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I have a feeling we just barely failed. That's what most have speculated. I knew my stuff but at the same time those battery calcs and protection problems hit hard.

Protection seems the worst for most people. Not so much for me. I did the worst on power electronics. I would get an overall protection book and not just relaying. Protection can mean fuses, circuit breakers, fault current calcs,  CT and VT connections, etc. Go through it more than anything...

I like the idea of a closed book CBT exam. The questions probably would be slightly easier. It's also less of a burden. No gathering of materials. It's also nice to schedule it whenever you want instead of the painful waiting. It's just a shame that they're going to start offering it in 2021...

A large chunk of the exam was out of left field. It's reflected in the pass rates this time around. The pass rate was 54% which is 3% lower than the April 2018 exam. I failed too and it was my first time. However, I seemed to score higher for a failing grade than most so that's a positive sign...

Sounds similar to me. I have to focus on those areas too. If I hadn't bombed on those areas and the electronics then I would have passed for sure. Some of those questions in these categories were really out there.

Damn, the pass rate for Power was even lower this time. Not surprising...

That's what I got. I kind of figured I was very close after taking the exam. It's just that most of the protection questions threw me off. If I had gotten those and a few transmission type problems I probably would have passed. The stuff that I had adequate references on and studied a lot...

So, I ended up failing. I got a 47/80. My worst subject was devices and power electronics circuits only 29% correct. The 2nd and 3rd worst ones were Transmission and Distribution: Power System Analysis at 45% correct and Protection at 46% correct. Everything else was fairly decent. If I hadn't...

Sorry to hear the bad news. I thought you took the exam in NYC. Anyway, I took it in NYC and I'm still waiting for NY results. Not looking good considering what I'm reading here. Possible results tomorrow or Friday. Edit: I have failed. I got a 47/80. Doesn't surprise me really. I'm...

I believe it. I already know I failed. I took a real swing for it, you know? That's all that matters. 

My former screwball coworker took the Electrical Power PE in April of 2018 and passed. He made so many mistakes on projects that we're still coming across and cleaning up months later so it all means nothing.

I get bad anxiety. I would like to get this out of the way so I don't have to do this again. I want to do other things. Not study over and over again like I'm in prison.

I actually started crying so thanks for that.

December? Great. Just in time to ruin my birthday AND the holidays.

I got the survey too. I'm pretty sure they just sent out a mass email to everyone that took it. Even a coworker that took the mechanical with me got it too. Stop trying to scare everyone even if it is just a joke. We're all still pretty rattled from last Friday. 😯

Yep. This is pretty much how it went for me. Some I could have done but the calculations would have taken me forever to do. So I had to bite the bullet. Also, some where giving me no answers and multiple answers. Talk about a disaster. I just can't wait to see the giant FAIL logo posted to my...

Just keep expecting to see red. I'm seeing red. 🤩

I've already accepted the fact that I will see the giant red FAIL logo on my account. So, I'll try to act surprised when I do.

Yes same here. Afternoon was slightly easier for me. I just want to pass. These days I rarely want anything out of life. This would be one of the biggest things I want. I don't want to go through the whole procedure again.

Pretty much the morning and afternoon sessions were the same for me. A few WTF type questions which I expected. Some straight forward, others were educated guesses and the others were complete guesses. I would say I knew about 3/4 of the exam material. The other 1/8 were educated guesses and...