TouchDown
Is it Friday yet?
I did almost the absolute same thing.
In the Mechanical PE - the "the other board" test was tough as nails, took an unbelievable amount of time, etc. I wallowed through that almost guaranteeing that if the test was like that - there's NO doubt I would fail the exam.
I then took the NCEES practice exam - WHICH IS MUCH MORE LIKE THE REAL EXAM as far as complexity and time for problem solving. Granted, the topics will change.
When I took the NCEES exam, first time, I got about 40% - stupid mistakes, but I also found myself flying through it. I did all 80 questions in much less time.
You just need to SLOW DOWN, run through the problems, you know the stuff, and if one stumps you (I'd say that quite a few on the exam) - more than I'd like to admit... had me questioning my answer. However, the background you have built with experience and problems will lead you to around 2 of the 4 answers that sound more reasonable. Now it's a 50/50 shot.
So, draw a single line and spin a quarter... I guess it's better than quadrants... you get the picture. You can narrow your potential answers and make educated / reasonable "guesses". That is the mode you get in on the last 10-20 problems that you couldn't find the answer to, when you know that you have 10 minutes left before they call "Time!". it's part of test taking with multiple choice tests when you have a lot of problems to do in a relatively short amount of time.
Good Luck - and don't get too freaked out. Again, slow down, get past the initial nervousness (especially if your a first time test taker), and knock it out.
In the Mechanical PE - the "the other board" test was tough as nails, took an unbelievable amount of time, etc. I wallowed through that almost guaranteeing that if the test was like that - there's NO doubt I would fail the exam.
I then took the NCEES practice exam - WHICH IS MUCH MORE LIKE THE REAL EXAM as far as complexity and time for problem solving. Granted, the topics will change.
When I took the NCEES exam, first time, I got about 40% - stupid mistakes, but I also found myself flying through it. I did all 80 questions in much less time.
You just need to SLOW DOWN, run through the problems, you know the stuff, and if one stumps you (I'd say that quite a few on the exam) - more than I'd like to admit... had me questioning my answer. However, the background you have built with experience and problems will lead you to around 2 of the 4 answers that sound more reasonable. Now it's a 50/50 shot.
So, draw a single line and spin a quarter... I guess it's better than quadrants... you get the picture. You can narrow your potential answers and make educated / reasonable "guesses". That is the mode you get in on the last 10-20 problems that you couldn't find the answer to, when you know that you have 10 minutes left before they call "Time!". it's part of test taking with multiple choice tests when you have a lot of problems to do in a relatively short amount of time.
Good Luck - and don't get too freaked out. Again, slow down, get past the initial nervousness (especially if your a first time test taker), and knock it out.
