April 2021 Post Exam Wait Period - Welcome to the Suck

[MillerTD]

I heard multiple people in my exam room say "I thought you could only bring the CERM".

Those poor souls

... expensive lesson on reading instructions .....

 

[MillerTD]

well folks, 5pm on the East coast.....guess we pick this up tomorrow

 

[JayUn PE]

... expensive lesson on reading instructions .....

The morning of my exam, a guy appeared at the exam room door just as the campus police officer was closing/locking it. Unfortunately he was not let in.

 

[txjennah PE]

Omg I forgot all about that thread.

 

[rafsan06]

NISSAN sends me emails and I get mini heart attacks.... this sucks.. I can't remember if I was so eagerly waiting for any exam results in my life like this....

 

[Deep_Freeze26]

Have not seen much Trolls this season.

The most epic trolling I ever heard about was this guy's brother who would create all kinds of burner email addresses with NCEES in the title and send emails to him with different "results" subject lines.

 

[Fisherman504]

well folks, 5pm on the East coast.....guess we pick this up tomorrow

Thursday seems to be the big day usually. Right?

 

[RBHeadge PE]

Have not seen much Trolls this season.

yet.
The results subforum only opened a few hours ago.

... expensive lesson on reading instructions .....

Nothing compares to this example
https://engineerboards.com/threads/tips-for-maryland-test-takers.27320/post-7686051

The most epic trolling I ever heard about was this guy's brother who would create all kinds of burner email addresses with NCEES in the title and send emails to him with different "results" subject lines.

actual lol

 

[Tiger15]

There was a guy that took the exam with me in the Fall who literally only had a steel manual and IBC. (structural depth) and passed. That was a gut punch to me who had a waggon with two egg crates full of code books, design books, and design manuals. UGH

I took the exam in Oct 2018. I took a prep class; probably put in 200+ hours of studying, and passed.

One of my friends decided to take the exam in Oct 2019. He ask me to borrow all my references. He did zero preparation. He didn't even read the website to know the rules, like what calculators were allowed; I had to tell him.

I think he scored ~25.

In his defense he only finished ~25 problems so he was very successful on the questions he actually attempted. But he had no concept of the time management that went into the exam.

He says he wants to take it again now that he knows what to expect. He hasn't yet. I doubt he'll study next time either.

 

[Tiger15]

https://engineerboards.com/threads/failed-oct-2018-pe-construction-its-not-over-until-i-win.32950/
There you go the guy with the Axe

Holy s$#@, how have I not seen this before?!

That was a pretty great read

 

[mobius160]

I took the exam in Oct 2018. I took a prep class; probably put in 200+ hours of studying, and passed.

One of my friends decided to take the exam in Oct 2019. He ask me to borrow all my references. He did zero preparation. He didn't even read the website to know the rules, like what calculators were allowed; I had to tell him.

I think he scored ~25.

In his defense he only finished ~25 problems so he was very successful on the questions he actually attempted. But he had no concept of the time management that went into the exam.

He says he wants to take it again now that he knows what to expect. He hasn't yet. I doubt he'll study next time either.

This is why 2nd+ time test taker pass rates are so much lower

 

[AZ_ladybrain]

I took the exam in Oct 2018. I took a prep class; probably put in 200+ hours of studying, and passed.

One of my friends decided to take the exam in Oct 2019. He ask me to borrow all my references. He did zero preparation. He didn't even read the website to know the rules, like what calculators were allowed; I had to tell him.

I think he scored ~25.

In his defense he only finished ~25 problems so he was very successful on the questions he actually attempted. But he had no concept of the time management that went into the exam.

He says he wants to take it again now that he knows what to expect. He hasn't yet. I doubt he'll study next time either.

well this guy I took the exam with passed and the best part? he only spent 2 weeks studying. He either really holds onto knowledge, is an amazing test taker, is extremely lucky, or is a combination of all three! I was furious....especially since I invested in the EET course...

 

[RBHeadge PE]

One of my friends decided to take the exam in Oct 2019. He ask me to borrow all my references. He did zero preparation. He didn't even read the website to know the rules, like what calculators were allowed; I had to tell him.
...

He says he wants to take it again now that he knows what to expect. He hasn't yet. I doubt he'll study next time either.

What makes this even funnier is that he ME exam has converted to CBT.

 

[5 to 9]

During my exam session this April, four (4) people were kicked out of the testing room for various reasons.

1. One girl couldn't take the exam due to a registration error.
2. One guy had his phone on him (albeit it was turned off)
3. One guy didn't put his pencil down until a couple seconds after time was called. He didn't find out he was disqualified until we came back from lunch for the afternoon session.
4. And I believe another person got disqualified for also not immediately putting their pencil down when time was called.

All of them were escorted out of the building by security. The proctor was a no-nonsense kind of guy.

 

[DoctorWho-PE]

During my exam session this April, four (4) people were kicked out of the testing room for various reasons.

1. One girl couldn't take the exam due to a registration error.
2. One guy had his phone on him (albeit it was turned off)
3. One guy didn't put his pencil down until a couple seconds after time was called. He didn't find out he was disqualified until we came back from lunch for the afternoon session.
4. And I believe another person got disqualified for also not immediately putting their pencil down when time was called.

All of them were escorted out of the building by security. The proctor was a no-nonsense kind of guy.

That would be like 1/5 of the group where I took it. Insanity.

 

[MillerTD]

I had one guy that was very annoying; sitting at the table "next" to me.... he would, at various times, violently stand up sliding his chair out from under him (on concrete floor) to stand and shuffle thru his references. Left the morning session after about 2 hrs grinning like the Chesire Cat..... did the same multiple times in the afternoon but stayed the whole 4 hrs

 

[MillerTD]

What makes this even funnier is that he ME exam has converted to CBT.

why is that funnier?

 

[djl PE]

If stuff doesn't start happening tomorrow morning I'm gonna start throwing chairs Bobby Knight style

 

[Tiger15]

What makes this even funnier is that he ME exam has converted to CBT.

He didn't know that either. I told him and he was like, "Really? Oh. I need to look into that."
Yes, dude; you do.

 

[pbrme]