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Received my CA certificate and pocket card today!

CA database is updated!

PASSED! All three at once! Thanks to everyone on this board for the help and information.

It's because the letters were mailed on a Friday. Last time around the result letters were mailed on a Wednesday which gave the board staff a couple business days to get the database updated before the letters arrived. Not the case this time around.

I think the date automatically updates at 8am PT every day. Probably part of their database server cycle.

It's really very dependent on what kind of work you do. For me, the surveying exam was downright easy becuase it's the same tasks that transportation engineers perform every day. Seismic, on the other hand, was a different story. Structural guys are more likely to have a handle on this material...

Yeah, I hope the database is updated early on Friday. C'mon big money!

You might have trouble selling it for that price since the 14th edition just came out. 13th edition is now going for $120 on Amazon right now.

My experience with the exam was that 70 out of the 80 problems on the actual exam should easily take you less than 6 mins. There are maybe 10 or so that are more challenging, but if you save them to the end you should have time to come back to them. Most problems are going to be the most basic...

NCEES no longer administers these exams. For October 2012 and beyond they are administered by computer by Prometric. You'll need to submit a "refile" application with the board by July 30, 2012. The fees for the exams have also changed. It is now $125 application fee + $150 for each CA state...

It's possible that the board has begun mailing results for these exams. Last week this message was posted under the refile examination forms: The refile Application for licensing as a civil engineer is not available at this time. The Board will post this form once the Civil Engineering –...

I took a bag with me, but they told me that I had to leave the bag in a locker. I only had 3 books, so I just carried everything into the exam room. I'm sure your experience will be different. To be honest, the Prometric staff wasn't really sure about much of anything. I got the feeling this was...

Just took it yesterday (Saturday). Besides the desk being small, I thought it was fairly painless.

I think egdad is making a very important point. I have included the text from the calculator policies below. The first is from Prometric and the second from the CA board. The part that is missing is that the CA board allows the same calculators that NCEES allows, plus the ones listed. However...