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Utah requires 3yrs of experience after receiving your PE in order to get your SE. Utah's application is very unclear in this matter, but look at 58-22-302 (2)-e Each applicant for licensure as a professional structural engineer shall:... have successfully completed three years of licensed...

Actually many states do NOT have identical requirements.  At least when it comes to the SE exam and designation.  Quick example: Nevada requires: ABET, FE, 4yrs experience Utah requires: ABET, FE, PE, 7yrs experience That's just an easy example of two adjacent states with completely different...

I think someone mentioned this before that one or two of the southern states have an allowance for military veterans in which they allow vets to get a lower PE score than non-vets and still pass.  But otherwise my understanding is that NCEES recommends a passing score to state boards and...

Just FYI they had not posted the passing percentages prior to releasing results when I took the exam in 2015.  Maybe they have other cycles though.

It depends on your state and their regulations.  But you are correct in that most states allow a 2-yr masters program to count as 1-yr of experience and that most states do not allow you to double dip.  In these instances its often more beneficial to discount your education and count your work...

You can always try and argue your case.  Apply, submit your information and a description of what you did and why it is applicable.  It's likely they'll deny it, but it's worth a shot.  I'd definitely make them tell you it doesn't apply.  

Really what it sounds like is just a mechanism to prevent out of state firms from working in Tennessee.  While it's a significant sum of money, if you live in TN and do most of your work in TN it's probably not a huge hindrance.  But it seems like it would really be prohibitive for out of state...

NCEES sent me a notification email 6/26/15 when I took it.  I believe the results were actually posted on NCEES's website on either 6/18 or 6/19 though but don't quote me on that... I think the SE grading seminar is always the first week of June.  Seems like results start to come out 2-weeks...

But that's my argument.  While the test may have the word "practice" in it, as it currently stands the Civil PE at least (no clue on the others) is a "principles" exam only with the explicit intent of testing things in which you have no "practice" on.  The Civil PE exams account for...

required experience* (not required licensure) I wish I could edit responses...

And I think we confuse the test with experience in other areas too.  I agree, and I'm sure others agree that it is important that engineers accumulate experience prior to gaining licensure.  But states that have de-coupled the exam still require those applicants to accrue the required experience...

I'm sure different disciplines will have different experiences, but I can say with confidence as a civil test taker that the Civil PE exam is a principle exam only with the INTENT of the exam being a principle exam only.   Civil is broad, very broad.  The test administrators designed an exam in...

I average about 45hrs/week.  Straight salary, so no overtime pay.  I don't mind.  For me, I don't really have much issue working up to about 45hrs a week.  9hr days instead of 8.  But there is a big mental block for me when I go over about 45.  I do it some, as I need to meet deadlines, but for...

While good to find out the answer... I'd eat my hat if the PE asked something like that on the exam.  Practice tests have a tendency to be overly difficult in an effort to overprepare imo.  

Admittedly never heard of a privilege tax or a tax on licensure.  Maybe other states do it, but I'm not aware of any off the top of my head.  That is a huge fee.  

I would agree to bear down and see it through. As others mentioned, even if you decide once you graduate to pursue a different field, you'll have a degree in engineering which is fairly valuable.  Unfortunately in today's world, some college isn't really any different than no college from an...

I actually take this to mean the opposite.  They combine your scores, and that combination must show minimum competency. This is pure speculation, but we all seem to be operating under the idea that an "acceptable" is a 100% on a problem.  I'm not sure that's true.  Again, purely speculation...

I'm going to put in my plug for getting to the exam site or your hotel, or wherever PLENTY early.  I live in a rural state (Montana) and I left the afternoon before the exam for my 3hr drive to get to the exam town/site.  I got out of my town later than anticipated.  1.5hrs in I blew a tire as I...

I was too lazy to bring all my references for the PE thinking I wouldn't need some of them.  I literally laughed at some people who brought in carts filled with multiple boxes of references.  When the test came I realized there were several questions (that were straight table look-ups) from...

Yup, at least half the states don't recognize or care... they treat a professional engineer as a professional engineer regardless of discipline.  For instance there are quite a few states that you could take the SE in, pass, get your PE license, and then if you ethically felt you were qualified...