Recent content by dmeebs

Of the 3 times I failed before passing, I scored like 12 out of 15 on the Component design and detailing first attempt and like 5 out of 15 the next time after studying even more.  Pretty sure I didn't do much better on third attempt.  Sometimes it's just a crap shoot.  Don't let this test shake...

Yes, time management is critical and there's a reason everyone harps on that.  I'm a bad test-taker (some people insist that just means I'm dumb lol) and establishing a strategy helped a ton.  Mark each question 1-3 or 1-4 with 1 being the easiest.  After you go through and solve all the 1s, go...

Thanks!  Yeah I've been cursing NCEES about the 54 failing score since 2017 lol.

I just passed Civil Structural on my 4th attempt.  If I have one piece of advice, it's to take advantage of every type of preparation that you can afford.  The first time I took an on-demand review course but wasn't disciplined enough to put in the time that was needed.  Second time I didn't...

This was my 4th attempt and I finally passed.  Hard to put into words the relief I'm feeling.  My boss always made a point to tell me that the test doesn't define me as an engineer and just kept encouraging me every time I failed.  If you didn't get good news stick with it.  It will happen!