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Has anyone on the boards passed the test to become ASME senior or technologist certified? I have been taking going over GD&T lately and am curious of the difficulty level of the tests.

You guys were a great help! I attribute a large portion of my passing to the help and insight from you guys. For those just starting to study for the PE, listen to these guys! They know what they are talking about. There is definitely a right way and a wrong way to study for this test. At...

One of the lucky states were we check for the mail first thing when we get home (or ask our significant others to open the letter for us). I called OSBEELs yesterday, they would not say when the notices will be mailed out. A colleague at work took the FE and he got his letter last Wednesday...

So I finished Friday feeling pretty frustrated overall (thermo fluids). I wish I would have walked away with a high level of confidence, but I did not. I think I nailed the AM portion, but the PM portion was a different story. Unfortunately I was not able to think that clearly on the PM...

So I have been meaning to ask this for a long time. We all know NCEES loves feedwater (open and closed) heaters as well as mixing problems. I am confused as to NCEES's rational with calculating enthalpies. They seem to have a strong preference to using Cp (specific heat) rather than using...

I never did cover MERMs Chapters 59-67 (per advice from this board). Are there any chapters which I should read or skim before the test? In taking the NCEES sample tests, I did not have to use these chapters. I know they like to throw basic circuits problems on the test, but that is pretty...

I was wondering what test taking strategies you guys recommend. Is it best to skim all problems and then take on the ones you feel most comfortable with? Or just start from the first problem and go from there? If you get bogged down one one specific problem should you move on after a certain...

My last class for the PE review was yesterday. They gave out a Kaplan PE Sample exam. I have not had a chance to go over any of it yet. But I was surprised not to have heard about the Kaplan materials on this board. It looks like they have another book for 175 problems and solutions...

I am happy today. I went to the Oregon board meeting (which meets every two months). They approved me to take the test by industry exemption (I only have one PE reference that had their PE when I worked under him). I was worried that I might end up getting delayed 6 months since the deadline...

In my PE review course, the professor said that for any of the given subjects the depth problems are of the same difficulty as breadth (there are simply more of them). Is this true from the experience of those who have taken the test?

I have been going through HVAC Six Minute Solutions. I am about half way through and have already run across a couple problems where MERMS did not have the necessary information; R-123 tables and some weird CRF (condensation resistance factor) window problem. The prof in my PE review course...

Starting in mid November I started going chapter by chapter through MERMs, reading the chapter (quite thoroughly) and then working through the practice problems. I started in Chapter 14 and am now in Chapter 38. I know this might seem slow but some of the fluids chapters are enormous...

This weekend I spent on Combustion (which I do not think I ever saw in school). I must say that I am not impressed with how MERMs deals with this subject. It seems like much of the first half of the chapter deals with subject matter than is not that pertinent or helpful. I can see a concept...

I started going in some depth through the fluids section of MERMS (starting at 14) a few weeks back. I just finished going through 18 & 19. Much of the information in Chapter 18 (Hydraulic Machines) is new to me. I am fine with Chapters 16 & 17 (Fluid Flow & FLuid Dynamics) and...

I am wondering if any of you have feedback on the value of PE refresher courses offered by universities. I am an OSU (Oregon State) grad and live in the Portland area. PSU (Portland State) offers a weekly three hour refresher course (syllabus link below). It is fairly expensive at $400...

Hello All! I signed up officially for the PE earlier this week so I am officially comitted. For me it has been 14 years since graduation so I have not looked at most of this stuff in a long time. Anyway I am wondering whether to do the Thermal/Fluids emphasis or Machine Design. I was pretty...