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I failed the PE Civil Structural exam. This was my first time taking it, and I had a feeling I didn’t pass when I left. But it’s still incredibly disappointing. In college, I always thought I didn’t do well on tests after taking them, but when I got them back I almost always actually did really well. So I was hoping maybe somehow that’d happen for the PE exam.
The past couple years I’ve felt like maybe I shouldn’t even be doing engineering, and then this just brought my confidence down even more. I like my job, but I’m just not passionate about it like some people in my office, so I’m just not as good an engineer as them. I’m not bad at it, but not great. I have absolutely no idea what else I’d even do though.
Are these feelings normal? What have you guys done to help boost your confidence? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Last time I only started studying 2 months before the exam on the weekends and a couple week nights. By the time I really figured out the best way to study for me and get organized, I only had about 4 weeks left until the exam, which didn’t leave enough time to really get good studying in. This time I plan to start studying now.
Does anybody have any recommendations on good study materials? Especially structural depth related. I tried looking through past forums, but was getting overwhelmed.
I wish I could buy an online class, but with having to pay $350 again to take it, I can’t really afford to spend a whole lot more. I have the NCEES 2014, 2011, 2008 and 2000 practice tests, several PPI practice tests, three PEcivilexam.com morning practice tests, and nine PEreview.net morning practice tests, all passed down to me from coworkers.
Obviously, I didn’t have time to do nearly all of these. But I did do all the NCEES practice tests. And I tried some of the PPI but a lot of those seemed harder than the actual test problems and I felt like I was kind of wasting time on some things.
Sorry for writing a novel. If you stuck through it and read the whole thing, thanks so much. You’re great.
The past couple years I’ve felt like maybe I shouldn’t even be doing engineering, and then this just brought my confidence down even more. I like my job, but I’m just not passionate about it like some people in my office, so I’m just not as good an engineer as them. I’m not bad at it, but not great. I have absolutely no idea what else I’d even do though.
Are these feelings normal? What have you guys done to help boost your confidence? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Last time I only started studying 2 months before the exam on the weekends and a couple week nights. By the time I really figured out the best way to study for me and get organized, I only had about 4 weeks left until the exam, which didn’t leave enough time to really get good studying in. This time I plan to start studying now.
Does anybody have any recommendations on good study materials? Especially structural depth related. I tried looking through past forums, but was getting overwhelmed.
I wish I could buy an online class, but with having to pay $350 again to take it, I can’t really afford to spend a whole lot more. I have the NCEES 2014, 2011, 2008 and 2000 practice tests, several PPI practice tests, three PEcivilexam.com morning practice tests, and nine PEreview.net morning practice tests, all passed down to me from coworkers.
Obviously, I didn’t have time to do nearly all of these. But I did do all the NCEES practice tests. And I tried some of the PPI but a lot of those seemed harder than the actual test problems and I felt like I was kind of wasting time on some things.
Sorry for writing a novel. If you stuck through it and read the whole thing, thanks so much. You’re great.