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Hi McEngr, I thank you for your guidence. I will follow your suggestions. Hopefully everone in this forum will be able to pass their exams successfully. Thanks

Can any one please give me some help / guidelines about AASHTO - Friday vertical portion of the 16 hr SE Exam ? Thank you for your support.

I really appreciate and admire that you had sacrifised so much time in writting and explainig in detail about the FE/PE/SE exams. It is amazing that you had passed these challenging exams one buy one. During the course of your exam preparation-journey you have walked through a challenging path...

I passed Lateral but failed in vertical ( 22/40 with 3 accedptable and 1 improvement required) I also was thinking of buying this new AASHTO - 5 TH edition and SERM 6th editon. It is good to know that 4th edition of AASHTO and 5th edition of SERM will be ok to manage the SE exam. Thanks to...

Yes, it is 100% correct to say that if you miss in one of the evening session, you are going to miss the whole Lateral or Vertical

I attempted both vertical and lateral in Oct 2011 for the first time. Passed lateral. But failed in Vertival from CA Morning 22/40 Afternoon 3 acceptable + 1 improvement required. I am not sure what I missed in the morning session but It could be AASHTO? Congrats to everyone who passed...

Per AASHTO T.3.4.1-1 For Strength V combination wind on structure shall be multiplied by 0.4 times along with wind on live load multiplied by 1.0 time. Which is 0.4 WS + 1.0 WL For Strength III combination wind on structure shall be multiplied by 1.4 times without wind on live load. which...

Effective with the 2012 exam administrations, the requirement for California Structural Engineer applicants to take and pass a state-specific examination will be eliminated. http://www.pels.ca.gov/applicants/message_for_california_se_applicants.pdf

This is a used book with some markings. If any one is interested to buy please let me know. Happy holidays to every one.

I appread for this OCT. 2011 Exams both vertical and lateral. Both days moring portion of the exam was tricky and time consuming. I was unable to attempt all the questions. Many questions were from AASHTO. It is my opinion that AASTHO is equally important in the moring session. AASHTO is going...

Structural Engineering Solved problems - 4th edition ( from PPI ) by Dale Buckner is available for sale. The book is very new and never used. Please let me know If any one is interested. Thanks

It is my opinion that you atleast bring first 4 chaptors which contains most of the basics. If you can study these chaptors it will help you a lot.

You may have to iclude NCEES sample questions and answers in your exam preparation schedule as this is also very important as other candidates sugessed. I believe you are in the right track. Good luck in your exams.

You may have to iclude NCEES sample questions and answers in your exam preparation schedule as this is also very important as other candidates sugessed. I believe you are in the right track. Good luck in your exams.

Do you still have this AASHTO