Katiebug
Well-known member
Reviewing mathematics in the EIT Reference Manual is making me want to cry. I'm a Mechanical whose day-to-day work focuses mainly on machine design, mechanics, materials, manufacturing, and systems.
I remember all of the algebra and calculus; that's not my problem. It's linear algebra and vectors and all of that. Shamefully, once I "learned" those topics, I decided it was more efficient to let my trusty graphing calculator do the work for me. I haven't had to find a determinant on my own since about 2001, and I'm very rusty. It's very slow going, too - I like that the EIT book has so many problems because I need the practice, but it's taking me forever to get through a chapter.
I'm thinking I'll be a poster child for why you should take this exam right out of college. I paged through the FERM and discovered that about half the sections were a piece of cake (statics & dynamics, mechanics of materials, etc.). Others were like reading a foreign language. At least I remember the basics of thermo and fluids - but E&M and chemistry? Not a chance.
Now I'm debating if I should do the ME depth in the PM rather than the general, as I'd planned...
I've ordered the NCEES sample exams. I'll be taking the FE in October, so I at least have a while to study. My plan is to go through the FERM once, take a sample exam, then go through the FERM again more quickly as test day approaches.
I remember all of the algebra and calculus; that's not my problem. It's linear algebra and vectors and all of that. Shamefully, once I "learned" those topics, I decided it was more efficient to let my trusty graphing calculator do the work for me. I haven't had to find a determinant on my own since about 2001, and I'm very rusty. It's very slow going, too - I like that the EIT book has so many problems because I need the practice, but it's taking me forever to get through a chapter.
I'm thinking I'll be a poster child for why you should take this exam right out of college. I paged through the FERM and discovered that about half the sections were a piece of cake (statics & dynamics, mechanics of materials, etc.). Others were like reading a foreign language. At least I remember the basics of thermo and fluids - but E&M and chemistry? Not a chance.
Now I'm debating if I should do the ME depth in the PM rather than the general, as I'd planned...
I've ordered the NCEES sample exams. I'll be taking the FE in October, so I at least have a while to study. My plan is to go through the FERM once, take a sample exam, then go through the FERM again more quickly as test day approaches.