I feel like I just started studying and have no idea how hard to expect this thing to be.
I'm an HVAC consulting engineer, and a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering (thermal / fluid studies). My Bacholer's degree is in Math (2006) and I've been going to school for engineering part time for the past 3 years. To me, this stuff is not old news that I'm trying to remember, it feels like stuff I do every day, either in school or at work.
All that I've done so far is skim through the MERM and answer some sample problems from the MERM sample problem book. I spent most of the day today solving problems, and I have all of next week off to continue studying. My familiarity with the sample problems varies greatly from one section to the next. I'm good with HVAC, fluids, and heat transfer, but power cycles are a bit harder for me. Then there are a lot of sections on things like chemistry and statics where I don't know a lot, but I'm not sure how much of that stuff will be on the test.
I'm trying to figure out now what my strategy should be for studying the rest of the week, so I'm taking the Lindberg sample test "dress rehearsal" style tomorrow. From there, I can focus on what I got wrong, and I'll have a better idea what to expect of the actual exam, hopefully...
Question #1: What would you consider a "good score" on the sample test?
Question #2: Those who have taken both, do you think that the sample test accurately represent the topics on the actual exam?
Question #3: Should I just stop studying now, screw around the rest of the week, and see if I can pass it without studying, just for fun?
Thanks in advance and good luck to yous!