Anyone else taking the Professional Engineers Exam on Friday??

 

one more year and nervous already.

 

I'm taking the FE on Saturday, kinda dreading it, especially the general part.

 

Yeah I'm taking it Friday. Wish I would have taken some tome to study a few things.

Good luck!

John

 

I am taking it. I've done pretty good preparing I think. But I'm still a nervous wreck...can't stop thinking about it.

What dicipline are you taking?? Structural I for me.

Brad

 

as if you couldn't tell, I'm taking it....

I'm taking the Civil PE. The morning exam is a bredth exam covering the "5" disciplines in Civil Engineering. Then I'm taking the structural module in the afternoon. 8 hours of fun.... lets roll. I'm feeling pretty good about it but you never know once you start putting pencil to paper.

packfan, which PE are you taking?

bama, two guys in my office are taking the S1, they almost have me convinced to take it and then the S2 once I pass my PE.

Dave, which afternoon exam are you taking? I don't really recall the morning part being too difficult but I really hammered the dynamics, thermo and fluid mechanics sections during my studies... basically I had to teach myself those sections because the quality of the english language spoken by my professors was highly lacking.

none-the-less, good luck to all and I'll be enjoying a symbolic adult beverage will each of you shortly after 5:00 on Friday and then again at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday morning... gotta love spring college football games with a beer garden and bbq contest.

 

I took the PE a year ago, general mechanical and HVAC. The biggest thing that helped me was staying calm and having a game plan. What I did was go through the entire test section and read every question. Then I would assign the question a ranking as to whether I knew easily how to answer it, whether it was hard but solvable, and whether i had no real idea how to do it. Then I went back through and did all of the easy ones, then all of the medium ones, and then all of the hard ones. That way if I was running short on time I could guess at the hard ones and have a 1 in 4 chance of being correct. That way you can maximize your score. It worked for me, passed it on first try and finished an hour early. I think that time management during the test and score maximization is the most important.

 

My game plan is very similar to yours. I plan on reading through the morning exam and answering the structural, geotechnical and transportation problems. Then I'll go back and answer the environmental and water resources questions that I can and I'll guess (using good engineering judgement) on the rest. In the afternoon, I'm going to read through and determine which questions I know for sure, which ones will take some moderate effort and then with my remaining time attempt any of the others that I find to be too difficult....

 

I'm taking the Civil PE. I am going to take the transportation module in the afternoon. Transportation, water resources and the geotechnical won't be that bad for me, but the environmental and structural will be. I actually have my degree in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering so I have no background in structures.

 

Yeah, the main reason I'm taking S1 is because I'll probably need the S2 at some point. I work for a structural firm, so I think my best shot is with the Strucural I. But take a look at the pass rates for the Civil vs. the Structural...OUCH.

A guy in my office took the Civil last year. He had structural experience, but he studied all the water and transportation portions so he could take the Civil. He passed first try.

I'll repeat the good luck wishes to everyone taking the PE or FE exam. Most people I know don't even realize that engineers have to take exams or become registered. Anyway, I'll be knockin' a few back come Friday evening.

Later
Brad

 

3 more yrs aced the fe though 2 yrs ago in may

 

I understand what you mean about the quality of english of some professors. I'm taking the electrical section in the afternoon. The morning portion is what worries me though as it is stuff that I've either not had or not had in a long time.

Study sessions were offered here but I only was able to make it to a few of them. Senior projects and such always kept getting in the way. Though from what I've heard from other students, my schools sessions aren't really geared effectively toward the FE. The supplied reference book should help a lot though as it seems to cover the basics.

I've got a job already lined up and if I don't pass I'll probably take some vacation time to go to one of those week long review sessions I keep getting mail about. They claim a pretty good pass rate and say if you don't pass it then the next one is on them. Any thoughts on that route?

 

Back in the day I used to be able to run a mile in under 6 minutes, and I had about 20 minutes to do it.

The trunk lift was the only thing I couldn't double on the PE test...

 

If you don't pass the first time at least you'll have a better idea of what the test is really like. I'm not sure if it is economical to pay someone after you've taken the test once. My biggest concern going into the FE was that I wouldn't understand some of the things on the morning exam. I was surprised that it wasn't quite as difficult as I thought it was going to be. Of course, once you're in the industry, you'll quickly lose all those core classes that the morning session covers.

Bama, since I have my degree in Civil it made sense for me to take the Civil exam. My real concern is that the afternoon portion will be building heavy. I'm a bridge engineer so this building stuff is essentially new to me. Stresses are stresses but the codes are all different between bridge and building.

 

PE???
You guys are still taking gym class ?
Engineers are nerds

Good luck guys!!!!


~EERob