The FE was rotten. Worse than the PE, which is what everyone said.
I had to teach myself stuff for the PE, but at least it was up my alley more or less and I could bring my notes in case I got in a jam on the test.
I had to learn stuff for the FE I was clueless on - elec systems, solid mech, dynamics, etc. Stuff I never saw in school and was not intuitive to me. And that NCEES reference manual has one way of doing the problem, when often there are a few ways to attack.