April 2019 SE Results Thread

[Sheik]

I passed Vertical on my second try!!! I’m really glad this is over! I’m sorry to hear those who didn’t pass but don’t give up! I’m here to provide any advice (if it’s useful to you) let me know!

and congrats to those who passed this round

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congrats! do you recommend any good prep course for vertical?

 

[Stewie]

I will study harder.

Passed Vertical.

Lateral 24/40; A A A. (very surprising afternoon result, but I guess nothing to complain.)

 

[LetsSE]

I will study harder.

Passed Vertical.

Lateral 24/40; A A A. (very surprising afternoon result, but I guess nothing to complain.)

It seems that you took lateral bridges. The afternoon questions are hard. It is a great achievement that you got three acceptable.

 

[zas07001]

I might be the only in CT, but I just called and the woman who can unlock scores at the dept. of licenses took today off - they said she might be in Monday.

 

[Civil Dawg]

I will study harder.

Passed Vertical.

Lateral 24/40; A A A. (very surprising afternoon result, but I guess nothing to complain.)

Wow you crushed that. Can’t believe that score didn’t pass. I’m super bummed out but I’ll likely be back and see you in October.

 

[Civil Dawg]

First time taker for both building portions

Passed Vertical
Lateral 24/40; A,A,IR, UA

Congrats on passing Vert. I would have given anything to knock one of them out and only have to focus on one. Time to regroup

 

[YAZRABADI]

Oh man what a wave of releif

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congrats buddy time to celebrate. GOD IS GOOD 

 

[Stewie]

Wow you crushed that. Can’t believe that score didn’t pass. I’m super bummed out but I’ll likely be back and see you in October.

Man, let's do it again this Oct. WE WILL STUDY HARDER!

 

[QuinnTheEskimo]

Man, let's do it again this Oct. WE WILL STUDY HARDER!

I feel for you bridge fellas

 

[Stewie]

It seems that you took lateral bridges. The afternoon questions are hard. It is a great achievement that you got three acceptable.

Yes sir, I am surprised. One of the afternoon problems, I just have no idea and do not even know which part of code I should look at... I guess I provided enough information for it somehow...

 

[LetsSE]

Yes sir, I am surprised. One of the afternoon problems, I just have no idea and do not even know which part of code I should look at... I guess I provided enough information for it somehow...

Are you talking about the footing problem? Concrete filled steel tubes?

I also feel it is hard to solve the third problem-general analysis.  They mentioned transverse direction all the time. Do we need to analyze the longitudinal direction at all and take 30% for transverse direction?

 

[jmm7200]

@Stewie  Its a damn shame that we did not pass the lateral with those scores.  You beat me by 1 in AM lol. 

But to answer your question from earlier about how to study for PM problems, I created a list of steps for each type of problem, i.e. column, footing, and analysis.  These steps have scenarios for various things with formulas, AASHTO code locations, different checks that are needed, etc..  For example, minimum area of steel required in the footing.  That is a check that is easy to skip.  The graders look for these checks.  This go around, with the exception of the provisions for the concrete filled tubes on the footing problem, I did not even open AASHTO, everything I needed was in my steps.

The afternoon and the whopping 7 AASHTO problems in the AM, I am good with.  Its all of that building stuff that kills me.  Unfortunately a lot of the morning AM is a scavenger hunt in these codes, and for me that never uses building codes at, work finding these little things is a killer. 

I'll never understand why ASCE7 makes wind so damn complicated or why NDS has so many very important footnotes. 

 

[NahzSema]

@Sheik

I have heard good things about EET. A friend of mine took it and showed me his notes provided by the class and they seemed very thorough. Because I’m from California, I do seismic on a daily basis and so I did feel lateral was more straightforward for me. Vertical was tougher for me that it covered broader materials and also a lot of more “school” stuff that I just had to brush up on. I would recommend a course because it pretty much figures out the schedule for you and I think that is already a big factor in terms of wisely distributing your time on each area. What I found useful too was the specification from NCEES, try to stick to that and don’t over spend time studying material that has 1 or 2 questions on. From the previous diagnostic I knew what I needed to polish on and I made sure I could do those problems comfortably this time around. Hope it helps. 

 

[Stewie]

@jmm7200, is there a way you share these steps (flowcharts) with Stewie?

 

[Stewie]

Are you talking about the footing problem? Concrete filled steel tubes?

I also feel it is hard to solve the third problem-general analysis.  They mentioned transverse direction all the time. Do we need to analyze the longitudinal direction at all and take 30% for transverse direction?

Yep, the only thing in my mind now is the footing was killing me.

Man, I feel I am really getting old now. You still remember things. I will definitely begin study from tonight.

 

[onemanwolfpack]

@LetsSE Just a reminder that you signed an agreement with NCEES to not discuss problems/answers of the exam. Your comment above is walking a fine line I think.

@Stewie I've got a flowchart for bridge footing designs I created a few years ago if you'd like that.

 

[Sheik]

@Sheik

I have heard good things about EET. A friend of mine took it and showed me his notes provided by the class and they seemed very thorough. Because I’m from California, I do seismic on a daily basis and so I did feel lateral was more straightforward for me. Vertical was tougher for me that it covered broader materials and also a lot of more “school” stuff that I just had to brush up on. I would recommend a course because it pretty much figures out the schedule for you and I think that is already a big factor in terms of wisely distributing your time on each area. What I found useful too was the specification from NCEES, try to stick to that and don’t over spend time studying material that has 1 or 2 questions on. From the previous diagnostic I knew what I needed to polish on and I made sure I could do those problems comfortably this time around. Hope it helps. 

Thank you @NahzSema. From my diagnostic report I need to improve my knowledge on Analysis part and I did good in design though.

 

[iDSE]

Looks like Florida is sitting on it until next week.. Absolutely hate this.

 

[NahzSema]

@Sheik

That was exactly my issue in the first round. Study hard on loads, methods and analysis because they do contribute like 10+ problems in AM per spec. These 3 area are also crucial in the afternoon. You will nail this test next time!

 

[Chuckimus]

Looks like Florida is sitting on it until next week.. Absolutely hate this.

GA too.