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Anyone else out there take the Mechanical Machine Design afternoon exam?  What are your thoughts on the exam. 

 
Hi napier,

I took the Mechanical Systems and Materials afternoon exam.  I felt the afternoon section was slightly more challenging then the AM section.  On both exams I was working till the end but had time to address each problem.  I have to admit there were few problems that stumped me towards the end of the PM exam.  Despite the guesses I felt pretty solid but I'll see when the results come in.    

 
I also thought the afternoon was slightly more difficult but also thought the test was easier overall than I was expecting, might have a different opinion once the results are in though. Being the brilliant person I am, I forgot to bring my watch and there was no clock in the room. I managed to pace myself to have 2 questions left when they called 15 min for both halves. I guessed on 2 questions for each half and a few others in the PM tripped me up some but I did the best to solve them. I'm still feeling good overall but the more I think about it the more I wonder if I actually passed or not.

 
I agree that the afternoon section was slightly more difficult.  Did either of you have difficulties in either the morning or afternoon sections or both?  I found some of the problems somewhat confusing.

 
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Yup, too much. Hopefully a mod will be by soon to fix it.

 
Fixt.  Watch yourself Mr. Anderson napier.

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Honestly, I felt the PM was much more difficult at the time. Thinking back on some of the problems now, I'm kicking myself. I'm hoping I scored enough points in the AM to bring me right over the edge of the cut score. :(

How did you guys prepare for the exam? RAM's method, review courses, Both?

Personally, I followed Ram's. Working SMS, NCEES and MERM practice problems respectively...

 
I also took the MS&M afternoon last fall and pretty much felt the AM and PM to be near equivalent. After the exam I felt I failed; maybe because I'm a negative type of person most of the time....Good luck to all! [emoji482]

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