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I will take the Graffeo and Code Drill book if still available. Let me know.

KatyLied P.E. - If you could send me your strategy I would greatly appreciate it. I also understand that the MGI course may not be the best, but I am attempting to keep the costs down. I know that Dr. Callen's course has received high praise, but it is lecture based and I think I need to do...

I am a 3 time loser in the Electrical Power PE test. A lot of it has to do with my study routine as I am convinced I was not as focused as I should have been given work, life, etc. Everything everyone else has also! So I am attempting to avoid getting the "golden sombrero" of test taking (4...

I am a 3 time loser in the PE Power exam too. I won 't give in. My scores have all been close, but close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. I think I can base my failures on the inability to devote the necessary study time to not only do problems, but also to understand them and then...

I came close twice and I believe that not doing enough practice problems was the issue. I did a lot of review and study (GA Tech lectures), but did not work enough problems. I plan to take it again in October 2015, but what you guys are telling me about the exam is making me wonder if my...

No. I took the GA Tech course and I found that although I found the lectures very well done and Dr. Ca;;en very responsive to questions, I hoped for more problem solving as part of the coursework. I also find it hard to stare at the computer screen and listen to lectures. Perhaps a late onset...

Thanks for the insight. I have the Ga. Tech binder and the spin up exams. My NEC handbook is from 2008, but I see no real reason to update as the code questions I saw on the exams were mainly those that have not been revised (grounding, cable ampacity, etc). I did get Wildi and Grainger, but...

OK. So 3 time loser is here to discuss how I am going to get it right this time. My most recent failure was April 2014. I thought I came pretty close, but close only counts in a game of horseshoes or with hand grenades. I attribute the matter to lack of working out problems. Some of this was due...

Thanks for the responses and appreciate the advice and tips, but I also need to sign up for a course and get a completion certificate the State board will accept as an appropriate refresher. However, I do not want to spend a lot of $$ on a course when I really believe I need to work problems and...

I failed the Power PE. I think I was close, but close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. Now the state says I need to wait a year and also show proof of a course that I take and successfully complete and is aligned to the Power PE to allow me to sit again. This means April 2015 at the...

This board has been great and very supportive relative to getting a lot of people thorugh this, RE: "getting back up on the horse". I failed again (3rd time - 50/80; Electrical Power) and I am wondering what's the use. I started on this journey as I was out of school for over 30 years and doing...

I have taken the Ga Tech course. I expected more problem work and less lecturing. Although Dr. Callen and his team is very thorough and will respond to e-mails and even talk to you personally, I found it lacking in the problem solving area. I would rather a course that worked problems with you...

Has anyone gotten this together? Is there a plan to do so, I think it would be worthwhile.

You guys have been great in all your suggestions. Although it is no excuse, I did not take the time necessary to prepare properly and so I am going in cold. I made my own bed here, but panic will not do any good. I resigned myself to do the best I can given what I have and hope for the best. I...

I am really freaking out! I have not been able to put in the time I wanted to and I needed to, but it is what it is. I am taking in my tabbed NEC, NESC, Camera book, NCEES tests and sample problems along with the GA Tech notes I got and giving it my best shot. The strategy is to be able to work...