In my case, I do not have an engineering degree. I have a BS in engineering technology that is mostly from military school transfer credit and online courses. I only had 2 semesters of calc which were in 1992, so I was at a distinct disadvantage prepping for this test. I did not even know what a differential equation was in February when I decided to take this exam. I had already decided to take the general PM module, so that limited what I would have to prepare for. The books I studied from were:
Calculus for Dummies... (Don't laugh, it had been a while) :lmao:
Calculus Refresher for the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam - Peter Schiavone
FE Review Manual: Rapid Preparation for the General Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (F E Review Manual), 2nd ed. - Michael R. Lindeburg
FE/EIT Sample Examinations, 2nd Edition - Michael R. Lindeburg
And Of course, get the FE Supplied Reference Handbook (either hard copy or download and print)
The calc review was very helpful, and set me up to get through the first chapters of FERM. For the general modules, FERM WAS EVERYTHING.
I took the ~800 page FERM to Kinkos and had it cut into 6 volumes of ~10 chapters each, so I could carry one around and not seem like such a daunting task. It was only about $30 to have it done and I am glad I did because with spiral binding, the pages lay flat, which is nice.
The FERM covered all the questions on the general AM and PM portion to the best of my knowledge, with few exceptions. When reviewing, I was running out of time and got behind the schedule I set for myself( mostly by being distracted by summer stuff). I almost skipped engineering economics but decided to cover it. I am glad I did because that would have made my afternoon session miserable! I tried to work 1 chapter a day, but for me, getting through the Calc review took about 4-5 weeks. I actually went through it twice. I had to supplement my lack of college algebra with an occasional textbook lookup and Wikipedia
to learn how to do matrix math. This is not covered as well as I needed in the review, but was in about 2-3 questions on the exam so the extra effort paid off.
I went through the morning session ok, but left transposing my answers to the answer sheet until the end. Well, I only left 7 mins to do it in! That was pretty exciting. My hands were shaking a mile a minute. Then I realized on about question 60 that my answers didn't line up... Made it with about 2 minutes to spare. The afternoon was much better, finishing in 3 hrs. I had such a headache that I did not go back over my answers, which is my standard procedure. The afternoon session (general) was very similar to the questions in the FERM and I had plenty of time to work them.
Good luck! I am certain that if I can do it, anyone can! Just keep at it.