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Thanks for the responses! You confirmed my thoughts. School of PE it is.

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That's great haha. how does software become 'soSucks!'?

Firstly, I find that response condescending, which is odd coming from someone who was asking for advice. Secondly, you're talking about RISA, not Revit. IMO, the benefits of Revit are drafting efficiency and increased coordination on the CDs. The link is more a time saver getting a model...

I use the RISA Revit transfer all the time. It's easy once you get the hang of it. I find it very useful building a model - I don't have to worry about the geometry input into RISA which can be unfriendly. It's also great to round trip back to Revit and transfer my updates and loads for use on...

I took School of PE for the PE exam and I felt very prepared. However, the structures lessons were weak so I'm concerned they may not be the best option for the SE. On the other hand, I go to a fair amount of Tim Mays courses for continuing ed (one of the Kaplan instructors) and really get a lot...

I don't know where you are in your career, but if you have a lot of time left to work, I would go for the Masters. 1. It's easy to knock it out if you're still in the school mindset - just another 3 semesters or so. If you go to an in-state school, the debt shouldn't be outrageous. 2. The...

Anyone looking to sell their 13th Ed CERM please reply or PM. Thanks!

Has anyone taken the Kaplan civil PE exam prep course for structural depth? Was it sufficient? Has anyone taken the Kaplan SE review course to supplement the structural studying? The only reason I'm looking at this is because I might take the SE in the future and why do it twice? The risk...