At least it is to me, although I have a feeling anyone else who comes by might not think so. Whatever.
IN ANY EVENT, I just got my newsletter from the state registration board for architects, and it included the passage rates of the registration exam from last year, and things are looking pretty good.
In each of the test divisions, the first number is the percentage of Alabama candidates passing the test, and the second number is the national percentage:
Pre-Design 88% 76%
General Structures 78% 75%
Lateral Forces 82% 76%
Mechanical and Electrical Systems 71% 68%
Building Design/Materials and Methods 89% 77%
Construction Documents and Services 90% 77%
Site Planning 79% 73%
Building Planning 60% 63%
Building Technology 65% 66%
As you can see, there are only a couple of categories where our numbers lagged behind the national rate, and those are not by much. I seem to recall the year I took mine (1994), in most categories we were about equal, so it's good to see that there's some progress being made on most fronts.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at July 10, 2006 01:38 PM