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I can attest that SoPE does in fact teach "live" onsite classes - I have personally taught ~30 of them. While I am not a spokesman for the company, it has been my experience that they offer live classes in as many places as feasible. However, if the enrollment is too low, then it is not...

For those interested, below is a brief breakdown of the new WR/ENV (AM) portion of the exam. The AM portion of the exam focuses entirely on Water Resources (i.e., no Environmental in the morning – at least according to the NCEES breakdown.) I know this change will make a lot of you happy. Below...

Matt267, You are very welcome! Harry

@matt267, For a rectangular channel with Fr2, the equation is d1/d2 (not d2/d1 as you typed.) You were using the wrong equation. Harry

Congrats on passing! I am a big proponent (and personally don't think this idea is communicated well enough) that students should review material (mainly for your depth discipline) on their own before starting their review course. You need to get a handle on what you know and what you don't...

While not their spokesperson, I can testify that School of PE is undergoing major changes to accommodate the exam format changes for April 2015. I have recently been involved in numerous conversations and a conference call regarding this very topic. Long story short, discussion topics are...

@Sapper. My quote was "hurts your chances of passing" in regards to throwing out a problem you got correct. If NCEES throws our a problem (that nobody is eligible for credit) that you had answered correctly, your correct # of answered problems goes down as does your % of correct answers (55/79...

There are two ideas of flawed to be considered: 1) If the problem was say ambigious where say two answers could be argued and deemed correct, they may give everyone credit. 2) If considered "compromised" then nobody will get credit.

@Sapper, pointless maybe ... but since I started this, I want to clear up any confusion. Your assumption above assumes the 3 problems thrown out were incorrect: 53/77 = 68.8%. Work it the other direction and assume the problems thrown out were correct: 50/77 = 64.9%. I just don't see the...

I think my point has gotten lost b/c I did not do a good job explaining. Let say 5 questions (out of 80) are thrown out before scoring the exam and an arbitrary (I am making this up) score of 53 correct (after problems removed) is chosen as the passing # for this exam. If you had 54 questions...

Yes, it is stated in the video.

Watch the NCEES video on scoring here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwFvfJBTBGU There is no magic # to get right, b/c you don't know how many will be thrown out before the test is scored. You don't know if problems thrown out were problems you got correct on the exam (if thrown out, hurts...

Hello Matt, Forgot to write you earlier, I personally dropped this in the mail last week. Best of luck on your exam! Harry

Yes Metcalf & Eddy is useful b/c in exams past, many questions have come right from it (sometimes with the numbers changed.) Why not simply borrow it from your local library if too expensive? If you have an environmental book from college that you are already comfortable with, by all means...

Wow, that is quite a list above! As a WR/ENV review course instructor, let me add that for those starting out studying, keep your list small and build up (if necessary.) In my opinion, the absolute minimum are: CERM (13th Edition) Review course notes (e.g., School of PE's notes for all five...