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you will get a notification letter in the mail before your name appears on the website. You have to pay your fees before your name goes up on the website. A passing notfication is from the board in a standard business envelope. It will be a single page letter.

Hang in there! I know the wait sucks, but when you finally get that passing letter, it's all worth it!

I got my certificate a couple weeks ago. I kept pestering the board until they sent it. I don't know why it took so long. They charged my credit card right away and then I had to wait 8-9 weeks for the piece of paper. Kind of annoying, but oh well.

I don't think the calculator you choose makes a bit of difference, so long as you have been using it for your studies and are familiar with it. I prefer TI models as I've been using one since high school. It's a no frills, get it done calculator. I used the TI-36X Solar model for the exam...

For real? It's fine to vent a bit, but come on. I refer to the wisdom of a former track coach of mine. When we'd have a meet on a cold, rainy day, he became rather annoyed if anyone complained about the weather. He would always say to us, "don't stand around pissing in each other's hands"...

Your old boss sounds like a real A**. Must help confirm you made a wise decision to switch jobs.

I took the FE my last semester of college for giggles. I'm a chemical engineer and planned on going into manufacturing and had no thoughts or intentions of ever getting licensed. I didn't study at all for the FE and knew 80+ % of Chem E's pass the thing so I figured I'd have no trouble passing...

Congrats!

That's brutal! The wait was bad enough in Iowa. I feel for Californians. I lived there for 4 years before moving (back) to Iowa.

Post #25 - woohoo! Put me in the banner please...

Good luck to those taking or re-taking the exam in October.

I passed - now I can enjoy the rest of my summer without having to study. Yeah!

I passed on my first try after having been out of school for 11+ years. Like everyone else, I took every book I had in my possession. The books I really used during the exam were: Chemical Engineering Reference Manual for the PE Exam, 6th Ed. (Lindeburg) Quick Reference for the Chemical...

I passed the Chemical Engineering test on my first attempt. I had been working in manufacturing for 11+ years and switched careers last fall to go into consulting. Needless to say, I was a bit overwhelmed at the prospect of having to study again for the first time in over a decade. I hadn't...

I passed - Chemical Engineering!