Register to receive a license in a state that allows you to sit for the ARE without completion of IDP. There are 30 states which allow early testing!  State requirements are listed on the NCARB website at  http://www.ncarb.org/stateboards/MBRfaqinitial08.asp .  This allows those un-employed, in transition, under-employed or just over-motivated, as the case may be, to begin the ARE exams now!

Listed below are the requirements per state not requiring full IDP completion:
AK (NA)
AL (Six months)
AZ (Six years of ed. and exp.)
CA (5 years of educational equivalents)
DC (Follows NCARB’s Resolution)
FL (235 training units)
GU (-)
IA (NONE WITH NAAB DEGREE AND NCARB COUNCIL RECORD)
IL (When the change is enacted, a professional degree with concurrent enrollment in IDP will allow the taking of the ARE)
IN (none)
KS (None)
KY (235 Training Units verified)
MA (ACCREDITED DEGREE)
MD (contact the Board)
MO (IDP enrollment)
MS (NAAB degree, 235 IDP training units, 6 months of work under an architect post graduation)
ND (We follow NCARB)
NE (No minimum req’d)
NM (Professional Degree required)
OH (None)
OK (Can begin prior to training)
OR (enrollment in IDP only)
TN (None)
TX (6 months)
UT (IDP Enrolled/Degree Received)
VT (8)
WA (NAAB Degree)
WI (6 years of education/experience with at least 1 year of IDP completion)
WV (none)
WY (Registered in IDP)