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Anchorage, AK- PE exam Quality of Location- The test was administered in a church gym. Was not the poshest digs, but I wasn't expecting it either. Temperature was fine, shared a folding style banquet table with another person. Chairs were comfortable enough. Not too hot not too cold. Materials...

In question 1, it should be 0.5 cfs/in not cf/in, then your units will work out. Q's should always be flows rather than volumes... Good luck with question 2. bta15

What section did you take? I took the transportation depth in Oct. 2009 and found it to not be that difficult. I would recommend 6 minute solutions if you don't already have it. I still have me copy and have no use for it. PM me if ur interested.

I don't think that I am a better engineer than anyone on here or that it wasn't worth my time. I was willing to not really study, fail, and then re-evaluate what I needed to study. I didn't stress, didn't lose sleep over it, went in relaxed and passed. It may have been that my guesses were...

I "studied" for approx 16 hours for the test. I didnt want to study at all but my girlfriend nagged me so I opened my CERM book and put it on the floor while watching football for 2 hours a week for 4 weeks. Then the day before the test I did the Trans 6 minute solutions for 8 hours(basically...

You've already started 2.5 months before I started studying and studied 4 more hours than I studied total. In short, you're gonna make it. The way I saw it is my time is work $35/hr. If I studied 200 hours that cost me $7000. If I passed my raise was gonna be roughly $8000 per year. So if I...

Six minute solutions is the nuts. I studied for a total of 16 hours for the Civil PE/ Transportation exam. 8 hours of that was just doing the sample problems in the six minute solution book. The other 8 hours was the NCEES practice exam with the CERM. I passed the first try. If you do the...

I passed in October, around the 1st of the year I got a $3.5/hour raise. After bonuses and overtime, it should equate to roughly $10k/year increase in pay. I have also heard the annual raises get bigger after you get your PE, but that might just be BS. I was happy but not ecstatic with it, but...

I studied for approximately 16 hours. 2 hours each weekend for a month prior to the test, then 8 hours the day before the test, no review course. I took the Civil Transportation exam and passed the first try. 6 minute solution FTW.

POed Mommy, I would recommend you buy the 6-minute solutions book for the Transportation section. I realize you arent taking transpo in the afternoon, but I still think it would help you do better in the morning. I studied the CERM for 6 hours and the 6-minute solutions transpo book for 8 hours...

bta15, Civil Transpo PE, Alaska, Email, 12/23/2009

Post Numero Uno, Just got my Alaska PE test results. I emailed the Executive Administrator of the AK Board, R. Jones, and he emailed me back saying I passed. SHIP IT! He also said he sent out letters yesterday, so check your mail kids. Feels good not to have to sit at the kiddy table anymore...