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Yeah, I feel for you on this one. A bit less organized than Nazrul's topics. The idea of sitting through the structural class again makes me want to cry.  :wacko:

I'm not Structural, but I studied PPI materials for the October 2015 and found them to be completely disorganized, much too broad and generally useless. Needless to say, I failed in October. I took the EET prep course before April and it was night and day different. I couldn't have been more...

Holy crap, that is out of control! I would've had a melt down! Impressed you were able to stay cool... were you?

Way to stay positive, Andrew. I was in your EET class, and so so sorry to hear this. Nazrul will help you get back up to speed before the October exam. You've got this! 

One guy from our EET course was dismissed from the exam because of his fitbit! Not a mistake to make, I guess. I felt so bad for the guy. :(  

This is exactly my experience. Almost one year of studying. I have no idea what hobbies or interests I had before this exam. I think we will pass... for now, we wait.

@Hamno I had the same problem. I worked as a Marine Engineer (in the US and abroad) but I never had any superiors who were PEs. I realized in hindsight those jobs were kind of a waste of my time. Anyway, the State of California only requires 1 year of experience to apply to take the PE exam. For...

Generally, I'd just avoid doing this as a rule. When folks start talking about answers, I plug my ears, start singing loudly and run away! (Typical social skills for an engineer)

Yeah, this whole exam is a money grab. I mean, we already paid $$$ to get our engineering undergrad/graduate degrees. Now we pay the exam fees (sometimes twice :) ), licensing, prep courses, tons of references we never use in our day-to-day ... it certainly is an industry. Rant over. ;)  

Yes! Agreed. That and the EET course have made me feel much more confident about the April exam!

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Thanks, Patrick.  This may sound crazy, but because I was Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering undergrad, I'm finding I'm having trouble populating the Civil exam spec with relevant problems. That is, having some idea of what question type fits into which spec heading/subheading is really...

Okay, this is helpful, makes more sense in reference to my memory of the exam. I'll use this as a framework for studying.

Okay... thanks... I don't really recall this type of question on the exam, but I'll look for some relevant practice problems and maybe it will jog my memory. 

I've searched the forum for this topic and can't seem to find satisfactory answers to my questions. That's why I'm starting this thread as a way for April 2016 (and future) examinees to decode the exam spec. I'm hoping we can use this as a space to help each other: Make sense of the...

Yeah, this is what I tried to do with my 6 months. I couldn't get through everything. It was just too much material and I read/work problems too slowly. So after 25-30 chapters (I think there are 80 or so in the book) I said screw it and started working as many problems as I could. My strategy...

This was very helpful, @nkalenze, thank you!  There is certainly enough reason to take the course. I may think about it a little more and see if I can get the funds together. My employer does not reimburse. Thanks again! :)

Okay, I've registered for EET WRE. I'm wavering on registering for the Breadth class. I have already spent so much money on this damn exam! But another $600, if it ensures I will pass this time, well, it might be worth it. I haven't registered because sitting through lectures sounds like kind...

This is what my coworker said to me yesterday.

I studied every weekend and most weeknights for 6 months. I completely burned out by the end, and wound up failing. There may be some truth to this.