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SO true! I kept my pencil. They outright told us we could at my FE 4 years ago. I used that pencil all the time until it broke about a year ago. I asked for special permission to keep the pencil after the PE and no one had a problem with it. What are they going to do with the pencils...

The letter said 8-10 weeks. Everyone in the office is saying it takes a bit longer than exam results.

We were really blessed to have a wee bit more in our bonuses this year than last year. But the bonuses are only 10% of what they used to be. We took a 50% paycut for over half the year (with the option of being laid off to collect unemployment - which would be more than any of us were making)...

What Depth Section did you take: Transporation Do you think you passed, failed, or unsure: passed What books did you use from most to least: 1. CERM 2. AASHTO Green Book 3. AASHTO Roadside Design Guide 5. HCM, MUTCD, Traffic Manual, Asphalt, Portland Cement, etc. (all used at least once...

I borrowed this book from a coworker. I honestly can't remember if I used it or not, but I think I did - I brought all the recommended references and I believe I got at least one answer from each reference. Borrow a copy if you can. If you can answer one question correctly because you brought...

Buy it. I guarantee that if you have it, you'll use it. And it would be a great shame to fail an exam because you didn't want to pay the extra $100. I didn't crack mine open until the day of the exam and I think I found at least a few PM answers in that book. As long as you have a general...

I felt like the PM transportation part was a lot easier than the AM. I haven't ever taken a transportation class, but I felt like it was something I could teach myself - curves, speeds, etc. The geotech killed me on both parts. I work in Water Management, but I figured it would be far too...

I'm with you - while I didn't technically have to guess on many AM questions, I KNOW I screwed up on a lot more than I did on PM. I thought the AM was much more difficult. Particularly the geotech (although the geotech on PM was hard as well. Who are these geotech people?). I found the AM...

Thankfully my office reimbursed me for the hotel - which was fairly cheap and just a block away from the convention center. I was really glad I passed as I would feel horrible if they paid for everything and I failed. We had dinner at Ohana, which made the trip worthwhile.

Yeah - I took the FE there and was lucky that my table mate didn't show up. But I think they have changed the location since then. When one of my office mates took the exam, there was a fashion show going on and he said the music was insufferable.

I took Civil-Transportation and passed. I came out feeling fairly ok after the exam. I felt like I had personally prepared as much as I could have on my own, so if I had failed it wasn't for lack of preparation. I started casually studying a year before the exam, hoping to take it early. I...

Yeah - I made the trek to orlando, since I've heard so many horror stories about Miami. Plus, who doesn't want to have dinner in Orland after the PE?

I actually passed! I felt like Transportation was primarily about knowing curves and being able to do them without thinking, and then being able to look stuff up. There was a lot of looking stuff up. I wish I had photocopied the indices of my books. But I felt there were some geotechnical...

I thought about doing water resources, but caved at the last minute to transportation. I think that helped tremendously because I guarantee I would have failed if I had taken the water resources - even though that's my day job. Maybe consider other sections over the next two weeks and see if...

A bunch. I keep downloading them. I probably need to clear out my downloads folder now.

They certainly appreciated it. I could hear them laughing over the phone!

You should be fine - I heard they were extending it for next Friday. References are the worst. What's your exam? I went through all the references with some people in my office, and I brought some older references in (probably a big no-no), and then updated what we thought would be the most...

I did my victory dance as a way to surprise my parents: It's kind of an inside joke, but I feel like most people could appreciate it.

I think I brought in 30 books, and used 20. I passed, so that's probably not a good correlation. It depends on what exam you take. The trick is knowing where to find things in your references. If you have one question that can be answered by opening a random reference and finding a...

I wish I knew how my table and area buddies did. I chatted a bit after the exam with the girl next to me and the guy in front of me - hoping they passed.