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I believe Illinois allows you to bring only the following: CERM Applicable Design Standards (copyrighted formally bound by publisher) Reference Manuals published by Professional Publications, Inc., and Great Lakes Press, etc.. Textbooks (no dictionaries or solution manuals) No loose papers...

Good job! I might be trying to push myself to get this over with because believe me, I just want to EXHALE and focus on other things, otherwise I'll never get to it.

Thanks for the advice man. I'll take it in October, not April, at least I'll have a couple months in the summer to study. I guess I'll just have to play it by ear. I hope you passed your PE and good luck.

When you did the same thing, did you pass/fail the PE/grad courses? I work for a government agency and I might be too late to apply for a promotional position requiring a PE if I wait till after my Master's. That might make my situation a little clearer.

I got a full-time job, registered for two grad (2) courses (environmental and construction courses) in both Spring 10 and Fall 10 semesters (required to be half-time to get tuition reimbursement from my job) and plan to take the PE Exam in April '10. On a side note, I'm married with a two-year...

I have a civil service exam coming up. Anyone know where I can find (preferably free, online or cheap) resources with regards to structural engineering criteria for wastewater treatment, collection, and flood control systems? I guess I'm looking for something similar to the 10-state standards.

I think the thesis he is referring to is similar to a senior project. At my school (which is accredited) a senior project is required (senior design class) and no degree awarded without it. However, it appears your school gave the students an option to not do it for a BA degree. Get the BS...

This is what I found in the law: The following is from Section 1380.230 of the Administrative Rules: B) While an applicant may receive either experience credit, education credit or both, he/she may not receive more than one year's total credit for any one year (i.e., overlapping...

I'm working on my Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering while working full-time. Will I be able to take the exam after three (3) years of experience while obtaining my master's degree within that time period? I'm not sure if the laws of Illinois require that the higher education credit...

I dunno actually what I want to do. What I do know is that I don't plan on leaving this public agency anytime soon. I feel like the private sector you learn so much more than in the public sector, so I guess in order to keep up I'm going to school =D. Additionally, bad economy equals less...

LOL I figured that's what people start doing as they submit more and more permits. It gets kind of frustrating because in a way it's like telling us "Do our design for us". However, our section comments within a week of receiving submittals so we're not so bad =D.

Sorry, I've only had one permit with one page of comments. My section reviews permits that need to comply to a sanitary sewer ordinance and stormwater detention. I don't think one page of comments or approval without comments is likely to happen. Good reply. I agree that the best reviewers...

I've been working about a year now reviewing sanitary sewer and stormwater detention permits. I only had 6 months of roadway design before I took this new job so I was kind of thrown into review without much training and had to learn a lot on my own with some help from my supervisor. I've...

I used to work for a consultant doing roadway design for six months, but I wasn't very interested anymore so I took an offer from one of the government agencies (MWRD) here in Chicago. This past year was so far so good! I'm also currently working towards a master's in enviromental engineering...

off-topic. My dad always used to tell me he graduated from MIT (I thought massachussetts)..then 10 years later i noticed his diploma say "Mapua Institute of Technology"..LOL. However, I still look at him highly to this day. BTW I'll let you know how he did it (I'm sure the rules 35 years ago...

Hey thanks for the link. That helped settle everything. One more question, say the state required 4 years experience, however, application deadline is when I have 3 years 10 months, would i still be able to apply, and just reapply late when I have my 4 years?

I like to be in a hurry to move forward with my career. Given that I only have 1.5 years of experience it will be a long time waiting to take the PE Exam. All of my co-workers, classmates, friends are currently studying for the exam. Unfortunately, the requirement in illinois is 4 years of...