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Seismic and Wind Forces Structural Design Examples by Alan Williams was my most used reference for the lateral exam.  Some people bashed it because it had some typos, but all the code references were good and so were the processes.  If they have updated for the current exam reference codes, it...

Some folks keep talking about ACI, but the original post was about masonry.  TMS should be used not ACI.  Having studied for these exams recently, I would agree that some of the solutions in the NCEES practice exam are not very clear.  The PPI practice exam is much better in terms of showing...

Well, since you are interested... For Vertical my main study reference was the Structural Engineering Reference Manual (SERM).  This was my main reference for the exam as well.  It has the bulk of the information you need right in this one book, in both ASD and LRFD.  You need to weed out...

What areas were you weak in?  Was it a question or two in all areas or was it more in certain materials or analysis or AASHTO?  How do you study problems?  For example, for morning type problems, I would work problems on a daily basis.  If I got a problem wrong, or couldn't do it without looking...

Most important and useful books for studying and during the Lateral exam: - Seismic and Wind Forces Structural Design Examples 4th edition  by Alan Williams (This is the same guy who does the SERM.  Some sections may be out of date now for the 18 exams).  I used the steel section in lieu of...

Much to my surprise and excitement, I passed Lateral in Vermont.  I guess the email "got lost" and results have not typically been released until after the holidays, so anyway, better late than never! I really am quite surprised that I passed.  I remember thinking during the afternoon when I...

Sorry to hear that.  I think I'm going to be there with you.  Looks like PA "found" the results?  I can't get through to the VT board...

Same schedule generally for VT.  I spoke with NCEES chat again and mentioned this happened for PA as well, and she said there is no mixup, all of the results are sent out.  So I asked her if she could call the board and remind them when they sent them out and she said "Unfortunately I cannot...

This is funny, since here in VT I had not received results yet and emailed the board to confirm.  The board member said they had not received results from NCEES yet.  They said they had received results for PE, but not for SE.  I also contacted NCEES to explain this conversation to them (via...

Still waiting in Vermont.

Haha, yes, well VT is a small state.  And the other guy was from Canada, so I was actually the only Vermonter.

I was one of two in Vermont to take the SE lateral this past October.  A coworker took SE lateral October 2016 and results came out on a Monday.  Since VT did not release on Friday, as many predicted, and as they were for the SE in April 2017, I would assume Monday will be the next best bet.  I...

Isn't it usually several weeks after the PE results are released?  In April 17, it was a good 3 weeks later.  However, I keep seeing the "grading weekend" was this past weekend so...

This is from one of the PE threads (see image).  Could the SE results come out at the same time as the PE results?  Has that ever happened before?

We have someone in our office who took and passed Lateral Buildings April 17.  He said he guessed outright on 6 problems, so-so on 4 or 5.  I know several people who worked 3 problems in the afternoons (vertical or lateral) and "essayed" the last problem with 20 minutes left on both vertical and...

Thanks for posting this information.  I was not able to find a way to comment on an exam problem through My NCEES the week after the exam so sort of gave up.  I wrote the email address you provided. I hope that if there is anything that can be done by commenting (this late or in general), that...

Yes it was!  Glad I wasn't the only one...

Hey everyone.  It seems like there is a wide variety of opinions on how difficult the exams were.  I took lateral buildings this time.  I passed vertical building in April.  I felt like the lateral exam was about the same as the vertical in the morning in terms of difficulty.  I answered 32/40...

I was 1 of 2 to take SE Vertical in Vermont and found out I passed.  I did not sit for the second day.  I was checking every hour Friday and didn't see anything.  I gave up checking around 4:30 pm or so, but then checked my email around 8:30 pm last night (Friday 6/9) and saw that I had gotten a...