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Congrads x2. In my opinion it seems like these types of family situations help us to focus in test preparation for success. I had a two and four year old and one in the oven during my Civil PE prep.

I had two kids under five during my studying time and one in the oven. My handwritten notes binder had a custom art cover drawn by my oldest that was a sanity reminder to me through the exam. "ssshh Papa is studying" is what the kids walked around the house saying for three months.

I purchased Mike's Civil PE book and felt this problem was poorly written. When I first looked at the problem, I was in left field when the solution was in right field. The drawing in that problem was not clear. The problem statement said that it was a head wall and when I stared at the drawing...

You said this earlier, I encourage you to believe in yourself as you approach the days ahead. I felt this test is about confidence and believing in yourself. Sit down and do practice problems. Stayed focused on the exam areas that the NCEES provides to test takers and do not allow your mind to...

As a suggestion, you might break up your times of study to avoid "overload". What I mean by that is using some days to organize your notes and study material. When I look back in preparing for the exam, I spent some days studying on specific topics. Other days I was trying to tab books, organize...

I took the Civil AM/Structural PM. I was very surprised with the afternoon test content. I felt like each problem required more than the standard 6 minutes/problem. For me I had about 15 minutes during the morning exam to go back and check my answers then focus on a few problems that I wasn't...