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If it was  a matter of up to 500-800 bucks whether on extra books or tests or on a course, I thought about it saying if I pass then it is not worth sweating over 500-600 bucks. I thought that much can keep me from being PE if I lost the MOJO the 2nd time around. This type of thinking always provided me my answer on what I should do. I know sometimes it is hard shelling out 1200 or 1800 bucks on a course. But look around and you can do stuff in your budget.  Sign up for a few account opening bonuses and think this extra hassle paid for your additional expenses.  With this thinking, in last week leading up to exam, I bought those 3 hazardous code manual for $150. 


Start studying early, in a few months you know how you are doing. If you feel confident enough, you may not need any class. It is not necessary to sign up for a class to pass as no one can prepare you for the actual exam anyway. But extra practice, sometimes even able to get 3-4 questions right from whatever means is the key in passing.   


I have qualms with NCEES not thinking about the expenses people have to go through, for e.g. they can get away with NESC, NFPA70E and 3 hazardous standards and it can save people 400 dollars. If you can look up through NEC then you should be able to look up through anything, if it is just matter of referencing and finding what code applies. 


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