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Took Civil/Structural for the first time and (probably barely) passed with a score of 70 according to TXBPE. Lots of reviewing of CERM. Worked through the official practice test. Did some problems from third party publishers. By my estimate I spent about a 100 hours studying over a course of...

Thought you might be a NU alum because your name was Big Cat. Thought I found a fellow alum, haha.

Are you by any chance, a Northwestern alum?

Update: I actually just talked to my coworker and he said my score of 70 doesn't mean it's 70%, but it's not 70 out of 80 either. Seems to be some kind of an arbitrary scale? I'm not sure how exactly it works, I'm a first time taker.  All I know is that for Texas, they'll tell you "Score: ##"...

Correct. No way I got a 70/80 haha.

Forgot to mention that I took the Civil/Structural test.

If you're from Texas, you can check your score on the TBPE website.  I passed with a score of 70 which is probably super borderline passing. Someone failed with a 67. (Source: the Texas thread)

Passed with a 70 on Civil/Structural. Your results are now available on the NCEES profile page as well.