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Wow, I got nervous just going to this board and I passed the October ME PE last year!  Just thought I'd check in and say good luck to all the October test takers, get ready for a really strange holiday season! 

So my number is 00##### but the stamp only asks for 5 numbers, I asked some friends and got a mixed batch of results from all 7 to just the 5 that aren't zeros any rules on this? This is in CO, so I'm not sure if it changes state to state. 

The head loss and NPSHA equations/examples are great. It's hard to go into too much detail about why I found the book particularly valuable without breaking some disclosure rules. 

I agree that the MERM has entirely too much information. Thank goodness fluids/thermo is early in the merm, because I bogged down in it but it was early enough that I thought I could just plow through it, but by the time I got to heat transfer I was about to throw the thing out the window. I...

I wonder if people who take HVAC just work in HVAC a lot, maybe the principles on the test are very closely tied to the work folks who do that kind of design work actually do. In my office it's a mix of people taking fluids and people taking M&M, so I wonder if lack of specialization leads...

Dang, 75% on Fluids! There are so many jokes about HVAC being easy, I just wonder if the people who pick HVAC are active in designing it so have a bit better intuitive feel for the problems. I picked fluids because it's what I do, I imagine if I'd picked HVAC it'd have been a lot more work.  As...

HAHA, I think all the girls at the coffee shop thought I was hitting on them, but I was just smiling ear to ear like an idiot all morning. I went to clean out my guest room/study room today and the pile of books gave me that feeling of dread that I quickly realized I don't have to worry about...

Colorado, I've posted a few times already. I've been lurking a lot today, I think I wore out my "joy" limit with my friends. 

Congrats! I remember a post where you said you felt pretty good about it, glad you passed! 

I'm gonna go with "PE" I think, even though I like the look of the P.E.  ....and yes, I've checked NCEES probably 1/2 dozen times today, still says "pass", I'm still beside myself with joy! 

The only people I know in nuclear came out of the navy. I'm in O&G right now, but it's getting hammered. I've got some good options, namely returning to the Antarctic program. 

I really felt like it helped me become a better engineer. I think I understood why I use certain assumptions in my work and also helped give me a better understanding of... well just why things are the way they are. I understand why, even if jobs don't require stamped drawings, they want...

It's easy, if you pass, to say "eh, I don't care if I passed by 1 point or 10". I feel like had I failed I'd be obsessed with how close I was to passing. For me now it's just a mild curiosity. I left the test fairly confident I'd passed, I'd be curious if I barely scraped by or did well, either...

I suppose that should include a "you know yourself" disclaimer and a "your mileage may vary". I never pulled an all nighter in college or anything like that. If you're a "study 300 hours" kind of person or a "take a practice test and flip through the MERM" kind of person, you probably already...

Well, both I guess. It's unnecessary and potentially detrimental if people are filling their brains with useless information. It's a small sample size, but the two friends I have who failed 1st time both said they felt like they studied too much without getting focused on the right stuff.

Great Tip! I've thanked a few so far, but good idea! I had to gather 7 references for the test, so I have a lot of thanking to do! 

Mechanical F&TS: I might be in the minority here, but I think a lot of people study too much. I was reading 200, 300, 500 hours of studying. Strictly speaking of mechanical here, but if you study to the test there's just not THAT much time necessary. Get the practice exams and work the...

Can you imagine if you had to go through the studying with a pregnant wife and/or kids running around? Congrats on both! This really is the best monday I've had in a really long time! I might have to go skiing tomorrow!  That T&F afternoon was a doozy for me, I'm really glad I don't have...

Thanks! I'm so relieved, this is the best Monday ever! 

Colorado results came in through NCEES just before 8am MST.  Passed ME F&TS. Nothing on DORA yet.