Oct 2018 NCEES Pencil Is...

[In/PE/Out]

As long as no one got a red pencil...

 

[Drewism]

As long as no one got a red pencil...

Exactly... Pure evil... Blue is kind of neutral.

 

[RBHeadge PE]

Exactly... Pure evil... Blue is kind of neutral.

This is true.

Blue = coin flip on failing.

Sorry, I don't make the rules. May the odds be ever in your favor.

 

[defenderred]

Yup,  got to keep mine as well.  Nice little memento for the 8 hours I spent scratching with it... 

Now,  the ~41 day wait begins 1......2.....3......

 

[JayKay PE]

I was in NYC and we got Blue.

Must be a volume thing? If you were at Pratt, with the hundreds of people, maybe it’s cheaper to ship the thinner pencil? Syracuse where I took it (instead of Brooklyn, because the stress of parking killed me last time), there were only maybe 100 people? The proctors were way more strict than the Brooklyn test area too!

 

[txjennah PE]

In TX and we had blue. I wanted green

 

[RBHeadge PE]

Now,  the ~41 day wait begins 1......2.....3......

LOL you think it'll only be 41 days!

 

[Road Guy]

I heard the cut score was gonna be low this time around?


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[scotty_c3]

Blue pencil in NYC. I’ve heard in the past that they don’t let you keep the pencils, but my proctor didn’t ask for them and as soon as we were dismissed I threw it in my milk crate and made a beeline for the door. After 8 hours, I deserve that pencil

 

[JayKay PE]

I heard the cut score was gonna be low this time around?


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And I heard the moon is made of marshmallows.

The scoring scale is changed every year, a mysterious process involving many engineers in plaid or graph-paper printed button downs discussing, where I guess some questions are thrown out and other are kept. Who knows? They might pick 5-numbers out of a hat and go, “if you answered these questions right, you pass”. 

Me, I’ll keep my fingers crossed and work harder if I didn’t pass for next time. 

 

[FromThisSoil]

Mine was blue in PA.

 

[FromThisSoil]

Must be a volume thing? If you were at Pratt, with the hundreds of people, maybe it’s cheaper to ship the thinner pencil? Syracuse where I took it (instead of Brooklyn, because the stress of parking killed me last time), there were only maybe 100 people? The proctors were way more strict than the Brooklyn test area too!

I took the FE at Pratt back in 2012, I parked several blocks away on-street. Had I not moved from Long Island to another state I might have done the same as you if I was bringing all these references.

 

[DoctorWho-PE]

Here ya go. The October 2018 pencil in all its strange glory. - Missouri

http://imgur.com/QcvbPB9

WHAT IS THIS SORCERY!?!?!?!

 

[matt267 PE]

I heard the moon is made of marshmallows.

You heard that too?

 

[envirotex]

In TX and we had blue. I wanted green

Mine is green.  I keep the precious it in my jewelry box...

 

[JayKay PE]

You heard that too?

I mean, there is some contention coming from the astronomy side of things, where they hypothesize the moon substance is made of dairy-products, but I think it is firmly rooted in fact that the moon is made of gelatin and sugar and not a simple by-product following coagulation of casein.

It's a very heated debate that I am following closely.

 

[SacMe24]

Here ya go. The October 2018 pencil in all its strange glory. - Missouri

http://imgur.com/QcvbPB9

Oh wow that's different.... did the eraser work as intended though? Last time everyone complained about the poor quality of it, lots of smearing...

 

[daydreambeliever]

I had a green one in NC. Almost certain green doesn't mean pass. I wonder what color I'm going to have in April 2019?!?!?

did the eraser work as intended though? Last time everyone complained about the poor quality of it, lots of smearing.

The first thing I did when the test began was test the eraser. It was a quality eraser. I was pretty relieved!  

 

[txjennah PE]

Oh wow that's different.... did the eraser work as intended though? Last time everyone complained about the poor quality of it, lots of smearing...

I used up the eraser for the morning portion and had to request a new pencil for the PM session. Probably not a good sign lol.

 

[RBHeadge PE]

I used up the eraser for the morning portion and had to request a new pencil for the PM session. Probably not a good sign lol.

This is a joke? Right?