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My sources tell me it has happened in October 2015.

I know that feeling. The PE folks must be in a state of consternation since they were expecting results thanksgiving week. They aren't used to the psychological trauma of waiting so long. They are uninitiated.  My only thought is that since NCEES changed the name of the SE exam to the "PE...

Wow. Well I won't lie...part of me is happy they are suffering too haha

Wait so...PE results aren't even out yet? Seriously?

My go to song is Linkin Park's "Papercut". The lyrics encapsulate the SE exam experience with an overlooked eloquence.

I'm envisioning a heist. Something like stealing the death star plans in Rogue One. Hopefully we don't all *spoiler redacted* at the end though. 

Something I noticed about SEs in general, even if they passed a long time ago, is how they approach design. So even though the angry side of me wants to say they should need to retake it and suffer like the rest of us....the objective side of me realizes that passing the test in general changes...

I'm slowly coming to the realization that the SE exam is a veritable Kobayashi Maru scenario for structural engineers. 

Hopefully. Also, offer her half of what the registration fee would be for spring, as a non-coercive gift, were things to work out in your favor. As a wise man once said, "if you say 'no quid pro quo' at the end, then...there's no quid pro quo." 

I was actually curious how you knew, and briefly considered the possibility that you were Ashlei.

I do have it on good authority from the EET gentlemen that an acceptable on an essay problem is in fact a range. So maybe the grading scale is UA=0-50%, IR=50-80%, A=80-100%. And this would make sense. I've left a problem blank, and gotten unacceptable...so that's a zero. I've also done an...

Most definitely sir. That is what is confusing/annoying/frustrating about the test. I have seriously done afternoon problems and had NO IDEA what in the name of Abraham Lincoln I was doing...and gotten an acceptable. I have thrown things together in 30 minutes, figuring out and reading the code...

I believe you can pass leaving one essay problem COMPLETELY blank (no explanations, code references, "steps to complete") and still pass as much as I believe this:

Do you work for NCEES? haha.... Generally I'd just say that the complaint about not knowing where to improve is valid in my view. I definitely don't think the test is obscenely difficult, or unfair per se. It's the time crunch, and the fact that you can repeat your mistakes (since you'll never...

Wow David. That hurt my soul more than the last time I saw "did not demonstrate the knowledge required to achieve minimum competency". Actually, I'm ok with the exam being hard. Maybe even harder. What is intriguing is how opaque the afternoon grading process is. Not only does NCESS not reveal...

I thoroughly agree that an SE should be able to pass each administration of the test. As in....they pay licensed SEs to take the test in the time provided, and that is how the passing score is set. It's interesting that the exam is graded, not by other SEs necessarily, but by subject matter...

I think what you really need is a disinformation campaign here on the forums coupled with a well placed mole in NCEES to advocate for change. Either that or become a lawyer since the pay is better and the bar is easier to pass.

That would certainly make things interesting. As someone told me, the exam used to be a "pick the problems you want to solve" format for the afternoon. What's even more fascinating is that the exam itself requires a level of alacrity in problem solving that is unrealistic. 

Or as a coworker put it "just do everything right the first time"