TehMightyEngineer
BRB Starting an Engineering Firm
This is almost unbelievable. About the only way I can see this passing is if you nailed the multiple choice. I was unable to find someone who felt they had nailed a multiple choice and got an unacceptable a afternoon problem. I've always wondered if this was considered a passing score by NCEES and, if you truly didn't write anything for an afternoon problem, then you may have done just that. Another consideration is they threw out a portion of the afternoon problem you didn't complete so you got partial credit even though you did no work. That seems unlikely though.
Either way, good info. How well do you think you did on the morning section?
Our previous data (which is always going to be incomplete since we only see failing scores and not passing scores) was that an unacceptable fails an exam with even a really good morning score.
The above are the highest morning scores that I've found mentioned here that still had a failure. Both appear to have been failed by that unacceptable. I've had confirmation that an acceptable on an afternoon can be obtained with partial work but never with no work done; that seems like it would always default to unacceptable. Thus, you passing would signal to me that you got better than 35/40 on the morning or they gave you credit due to a error on that question. Either way, huge congratulations.
Congratulations! Nice to get those done one year apart. All the people on year 3+ are jealous of you.
Damn, sorry to see you throw in the towel but I can understand that. You're definitely close but I know you've been close for a while. I hope you still have some value in the experience working towards the exam.
Yeah, you probably needed around 26-27 on the morning judging from the other scores that failed.
Not really, 26-27 is likely the target for the morning on this exam based on my previous estimates of cut scores. Definitely a ton of people who are very close though.
Dang, I agree that 803 probably killed you. Good luck next time around and stay motivated; you're so close.
Some of those morning questions must have been brutal or tricky. Lots of people scoring in this range on the morning.
Wow, you must have been very close. Definitely worth some praise getting 3 acceptables. Congrats on passing vertical.
Congratulations to all who passed; and good work to all regardless of your score. Everyone is clearly working really hard on these exams and I hope you're becoming a better engineer regardless of whether you pass on your first or sixth time.
It will be interesting to see what the change in passing rate are for April's exam period. For records, this is December's pass rate:
SE Lateral Forces Bridges
38
16%
45
36%
P&P
Twice per year
Dec 2018
SE Lateral Forces Buildings
241
36%
264
38%
P&P
Twice per year
Dec 2018
SE Vertical Forces Bridges
44
32%
20
45%
P&P
Twice per year
Dec 2018
SE Vertical Forces Buildings
300
36%
206
21%
P&P
Twice per year
Dec 2018
