Judowolf PE
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thanks for the update droner and congrats!
PENN Fe Exam results
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I failed... I was hoping I could pass without preparing much, but will definitely be ready for April... and I don't graduate til May anyway. Although I'm sure we won't get those results til July if it's anything like this one...
And of course, congrats to those that passed!
And of course, congrats to those that passed!
At a crossroads....
Just got my results. I've now failed this exam (civil) 4 times in a row. Seriously considering not taking it again. There's only so many blows to my self esteem I can take.
April 2011 - Score 115 (Did not study much. This was my final semester in college and I didn't really have time)
Oct 2011 - Score 116 (Used review videos that I saw other users recommend here http://engineeringre...ws/FEreview.htm )
April 2012 - Score 133 (Didn't start to study until about 2 months before the test. Bought the exam cafe package from ppi.com which is online access to over 1,200 problems and solutions for every morning session category + around 200 civil PM session practice problems)
October 2012 - Score 110 (Encouraged by the fact that my score jumped, I bought the exam cafe again. Started doing practice problems by category in June for about 2 hours a day on average. Also purchased the Civil Discipline - Specific Review for the FE/EIT Exam by Lindeburg... did both practice tests and the 60 practice problems) Turns out I did worse than the time I took it without studying. How is that even possible?
If anyone has any advice on how to pass this test. I'll take any whatever can get. I have a full-time job as an engineer/construction manager. I dread studying for this test. It is just about the last thing I want to do when I get home from work.
Just got my results. I've now failed this exam (civil) 4 times in a row. Seriously considering not taking it again. There's only so many blows to my self esteem I can take.
April 2011 - Score 115 (Did not study much. This was my final semester in college and I didn't really have time)
Oct 2011 - Score 116 (Used review videos that I saw other users recommend here http://engineeringre...ws/FEreview.htm )
April 2012 - Score 133 (Didn't start to study until about 2 months before the test. Bought the exam cafe package from ppi.com which is online access to over 1,200 problems and solutions for every morning session category + around 200 civil PM session practice problems)
October 2012 - Score 110 (Encouraged by the fact that my score jumped, I bought the exam cafe again. Started doing practice problems by category in June for about 2 hours a day on average. Also purchased the Civil Discipline - Specific Review for the FE/EIT Exam by Lindeburg... did both practice tests and the 60 practice problems) Turns out I did worse than the time I took it without studying. How is that even possible?
If anyone has any advice on how to pass this test. I'll take any whatever can get. I have a full-time job as an engineer/construction manager. I dread studying for this test. It is just about the last thing I want to do when I get home from work.
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120 - Fail (Civil)
60 in the AM
60 in the PM
My background, 10+ years experience in stormwater, ENS, and site development, degree in non-engineering, 2/3 of a CE degree I've been doing at night over the past 7 years.
I used this exam as a practice. I honestly have 0 time to study with 3 kids at home....so I'm not going home for the next few months....going to study in the evenings at my office. Already enrolled in School of PE...I'll get it in April.
Congrats to everyone who passed.
60 in the AM
60 in the PM
My background, 10+ years experience in stormwater, ENS, and site development, degree in non-engineering, 2/3 of a CE degree I've been doing at night over the past 7 years.
I used this exam as a practice. I honestly have 0 time to study with 3 kids at home....so I'm not going home for the next few months....going to study in the evenings at my office. Already enrolled in School of PE...I'll get it in April.
Congrats to everyone who passed.
hjg7715
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Well first thing's first, stay positive and confident about your ability to pass the test. Then analyze your diagnostic report, determine what your defeciencies are and develop a plan/strategy to improve those deficiencies. I think there are a couple of important strategies for both the FE and PE. First is having a good comprehension of the subject matter. If you have a good comprehension of the subject matter, familiarize yourself with the FE Supplied Handbook and know how to use your calculator efficiently, you can probably pass the exam with minimum studying even if you don't remember how to solve most of the problems by hard. If you don't have a great comprehension of the content areas, you're probably going to have to spend more time studying/reviewing the various subjects and developing good strategies to work the problems (i.e. learning how to use the manual to plug in the right equation or using your calculator as a shortcut for some of the problems) but I think it's still very possible to pass. I knew going into the exam that my defecient areas were Chemistry and Electricity/Magnetism because it's been 10+ since I've taken a course in either of those areas. So I spent some time watching review lectures for those two subject areas but spent most of my time doing practice problems on the Exam Cafe using the FE Supplied Manual and the calculator I actually used to take the test.
How did the analysis provided by Exam Cafe compare to your results? I found Exam Cafe was very helpful in preparation and found many of the problems (moreso morning session) to be very similar to problems on actual FE Exam.
Judowolf PE
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man, what a difference a day makes...
Judowolf PE
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I'm pretty sure he didn't pass...but hey who knows!
Not sure if you're still in need of advice but in my experience for the FE and PE, I felt the Kaplan brand of material was much better than Lindeburg. In both cases I felt the Lindeburg material was unrealistic of what's on the exam. While both over-prepare you, Kaplan's stuff was actually realistic in a sense of the type of detail needed to solve those problems. For example, Lindeburg will give you questions asking for 4 more steps. There's just not that kind of time. But it's just my 2 cents
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