Oct 2015

[Patrick1441 PE]

How is it that I am unable to recollect any thing related to construction scaffolding in am? Can you please say something more- what was to be calculated?

This is bordering on violating the NCEES agreement. Be mindful.

Yeah, I'm going to back away slowly from this one. Nothing to see here, folks!

 

[kmart30]

Yes that was a smart decision.....shouldn't be talking about specifics.

Changing the subject....what do you think is the average hours of sleep test takers get the night before the exam? I believe I got a solid 5 hrs this time and -.5hrs last time.(probably why I failed in April cause my brain turned to soup after 30min into the depth section)

 

[glockjacket P.E.]

Changing the subject....what do you think is the average hours of sleep test takers get the night before the exam? I believe I got a solid 5 hrs this time and -.5hrs last time.(probably why I failed in April cause my brain turned to soup after 30min into the depth section)

I'd say I got 3-4 before i woke up paranoid I was late even though I set an alarm on both my personal and work phone and had a wake up call with the hotel.

 

[xtinabellina]

I know it is not legal and ethical to discuss about the exam problems anywhere but how about if talking about numbers of problems per topic. Do you think it would be ok?

The simple answer here is NO. NCEES monitors this forum and it would be a shame if you had your results invalidated (yes it has happened before) before you even got them. And how devastating would it be to have them invalidated only to find that you would have passed? Not worth the risk in my opinion. Best bet, try to put it out of your mind and focus on the finer things in life.

hahhaa i had to smile when i read your post because yesterday i was having an anxiety attack from being convinced i failed, then today am feeling slightly hopeful again just because of talking to you guys on this forum. i think we need to vent our insanities here to each other, otherwise i'd be texting/calling the 2 only 2 senior EEs i trust DAY and NIGHT seeking reassurance. i was freaking out too... actually one concept question in particular i vividly recalled seeing the answer to way way back months ago and was frantically searching thru my notes to see if/where i wrote it down but to no avail. that's the one i think i answered incorrectly that has been burning my brain nonstop.

on the topic of discussing quantities of types of questions: I've also wondered if that's "ok" to do or not.... i did see someone else in this forum (not sure if it was this thread or another) actually mention the # of NEC questions that were on the oct 30 exam.

bottom line: i never wanted anything more intensely than i want to pass this exam, so i totally get the pressure you are putting yourself under. the only thing that keeps me from dwelling on it all day while we wait for results is to keep reminding myself that if it was easy, everyone would do it, and if we didn't pass this time, we can always take it again, and if we gotta take it again in april, at least now we can both take comfort in knowing we aren't alone and can swap study topics/discussions back and forth with each other! there are worse things in life to fail at.... except i was really looking forward to telling a couple chauvinistic pigs at work to suck it when i do pass

Again, best to not dwell on it as you can't change the outcome at this point. And you're only going to make yourself miserable by obsessing over it. Try to focus on the finer things in life. Try some of the seasonal Mad Elf ale. That should help. :thumbs:

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ahhhh can't agree more about the mad elf

 

[P-E]

I need to add some mad elf to my beer fridge. Tonight is a heady topper night.

 

[GoldfishJack]

I didn't count my AM, but my PM wasn't that balanced, seemed heavier on 3 out 4.

 

[sunguy]

also i should tell u about something else that keeps ringing in my mind: when one of my close friends (also a female EE, what are the chances?) took the exam a few years back, she left the morning session crying, completely devastated, convinced she failed, and ready to just go home and skip the afternoon. after talking to a colleague on the phone during the lunch break who convinced her to just go back and finish up the test anyway, she went back into the exam and ended up feeling way better about the afternoon session. results? she passed. for someone to be CONVINCED to go home after the morning session and still pass, whereas i felt initially sure that i had passed given my somewhat ok feelings for both sessions, that gave me hope. GAVE. now im just at the "im sure i failed" phase.

Hey

Thanks for getting back on my post .

