Texas tells you your score and puts it on your engineer seal so that everyone knows how good of an engineer you are. (Obviously kidding about the second part).
In the original room I sat on the right side about mid-way up. I have a few gray hairs myself but still mostly brown ;) You probably wouldn't remember me because I didn't say a word during the course.
I passed the PE (Power) with a 93.
-I took the practice test to help me figure out what areas I was weakest in.
-I took the Testmasters Prep course.
-Then I took the practice test again to figure out where I still needed some work.
-I studied individual subject areas in depth, especially the...
Depends where you live, what industry you are in, your discipline, etc.
Here in Houston working it the O&G industry I would expect a new PE to be making $70-$100k.
Ditto on the quickness of engineerseals.com. I ordered mine yesterday morning and they had shipped it by the afternoon - should be waiting at home for me after work!! :D
I passed and I'll be getting a congratulatory lunch with my boss next week. Hopefully we'll be discussing a promotion (and ~10% raise) over lunch as well. Or maybe my only reward for now will be lunch. Better than nothing I guess.
Look people, the internet is a system of tubes. When you try to cram 40,000 scores into those tubes simultaneously, there are bound to be difficulties. The tubes get clogged. Let NCEES pour the drain-o and everything will be fine by February.
I doubt they will be working on Christmas eve - it is likely a company holiday given that Christmas falls on Saturday. Results could come out on the 22nd or 23rd... if not by then I'm guessing we won't see anything before the 28th.