Just got my results back for the FE. I had failed twice already. Here is what I did to pass. Prep time 3 months. i was working full time during this period.
-took school of pe review course. its a 3 hour class 4 times a week. most of the professors are really good. most were ok. its mentally exhausting. i did the live course theres a go at your own pace video but this forced me to study every day. at first i considered taking the ppi2pass course but it was a lil more expensive and my big red flag was that there was only one professor teaching the whole course. I didnt take the course but I dont believe that one professor can be proficient in teaching every subject. Plus what if I didnt like his teaching style id be stuck with him. My complaints about school of pe are that for the money you paid they could have given you a printed book with all of the notes. It was a pain to print them out and gave me a whole mess of notes. You can rewatch lectures but they are online and you cant download them. Guess it protects their info but makes looking for a particular spot dificult.
-bought the fe civil practice problem book by Iqbal
really good practice i did the whole book twice. problems are easier than the yellow book. the secret is not to get stuck on a problem. and just keep going.
-during the test. DO NOT GET STUCK. If you don’t get it immediately. Leave it and come back.
-get fast at doing problems. When practicing I would 5 problems at a time. Timer for 15 minutes. Then repeat. I got good at doing problems fast.
-took school of pe review course. its a 3 hour class 4 times a week. most of the professors are really good. most were ok. its mentally exhausting. i did the live course theres a go at your own pace video but this forced me to study every day. at first i considered taking the ppi2pass course but it was a lil more expensive and my big red flag was that there was only one professor teaching the whole course. I didnt take the course but I dont believe that one professor can be proficient in teaching every subject. Plus what if I didnt like his teaching style id be stuck with him. My complaints about school of pe are that for the money you paid they could have given you a printed book with all of the notes. It was a pain to print them out and gave me a whole mess of notes. You can rewatch lectures but they are online and you cant download them. Guess it protects their info but makes looking for a particular spot dificult.
-bought the fe civil practice problem book by Iqbal
really good practice i did the whole book twice. problems are easier than the yellow book. the secret is not to get stuck on a problem. and just keep going.
- dont focus on subjects that are difficult for you. in college i was bad at structural design and dynamics. So I mostly skipped those.
-during the test. DO NOT GET STUCK. If you don’t get it immediately. Leave it and come back.
-get fast at doing problems. When practicing I would 5 problems at a time. Timer for 15 minutes. Then repeat. I got good at doing problems fast.
