Ahhhhh I'm so happy for you!!! I was really hoping you made it! Congratulations. I hope you have some big celebration plans in store!
Thanks for the kind words and encouragement
Any idea about TX reults?
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Thanks for the kind words and encouragement
Congrats Ugur....I graduated 20 yrs ago, passed my Mechanical MDM in 2003. Due to fluctuating client requirements in my industry I decided it would also be good to add Civil Structural to the mix as some clients want me to get licensed on the west coast as an SE and well I need the Civil Structural first....So with 6 kids and running my own consulting business I took the plunge and passed this new branch on the first try. So I guess onto the 16 hr Structural Exam. I will definitely need to study a little more for that one. Congrats to those who passed and keep persevering to those who did not pass this time. Some advise....dont bring so many books to the test. I think I used a total of 5 books this time and maybe 6 books on my first try. You will never be able to use all the info you own.
Yes many ppl failed and I saw ppl losing confidence which bums me out! I sincerely hope all ppl failed this round will all pass in April! This test is really brutal
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I dunno, I used wuite a few of the ones I brought. Just need to know where to look pretty quickly. And I had added in a couple last minute that I ended up using. My opinion, better to have too many and not use them than kick yourself for leaving that one reference at home. Alas, soon it will not be open book anymore, so that advice will be for naught.
Hi guys,congrats for those who passed and hard luck for those did not,my score is 67% failed of course,this was my first attempt for pe civil construction exam,I graduated overseas in 2000, 2 years ago i had my degree evaluation and last year i passed eit in florida so i’m registered as Eit in florida and Texas ,last October i sat for pe (decoupling),and now i feel sick to the stomach, i had plan to pass the test,prepare my resume and apply for job , i did not practice engineering in Us yet so i thought passing pe will give me good credit , now my plan will be hold till i pass this f****n test so disappointed 
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Hey @trackerjacker, I'm definitely looking at the NC State course for the next round. How was the air module? I'm going to do the EET Water/Env depth class to help me strengthen the water/stormwater topics, but am really needing a solid air refresher.
Man I hear you. I was told I would get promoted if I passed, and our company gives out a nice bonus to people receiving their professional licenses. Would have been so nice to put towards my wedding. Keep your head up. You're going to pass. This is just a temporary setback.Hi guys,congrats for those who passed and hard luck for those did not,my score is 67% failed of course,this was my first attempt for pe civil construction exam,I graduated overseas in 2000, 2 years ago i had my degree evaluation and last year i passed eit in florida so i’m registered as Eit in florida and Texas ,last October i sat for pe (decoupling),and now i feel sick to the stomach, i had plan to pass the test,prepare my resume and apply for job , i did not practice engineering in Us yet so i thought passing pe will give me good credit , now my plan will be hold till i pass this f****n test so disappointed
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I think the practice problems from the air section were a good prep for the test (at least the one I took). I can see how you might not want to pay for the full course just to get the air section though.
Thanks @trackerjacker. I think it would be good for me to reinforce these concepts, couldn't hurt sitting through those topics again. I want attempt #3 to be the last
Thanks @trackerjacker. I think it would be good for me to reinforce these concepts, couldn't hurt sitting through those topics again. I want attempt #3 to be the last
How was the solid waste, remediation, and water resources? for air I found the Air pollution Control by Cooper very helpful.
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Rooting for you @txjennah!!!Thanks @trackerjacker. I think it would be good for me to reinforce these concepts, couldn't hurt sitting through those topics again. I want attempt #3 to be the last
My experience was that it was all good and totally worth it, especially the practice problems they go through. I found there was a good focus on the topics actually covered by the exam I took.
It was also much easier to make myself study (video lectures) this way rather than just trying to open up a book.
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I feel your pain so hard. I took the exam the first time in April and felt okay about it and failed pretty badly. I was shocked because I took the testmasters course and felt like I had studied intensely, but structures and geotech got me good. Also the means and methods and cost estimating. I immediately came to this forum to see what I could do to improve, because, again, I've been doing my job for almost a decade now and there was a nice bonus and promotion dangling in front of me that I missed out on. Not passing felt very very bad, but I didn't know what to do. BUT there is a topic in the civil construction forum and I don't know how to link things, but the title is as follows: How I Passed the October 2015 Civil-Construction Exam (1st Attempt). I poured through all of the suggestions and wrote down all of the references and practice exams and got to shopping. FOLLOW THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND YOU WILL PASS. I also mostly used his suggestions to set up a study schedule. I highly advise putting a study calendar together to know how long it will actually take to hit all of the videos and references (depending on which practice course you choose).Hi guys,congrats for those who passed and hard luck for those did not,my score is 67% failed of course,this was my first attempt for pe civil construction exam,I graduated overseas in 2000, 2 years ago i had my degree evaluation and last year i passed eit in florida so i’m registered as Eit in florida and Texas ,last October i sat for pe (decoupling),and now i feel sick to the stomach, i had plan to pass the test,prepare my resume and apply for job , i did not practice engineering in Us yet so i thought passing pe will give me good credit , now my plan will be hold till i pass this f****n test so disappointed
I am a terrible standardized test taker. In college I would have to study way more than other people to score well as my anxiety makes me freeze in high stress situations. So I spent $1000 additionally on top of the course and books I had already purchased (choke!) the first go around and started over. I dedicated two months to re-watching and studying testmasters breadth and references and then spent a month and a half on testmasters construction videos and all of the recommended construction references. I would typically spend a day for each reference to familiarize myself with where things were located in each text. Then two weeks before the exam I pulled out the 7 practice exams I had purchased. Some were just depth or breadth and some were combined. I was scoring decently on these exams, but went through them afterwards to really make sure I was familiar with what the question is ACTUALLY asking, because as we know, this test has the tricks. Seeing more of the sneaky ways to ask a question really helps in identifying the pot holes you can fall in.
Without all of the references I would not have passed this time around. I cannot stress how important it is to buy all of the recommended references and really know where things are in the books. Honestly I used my indexes like crazy, but it was still good to know the layout of each book. I would not use testmasters, I don't feel like it helped me all that much, but I was already so financially invested in it that I utilized it again (every little bit counts). I have heard very good things about EET and I really liked the Goswami Breadth and Depth books and practice exams.
I gave up this entire year of my social life to pass this exam and, I've got to be honest, walking out this time around I felt I did much better, but I didn't know if it was enough to pass. Thankfully it was, but I realized there is always room for improvement and working more problems. And additionally, you scored 67%, you know what you're doing, the only barrier is that final passing score. You are no better an engineer today than on passing day. I remember feeling like I shouldn't be doing my job if I couldn't even pass this exam with so much work experience, but once you pass you just feel relief. I didn't feel any better or smarter, just done. Good luck to you in your studies, I know how this feels and trying to avoid this feeling again is all we can try to do.
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@trackerjackerThank you, are the lectures sent to you or do you have to view them at a scheduled time?
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Once you sign up, you log in and all the videos and lecture presentation slides are posted for you to view at any time you want. You only get 6 months of access, but I was able to download all the videos and all slides.
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