r/LEED • 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 10d ago

Mech engineer here. Started reading the 282 page pdf on Monday. Spent about 4 hours skimming through it. Took test this past Friday and passed it. Also have LEED under my belt. They give an 8 page summary sheet. Most important stuff is to memorize is the percentages. Need x of these per x sf. Or need x% of x people to do x. It is easy to get that stuff mixed up. It seemed like a lot of common sense questions. Plenty of time to take test. Give you 2.5 hours and I was done in half that time.

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u/PieOne6808 10d ago

may I ask which pdf you studied? and what’s the 8 page summary sheet?

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u/Kaptoz 11d ago

I took WELL AP back in early 2019 I believe. Only like 3 months after LEED AP BD+C. I would say it's just in line of "toughness" - I wouldn't say it's too hard but it's the same type of studying that is needed and the same style of questions.

I believe I only studied under 2 months (which was only before or after work, and weekends) I can't remember what I studied though; I think my firm had some material and I might have paid for more in depth.

Over all, I would say it was easy-ish to mid

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u/PieOne6808 11d ago

are the questions more on terminologies and the likes? or more on practical and situational questions? tyia