04-25-2025, 12:35 PM
Responding with my own experience, as well as to also bump this as I see a couple of recent threads. I used a rented digital copy of the new edition from Amazon, as I prefer to read digital books and like the Kindle format. However, after taking the exam, I think the older but free copy referenced in the original post would have more than sufficed.
The core concepts would be the same, the only difference (I gather) would be in examples used, as well as case studies. The case studies, while interesting, weren't necessary to pass the exam (this isn't the capstone).
I did 5 days of studying for several hours per day. Start with the end of each chapter, to get a sense of the key concepts, go back to the beginning of the chapter, and have ChatGPT (or something else) provide you a summary with answers of the learning outcomes, and save these as PDFs. Then read the chapter, and reference the PDF at the end to reinforce what you've just learned. Plus, after going through the book you'll have an easy-to-reference set of key concepts and definitions by chapter.
Brush up on your essay-writing skills. The five essays don't have to be exhaustive, but you should know how to write an essay - opening/thesis, body paragraphs, summary/restating thesis. Don't overthink it. Take a breath, think of your argument (or the topic), come up with a brief outline, and fill it in.
The core concepts would be the same, the only difference (I gather) would be in examples used, as well as case studies. The case studies, while interesting, weren't necessary to pass the exam (this isn't the capstone).
I did 5 days of studying for several hours per day. Start with the end of each chapter, to get a sense of the key concepts, go back to the beginning of the chapter, and have ChatGPT (or something else) provide you a summary with answers of the learning outcomes, and save these as PDFs. Then read the chapter, and reference the PDF at the end to reinforce what you've just learned. Plus, after going through the book you'll have an easy-to-reference set of key concepts and definitions by chapter.
Brush up on your essay-writing skills. The five essays don't have to be exhaustive, but you should know how to write an essay - opening/thesis, body paragraphs, summary/restating thesis. Don't overthink it. Take a breath, think of your argument (or the topic), come up with a brief outline, and fill it in.


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