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Old 02-12-2007, 09:03 PM
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Hello everyone,

I am trying to get a study guide for FM and there are so many to choose from. I see Actex, ASM, Broverman, etc, all of which look pretty good.

However, I stumbled upon the Arcones manual and from the description it seems to be the most comprehensive one. Does anyone have this one? If so what are your opinions of it?
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Sushi. I had the 2005 version because I was a student of his program at Binghamton University. The manual was full of mistakes. Very, very sloppy. I looked at it for 2 days and then decided to use ASM instead.

My recommendation is to not waste your money.
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I HAD PROF ARCONES BACK IN THE DAY AT BINGHAMTON. HE WAS A GOOD TEACHER. I THINK WE WORKED OFF ACTEX AT THAT TIME. ACTEX MAKES A GOOD MANUAL.

EDIT: OOPS, THAT WAS FOR COURSE 1 (P). I BARELY PASSED FM, BUT, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, FELT THAT ASM AND BROVERMAN WERE THE EASIEST TO FOLLOW.

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Hello everyone,

I am trying to get a study guide for FM and there are so many to choose from. I see Actex, ASM, Broverman, etc, all of which look pretty good.

However, I stumbled upon the Arcones manual and from the description it seems to be the most comprehensive one. Does anyone have this one? If so what are your opinions of it?
I had an Arcones manual, the material was pretty good but the questions were full of mistakes. I really strongly urge you to get a different manual then the arcones.
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i have the arconnes manual for exam p and it was full of mistakes as well. it does offer problems that are not in any other manuals, but i did not like studying with it
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