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No real need to memorize. I feel it's far better to understand the concepts, and then work as many problems as you can get your hands on. By going back to the books time and again to look things up you will be reinforcing how you'll actually be using the books during the exam. You should know...

For lighting, the IES lighting handbook is pretty good. Try to find the edition that is 1-1/2" thick and $50 and not 3" and $200.

Item 1) is right on. With no need to study until midnight, I'm in bed at a reasonable hour. But then I'm up after only 5 hours of sleep. I'd add "reconnect with my family". I took the FE and PE back to back (20 years out of college). I started studying for the FE in August of 2010, so it...

Since you recently passed the FE, you should have a good feeling for how to pace yourself during the exam, how to stay focused yet not tense, and how to sit still for 4 hours at a time. So, I suggest that you use your sample exams as study guides instead of "saving" them until the end. Learn...

20 years (FE April 2011, PE October 2011), Electrical

Passed in Minnesota on the first attempt. My advice: buy the NCEES sample exam and understand the concepts for every problem in the book - that's actually not as hard of a thing to do as it sounds. Buy and use the NEC Handbook. Make a short index of where to find commonly-used concepts in the...

Me too. Electrical, Power. Passed! Now to reconnect with my family...

Minnesota is releasing results via letter. Mine came today (Electrical). Passed!

Electrical - Power in Minnesota.

I'm glad to hear that others were in the same boat as I was. I thought that the AM was pretty straightforward, which still has me a little worried. But I had the suspicion that they were holding off until the PM for the real humdingers, and I was right. There were numerous problems that I...