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  1. FlyingScot

    Cut Scores

    This mirrors my experience, there was incredibly little relevant information on my exam relative to my employment, even on the afternoon portion.  I understand the construction PM is necessarily broad and I'm not going to enjoy as much familiarity as, say, a transportation engineer taking the...
  2. FlyingScot

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  3. FlyingScot

    Cut Scores

    Honestly I have my doubts it will pan out that way.  For every question that my experience made me confident about there was one on a subject I hadn't messed with (outside of test prep) since I saw it in school 6-8 years ago.  Students have the advantage of recent, comprehensive exposure to such...
  4. FlyingScot

    Cut Scores

    Was curious about the effect this would have, I took the exam in Houston and was surprised by the number of fresh-out-of-schoolers there were.  Have a hard time believing NCEES will radically alter the curve and compromise the difficulty of the exam if there really is that big a swing. I...
  5. FlyingScot

    Feel good about how you did on the exam?

    Civil breadth was definitely more difficult than the practice exam, but not tragically so.  I'd say about 80% I was confident on and good-ish on another 10%, but there were a few I had no idea where to start (mostly water problems).  Used the full 4 hours looking up stuff that I was not sure on...
  6. FlyingScot

    Construction depth

    AM seemed fair, definitely not a walk through the park, but nothing you couldn't look up and solve in an acceptable amount of time, used the full 4 hours for that exam.  The PM Construction part was way easier than I anticipated, I finished an hour early and spent the remaining time going back...
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