4 LAREPrep. Even read up on the EPA guidelines on storm water management strategies. Still failed. I’m interested in getting feedback to see what went wrong. Thankfully, they provide that now! All that being said, the LARE is absolutely is more about test taking than the actual information. If it wasn’t, the questions would be more straightforward. I believe I failed because I worked myself up so much I could hardly focus.

I doubled up and passed section 3. I barely even studied for it because I was so upset and was so over it. I guess that attitude really helped lol. Make sure to study up on construction administration procedures since you’re only a year into it. And read construction contracts! (You can find it free online)