Both books have their advantages and disadvantages, but you'll have to study using both to determine what they are. Some things are quicker to find in Goswami's book and summarized better, others are better explained by the CERM. During the exam, both books led me to a lot of correct answers...
I was told by a coworker that it took about a week after results were released before she was sent an email to register. I'm patiently wwaiting as well. Although my coworkers all tell me I can put the P.E. behind my name, COMAR basically explains that I need to have a license number before...
Overall, I left the exam feeling good. I outright guessed on two questions in the morning and four questions in the afternoon (transportation). However, not long after the exam, I was mulling over some of the questions I could recall and I know I got two morning questions wrong (not including...
I disagree. I think a person can reasoanbly guestimate their performance, and a few people that I've heard leaving the room confident in the past ended up passing. Personally, the first time I knew that I failed, and I even had a sense of how many I got correct. Turns out I was one off from...
This was my second time taking the exam (Civil-Transportation). Last time I sabotaged myself by not having the Roadside Design Guide and not being comfortable with all of my references. This time, I had all of my references in order (including the RSDG), everything tabbed well, and the...
I have the Iowa DOT horizontal curve design sheets for compound curves, as well as all of the 6 Minute, Goswami, and NCEES questions I worked on with various handwritten notes and pointers.
I can tell you that last October's PE exam had an environmental question, and I believe that Problem 140 on the practice exam is an environmental question (water supply and distribution).