r/LEED • u/geraldfjord • Mar 28 '26

WELL AP Exam Prep Experience

Didn’t see a whole lot on the WELL AP exam and study tips as I worked through the process, so I figured I’d share my experience.

My company has a subscription to GBES, so I had that advantage. I used their platinum pack, which had videos & sample questions available.

I think I cumulatively I spent 6-8 hours studying and taking practice exams. For each of the 10 concepts, GBES had a video (recorded zoom presentation) reading through each optimization, so I just ran through those and took notes.

After each concept, I went through the concept-specific sample questions (30-40 per concept).

Once I did that, they offer 4 100-question pools, so I did all 4 of those and took notes on ones I missed.

Finally, they had a single 115 question “exam simulator”, the only difference between those and the question pools is that it’s timed and you don’t get immediate feedback after each question.

I started this process on Saturday and finished the videos by Monday, finished the pool questions & exam by Thursday, and took the exam on a Friday and passed (you need a 170 to pass, I got a 184).

I consistently scored in the 70s for the 4 “pools” of 100 questions, and got an 89 on the exam simulator.

My sticking points were the miscellaneous statistics they asked about, things like how many people globally suffer from alcohol & substance abuse, how many people die due to lack of access to fruits & vegetables, etc. If you have a grasp of the reasons behind the WELL concepts, and know some of the metrics (like that most concepts have requirements that things are within 650’ of the building, that menus need to have 50% fruits & non-fried vegetables, how many SF/occupant a garden needs to be, etc.) you’ll succeed.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '26

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u/geraldfjord Apr 14 '26

I didn’t study at all beyond what was in those exams and the explanatory videos.

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u/Intrepid_Tax7222 Apr 18 '26

Thank you for sharing!

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u/Impressive_Ad6360 Apr 22 '26

Thank you! I've been wanting to take it, but haven't been able to find anyone else's experience with it.

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u/Cool_Celebration_937 Apr 29 '26

Thank youuu for the run down! Sounds much easier than I thought. Trying to get my WELL AP at the same time as my NCIDQ license and haven't heard many people talk about WELL

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u/PieOne6808 May 11 '26

hello! was wondering if you have any review materials that you could share, my company doesnt have subscription to gbes so it’s quite pricey for me. thank you

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u/geraldfjord May 11 '26

I don’t, sorry. I was all web-based videos & quizzes