ruskyline
EIT
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I can not express how happy I am. I have no freaking idea how I passed! I thought I did worse than other times!! Oh man I woke up 7:00AM Pacific Time to check my score, the entire week I knew I failed, but some how some way I freaking passed this muthafuca!!!
Alright, I wanna to tell everyone do not give up. I was thinking if i don't pass this time, I really don't want to study all those crap that I learned all the way from community college.. But it's worthed! Now I'm just 1 more step away from having the PE in my initials!!
Ok these are the books and materials that I purchased:
FE Review Manual 2nd ed.
- This book really helped me out in the morning session. I would definitely recommend this book and I'd give it 7/10. The problems in this book was for sure harder than the actual exam. Well worth the price. For the ethics part, make sure to read the FE reference manual that is given by the NCEES
http://www.amazon.com/Review-Manual-Preparation-Fundamentals-Engineering/dp/1591263336
Civil Discipline-Specific Review for the FE/EIT Exam
http://www.amazon.com/Civil-Discipline-Specific-Review-EIT-Exam/dp/1591261775/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415201663&sr=1-1&keywords=civil+discipline-specific+review+for+the+fe+eit+exam
- I got this book for a whooping price of $75 while a go. I remember when I got it in the mail, I felt cheated because it's only a hair thin and costs $75. I saw a few problems that were in this book on the actual exam.
FE Civil Online Practice Exam 1
This is a must buy!!! Only $50+tax, but I saw many very similar problems in this practice exam on the actual exam.
FE Reference Handbook, 9.2 edition
get the latest reference if you can. It's a bit easier to get used to when you sit for the test
FE Civil Quiz Bank
http://ppi2pass.com/fe-civil-quiz-bank-feceqb.html
Last but not least, I felt the $50 price tag for a 7 day usage was well worth it. I was very unsure about my structural design, environmental, geotechnical, transportation and Hydrology/Hydraulics skills. I mean I took the classes, did my hw and I know the stuff, but I wasn't that confident. This quiz gave me a HUGE boost of self-esteem for the exam.
My strategy was to only take questions from one section at a time, give my best shot and compare my answers with their answers. I must say there were a few errors in those problems, but they weren't many.
My strategy for the actual exam:
. I've read a few posts on this site that people said they usually get 80%-85% on each exam or they finished the exam 40 mins earlier. I'm not one of those.
If I recall correctly, I got 51 problems for the first part and 59 for the second part. My goal was to finish the first part in less than 2 hours.... I finished the first part in about 110 mins, a little more than 2 min per problem. The second part I knew I could afford to spend a little more time on each problem than I did on the first part which was a good thing.
There are some give away problems in here.. Some are just plain dum.. You don't need to be an engineer to answer them. sometimes it's good to take a step back and just look at the whole problem as a whole..
Alright, I wanna to tell everyone do not give up. I was thinking if i don't pass this time, I really don't want to study all those crap that I learned all the way from community college.. But it's worthed! Now I'm just 1 more step away from having the PE in my initials!!
Ok these are the books and materials that I purchased:
FE Review Manual 2nd ed.
- This book really helped me out in the morning session. I would definitely recommend this book and I'd give it 7/10. The problems in this book was for sure harder than the actual exam. Well worth the price. For the ethics part, make sure to read the FE reference manual that is given by the NCEES
http://www.amazon.com/Review-Manual-Preparation-Fundamentals-Engineering/dp/1591263336
Civil Discipline-Specific Review for the FE/EIT Exam
http://www.amazon.com/Civil-Discipline-Specific-Review-EIT-Exam/dp/1591261775/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415201663&sr=1-1&keywords=civil+discipline-specific+review+for+the+fe+eit+exam
- I got this book for a whooping price of $75 while a go. I remember when I got it in the mail, I felt cheated because it's only a hair thin and costs $75. I saw a few problems that were in this book on the actual exam.
FE Civil Online Practice Exam 1
This is a must buy!!! Only $50+tax, but I saw many very similar problems in this practice exam on the actual exam.
FE Reference Handbook, 9.2 edition
get the latest reference if you can. It's a bit easier to get used to when you sit for the test
FE Civil Quiz Bank
http://ppi2pass.com/fe-civil-quiz-bank-feceqb.html
Last but not least, I felt the $50 price tag for a 7 day usage was well worth it. I was very unsure about my structural design, environmental, geotechnical, transportation and Hydrology/Hydraulics skills. I mean I took the classes, did my hw and I know the stuff, but I wasn't that confident. This quiz gave me a HUGE boost of self-esteem for the exam.
My strategy was to only take questions from one section at a time, give my best shot and compare my answers with their answers. I must say there were a few errors in those problems, but they weren't many.
My strategy for the actual exam:
. I've read a few posts on this site that people said they usually get 80%-85% on each exam or they finished the exam 40 mins earlier. I'm not one of those.
If I recall correctly, I got 51 problems for the first part and 59 for the second part. My goal was to finish the first part in less than 2 hours.... I finished the first part in about 110 mins, a little more than 2 min per problem. The second part I knew I could afford to spend a little more time on each problem than I did on the first part which was a good thing.
There are some give away problems in here.. Some are just plain dum.. You don't need to be an engineer to answer them. sometimes it's good to take a step back and just look at the whole problem as a whole..