You are good to try and challenge yourself. I personally took a Testmasters prep course that helped me a lot. I had the same false sense of security going into the exam. I ignored the 6 minute solutions and PPI problems as they were overly complex compared to the NCEES exam questions. They...
I agree completely. The purpose of this exam is to test your knowledge of your area of expertise. How would you feel if you went to a cardiologist who was given his license because passed an exam over podiatry? You definitely wouldn't feel comfortable having him slice you open and doing...
My biggest piece of advise would be to take a prep course, like Testmasters. I found it extremely cumbersome to try and study the PPI practice problems and the Six Minute Solutions. These questions go into WAAAY more detail than the test questions do which will actually cause you to overthink...
I agree with you. It was harder, but concepts and theory was the same. However, I don't like that so many questions were over XXXXX as much because most people in engineering jobs do not perform those calculations. It's a very specific industry. It would be like if I made a test over gas...
Dudes. This test was definitely harder, but only in that the questions were different. The concepts were the same. It was annoying that you had to spend more time thinking about the problem to get a grasp on it.