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Yep, I would take that approach. I had the chance to get a waiver in TX for the FE exam due to the amount of experience I had after getting my BSME (>10 years), but given the potential issue with transferring it, I decided to just bite the bullet. In the end, the FE exam was not very...

I just passed by a large margin with a 1 year old at home and lots of expected overtime at work. It's definitely not impossible if you prepared for it.

I had almost no time to study during the week, so I crammed it all into Friday afternoon/evening, Saturday, and Sunday. I didn't keep any records of how much I studied, but I imagine I was averaging about 10-12 hrs a weekend over about 3-3.5 months (more than the average towards the end). So...

I was telling someone about the PE exam this morning, and I actually remembered that I forgot my unit conversion book for the morning session (had someone bring it to me for the afternoon session). Still crushed it, but it sure would have been nice to have that during the morning session -...

In my book, to release scores and do a quick check of the validity, yea it is.  Ahh well, at least it's all over.

Texas ME MSM passed with an 88!  Feels good to know, but a little anti-climatic with the wait!

Yikes, that's an even worse drop off than I imagined. Not to say an engineer at 4 years isn't "experienced," but given that the pass rate halves between 4 years and 10 years of engineering experience, do you (in your own "not officially endorsed by NCEES" opinion) feel that the test is perhaps...

Thank goodness it's Friday. The weekend needs to start right NAOW!

I want a modified fitbit now...

Modified? Like overclocked it to count steps faster? That really sucks if anybody that followed the rules is impacted. I would expect at a minimum a free admission to the next round... but I'd still be seething. As far as keeping up with technology, I don't know why they try to differentiate...

I'm aware of the change, but don't really think it's a good idea. If the pass rate stays the same, all it says is that the test is absolutely not indicative that actual engineering experience is needed. I'd say it's probably true, since it's much more of an academic test than focusing on...

I'm in a similar situation in TX and didn't need to wait. It was over 10 years from graduation of undergrad to when I took and passed the FE, then was approved to sit for the PE the next time the test was offered. The language in TX just mentions "years experience as an engineer." The key is...

I hear their slogan is:  "Experts" in structural design, but that internet thing still manages to confuse us! 

Exactly. I don't think having a PE denotes any superior level of competence, but it does show that you have at least BASIC competence in the area, and are taking responsibility and liability for the engineering work performed within the stamped drawing/package/design. In my experience, all...

Bingo. That edict goes really far in aerospace to where you are touching basically EVERYTHING due to the energies and velocities involved, and that pesky thing called gravity. Even in military aerospace it's inescapable, and in that realm zero drawings are stamped. I feel like engineers would...

The key to the FE is that ALL answers are in the FE reference manual. The key is to master recognizing what the question is asking, what section in the ref manual to use, and how to setup the problem.  Since you only have a couple of minutes per question, they aren't too extensive or...

That makes sense. Honestly, for Civil, I'd say almost all engineers should be getting their PE. I'm a mechanical eng. in oil and gas, and I'm not sure I agree with how the concept of the "PE exemption" is applied in a lot of cases. Same with aerospace... It's like those industries took a very...

What part of aerospace requires a PE? I only met one PE in my 8 years in Aerospace out of thousands of engineers I worked with, and that lone guy got it when he was doing power plant work.

I'll be optimistic on this one too... I was thinking they usually got out in June for some reason, so late May isn't too bad. 

Even people who work with vibration problems don't do most the vibes stuff asked about on the MS afternoon section, so I think most are on a level playing field there.  I only wished I was handed a nice neat equation in my past life of doing vibration work!  I was about 50/50 on TFS or MS...