I keep wanting to go back to studying. It feels weird not studying. I still dream of problems.
I was like that after my second attempt. Maybe it speaks well of the rigorous study schedule before the exam, how over-prepared you were last week, and just keeping up the habit?
Actually, I said that I would give it a week and then study for one hour each day. It doesn't say anything about my confidence in my performance. It says something about how I don't want to start from square one if I have to sit for the exam again.
Or that...
Its too early to be resigned to have to take it again. Have confidence!
I feel like I skipped stage 1 and jumped straight into a mishmash of phases 2-4. It’s quite an interesting mental space to be in.
That's still the immediate aftermath of the exam, I'm sure that you'll settle down soon
side note: I feel sorry for all the SEs out there. You all have to go through the pain the PE, then do it all over again for the even worse passing rate SE. That's rough.
And the PE only has one more P&P administration after this. I don't think NCEES has figured out how to transition SE to fully multiple choice much less CBT. IIRC there isn't even a legit schedule for the transition yet?
I feel you. I’m 50/50 on whether or not I passed the exam this time. If I find out that I failed the exam a third time, after investing so much time into studying an even taking an online course where the pass rate is 88%... then I will seriously reconsider my career path
This test doesn't define you, nor your ability to be an engineer. It's a hard test. Don't let it drag you down. It's not what defines your path.
No one has made a spam thread yet.
@NJmike PE usually makes it. And the spam thread usually hits its goal when he starts it.
The one time I started the spam thread it didn't go very well.
I think
@MadamPirate PE made the last one?
how are we still on the first page?
This thread usually starts out slow. People ask a few sporadic questions, it nearly stops between weeks 3-4, and then it really starts to pick up again as people start to wonder where their results are and why its taking so long.
i was on another board and read about two other people at other locations who got caught with their phones. i just.... like... what?!
That one always confuses me too. Maryland might be the outlier in that they ask everyone to check for a phone before the exam and give everyone an opportunity to turn it in first. It's not like the rules aren't super clear that communication devices are prohibited.
Wait, we can SPAM in the Suck thread??
I'd prefer not. The suck thread is for stressful stuff. The spam thread is about blowing off steam and having fun.
it's been a long time for me. I thought there was a separate thread for spamming but i can't remember where it is
@NJmike PE hasn't made it yet.
Yeah it's a separate thread. I don't think they (
@RBHeadge PE ?) created one this time.
I know last cycle there was almost no spam. I think it's basically just the CEs/SEs that are taking paper tests so not enough people to spam. All the other test with any significant numbers have moved to CBT and get results in less than a week.
^this.
Now granted CE's still make up like 2/3 of the exam takers. But as
@vhab49_PE suggested it might be becuase CEs have have a more built in support systems at their workplace where PEs are so common in the discipline; vs the rest of us where PEs are less common and we need to seek out support online.
Well I was going over the reddit forums and people were discussing full problems for Water resources there....
They shouldn't be surprised when they get their exam scores invalidated. Every cycle there's always a few who post stuff online and get found out by the powers that be.
Also I feel guilty of not studying everyday after the exam... Watching tv for 3 hours feels like a crime.
Don't feel guilty. The exam is over, you can relax again. If things turn out poorly, then you can pick it back up in early August.
WRE is moving to CBT starting January 2022 ... I am worried it might get harder....
There was a common hesitancy among the community that things would get harder but that doesn't appear to be the case. The pass rates for the CBT exams are a little higher than the previous P&P counterparts.
I used to be on the "let others take the exam for a few months to work out the kinks" train. Now I think its better that examinees take it as soon as they're ready.
On topic: Gosh, that's a major oops. They only tell you to empty your pockets like...45 times before the exam starts...wonder if they were actually tryna subvert the exam or just really dumb.
.... if it's the latter, that's scary... if it's the former, they have no business being there anyway - how did they even pass the ethics course? after all the prep and hassle to get to that point in actually taking the exam, i just can't fathom jeopardizing it... but it seems to happen somewhere/somehow every exam.
I'll put on my "nuclear engineer hat" for a moment and repeat that I think that failure to follow procedure is unprofessional and disqualifying all by itself. But I get that the PE exam isn't a nuclear procedure and that mistakes happen. But it really is a bad sign if one disregards the obvious prep-work.
NO! how does that even happen!? If I walked in with just that book and saw literally everyone else in the room with suitcases of materials (or even standing outside waiting for the doors to open), I would seriously be questioning my life..... and yeah, I probably would not have come back for the afternoon either... yikes.
There's always that one person who comes in completely unprepared. They probably sailed through the FE and thought that the PE would be no different.
The shear amount of materials people bring amazes me. I get that some disciplines require more references but there *has* to be a practical upper limit.
If you're wasting a lot of time frantically leafing through multiple books for every problem then you probably aren't having a good day.
I've heard that, on the whole, the people who pass usually have less references than those that fail. It makes some sense since the better prepared know where to look for the information faster and may not bring the extraneous stuff. The second time I took it, I brought in two milkcrates of references. Things were sorted in a set way and I never even touched the second milk crate. In retrospect I probably could have done it with only 8 references.
Certainly a minimum number of references are needed too. First time I took it, there was another nukee in the room. He had two references: Lamarsh and the ANS study guide. I'm pretty sure he passed.
Knowing the ethical thing and doing the ethical thing are two different concepts.
Dude at the Friday sitting came in with a little backpack. Took nothing out but his calculator. Finished in 2.5 hours.
Are you sure that he knew what he was doing and was successful. Or that he just gave up after 2.5 hours?
He seemed... cocky. Apparently he was doing construction depth? I dunno. He seemed to have a hard time grasping that he had to have his mask on. And didn't print his authorization form. "It's on my phone."
Sooo... it was the latter?
At least they acknowledge their f%^7 up and take responsibility for it.
