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    CBT prep

    @Bull Lily - I took my CBT exam on a Monday and didn't hear back until the following Wednesday. Unfortunately, I think there's a 95% chance you'll have to wait. To put it into perspective, it's not really 3 days as you had said. Your results are submitted at 5pm the day of the exam, leaving...
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    CBT prep

    @BioEngineer I found that the CBT format is more similar to PPI. When it was pencil and paper it was more similar to the NCEES Practice Exam. Try not to freak yourself out - if I were you I'd go over the NCEES practice exam a couple times just to get more comfortable with those problems. Try to...
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    CBT prep

    @Maryam I got a new notepad for the second half of the exam, but I didn't need to ask for a new one during the first half. I think as long as you are organized and don't try to do sloppy calculations you'll have plenty of room. @BioEngineer I don't think that there's a specific passing score...
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    CBT prep

    @Kara_ENGR I took the School of PE On Demand course, which allowed me to watch the videos at my own pace. Although I felt they were helpful in refreshing my memory on a lot of topics I forgot after leaving college, I did not find their practice problems to be nearly as helpful as PPI's Practice...
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    CBT prep

    @Waterchild YESSS! Congrats!
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    CBT prep

    @Waterchild same haha! Here's to hoping you get your green result tomorrow!!
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    CBT prep

    @Waterchild best of luck! I'm sure you did great. @BioEngineer I didn't feel like I had to memorize many equations. I would make sure you understand Ideal Gas Law's different forms, particularly when you're given concentrations in PPM.
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    CBT prep

    @beyond724 I can't speak about the quizzes because I didn't take that online course, but I would say that the exam format definitely reminded me of the PPI Practice Exams.  I highly recommend getting very comfortable with that format.  Unfortunately it's very difficult to study for the concept...
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    CBT prep

    @waternerd that's excellent! If it references the handbook it's probably the most current one. @Waterchild I felt the exam was much more similar to the PPI practice exams than the NCEES practice exam. When I went through PPI exams I did well and immediately started to worry that it was false...
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    CBT prep

    @saraxo I went to school for environmental but only focus on civil work now. It'll all come back to you once you study! If you struggle with it I recommend an online course to help referesh your memory.
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    CBT prep

    Thank you all for the kind words! I’m so happy to have this chapter over, I literally felt a weight lift off my shoulders to see “Pass” in bright green on my computer screen. I’m going to give quite a bit of info on my journey to passing, in hopes that these tips will help you all pass too! I...
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    CBT prep

    I got the news I passed today! Holy relief.
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    CBT prep

    @waternerd I would just make sure they're the updated practice books for PPI. They created new ones based on CBT so chances are that $15 one you're looking at is an old edition. I think my PPI booklet (reflecting CBT) was around $80.
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    CBT prep

    I agree with @txjennah PE on that as well. @engineer123 I recommend getting the practice exams too and running through a few "practice test" trials before your exam. I  blocked off 4 hours and took the exams trying to reflect the same conditions as the actual test. I used the handbook pdf...
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    CBT prep

    ^ I'd have to agree with @txjennah PE. The first time I ran through some of those problems I panicked because I didn't know any of the content. I have bough a lot of practice problem booklets and I believe the ones that reflect the exam the most comes from PPI and NCEES.
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    CBT prep

    @txjennah PE I'm hopeful! I walked out feeling like I did my best. I wish I was better at theory questions, that's definitely where my weakness lies. Hopefully I got just enough of them! It seems like results are normally posted for CBT on Wednesdays. I'm assuming that means I'll get my results...
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    CBT prep

    @txjennah PE I think it went well? I definitely liked the CBT format better than open book. It helped me study smarter and not spend so much time tabbing for things and instead learn and understand the content from just the manual alone. I had about a dozen "flagged" questions in both the...
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    CBT prep

    @vee043324 @txjennah PE @RBHeadge PE thank you! I will definitely report back, keep you fingers crossed for me! :)
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    CBT prep

    @vee043324 I will be one of the guinea pigs for the first round as CBT. I signed up for the April 8th exam. I couldn't figure out why the boards have been so quiet but I realized it's because everyone is waiting, lucky me! haha...
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    hydrology equation in the NCEES reference handbook?

    @engineer123I certainly hope so! I took the paper exam in October as my first attempt and unfortunately did not pass. I do blame a lot of that on spending a lot of (unnecessary) time "tabbing" and trying to locate solutions to problems rather than actually learning the content. I feel pretty...
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