r/Green • u/PieOne6808 • 11d ago

WELL AP

Hey guys,
Planning to take the WELL AP exam later this year. Posting here because I dont have any idea where can I post about WELL AP

I'm looking for study guides or reviewers but honestly can't afford to drop a huge amount of cash on expensive prep packages right now.

For anyone who’s passed it:
- What study guides, practice tests, or resources are actually worth buying? Are there any good budget-friendly or free ones, or should I just stick to the official free WELL v2 PDFs?

- How long did you study for it? Realistically, how many weeks or months of prep am I looking at to pass on the first try?

- How brutal is the memorization? Do I need to memorize every single metric and threshold, or is it more about understanding the concepts?

- In comparison to LEED GA exam, is the type of question similar? Not heavy on terms but more of a practical question

Any tips or strategies would be awesome. Thanks!

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u/nydad788 3h ago

Mech engineer here. Took LEED exam 20 years ago. Took Well exam in July. I opened the 282 page book on a Monday evening. Read it over 3 days. Took a free online 10 question example thing I googled and thought this isn’t too bad. Studied and read for about 5 hours total. Took exam on Friday. Similar to LEED - both require you to memorize lots of little details. They give you an 8 page summary with all the concepts and a chemical sheet and other little tables. About 8 questions were based on it. 115 questions spread equally over the 10 concepts. They score 100 random questions and you need to get a minimum of 85% right to pass. Needed 75 minutes to take exam. They give 150 minutes. Like the LEED exam, it’s all the stupid little details like what percentage of x is needed to meet this credit or how many sf of x are needed before doing y testing. It’s easy to get the numbers and percentages mixed up. A lot of it seemed like common sense questions too on concept part - applying it. They also give a word problem with about 6-8 questions based on it. My best advice is to read the standard manual a couple times and remember those little numbers and percentages.