I am cursing myself too on not getting at least 4 problems correct that I couldn’t have done 100% right. One was just couldn’t find my reference where I saw the equation last and others just going freaking out of time and couldn’t solve them and had to end up going for a wild guess. This feeling truly sucks.

Sounds great! that a lot of questions are popping up in your mind that you now figure that you did right. It gives you really great hope. Wow reading about your colleague female engineer past experience is really like an energy shot to me. Coz I am not feeling that horrible in any of the sessions. That means we might get lucky to pass when your friend got away with a passing score although not feeling even a little good about morning part. That gives me really big hope.

Here is my quick analysis about my power exam: 51 correct, 4 incorrect, 15 wild guesses. That makes total of 70 problems. And I have tried so hard thinking about rest of the 10 missing problems I am totally lost and really cant estimate what those 10 problems were about. That is why I am helpless how many out of 10 I got correct or wrong or made any guess.

I know it is not legal and ethical to discuss about the exam problems anywhere but how about if talking about numbers of problems per topic. Do you think it would be ok?

I am just trying to share numbers of problems topic wise and have people here comment on that so that I can pick what those 10 problems were about that I am missing.

I think the NCEES % of questions based on topic is just an average number and not a guaranteed number. I ignored few topics like reliability, power system stability etc thinking that there wouldn't be many questions on them but there were quite a number of questions on the exam. Both morning and afternoon I solved 30 questions on first attempt and remaining 10 I almost solved 6-8 on second round and guessed the rest. I didn't feel like the test followed the NCEES specifications in any sub topics.

 

[mub220]

also i should tell u about something else that keeps ringing in my mind: when one of my close friends (also a female EE, what are the chances?) took the exam a few years back, she left the morning session crying, completely devastated, convinced she failed, and ready to just go home and skip the afternoon. after talking to a colleague on the phone during the lunch break who convinced her to just go back and finish up the test anyway, she went back into the exam and ended up feeling way better about the afternoon session. results? she passed. for someone to be CONVINCED to go home after the morning session and still pass, whereas i felt initially sure that i had passed given my somewhat ok feelings for both sessions, that gave me hope. GAVE. now im just at the "im sure i failed" phase.

Hey

Thanks for getting back on my post .

I am cursing myself too on not getting at least 4 problems correct that I couldn’t have done 100% right. One was just couldn’t find my reference where I saw the equation last and others just going freaking out of time and couldn’t solve them and had to end up going for a wild guess. This feeling truly sucks.

Sounds great! that a lot of questions are popping up in your mind that you now figure that you did right. It gives you really great hope. Wow reading about your colleague female engineer past experience is really like an energy shot to me. Coz I am not feeling that horrible in any of the sessions. That means we might get lucky to pass when your friend got away with a passing score although not feeling even a little good about morning part. That gives me really big hope.

Here is my quick analysis about my power exam: 51 correct, 4 incorrect, 15 wild guesses. That makes total of 70 problems. And I have tried so hard thinking about rest of the 10 missing problems I am totally lost and really cant estimate what those 10 problems were about. That is why I am helpless how many out of 10 I got correct or wrong or made any guess.

I know it is not legal and ethical to discuss about the exam problems anywhere but how about if talking about numbers of problems per topic. Do you think it would be ok?

I am just trying to share numbers of problems topic wise and have people here comment on that so that I can pick what those 10 problems were about that I am missing.

hahhaa i had to smile when i read your post because yesterday i was having an anxiety attack from being convinced i failed, then today am feeling slightly hopeful again just because of talking to you guys on this forum. i think we need to vent our insanities here to each other, otherwise i'd be texting/calling the 2 only 2 senior EEs i trust DAY and NIGHT seeking reassurance. i was freaking out too... actually one concept question in particular i vividly recalled seeing the answer to way way back months ago and was frantically searching thru my notes to see if/where i wrote it down but to no avail. that's the one i think i answered incorrectly that has been burning my brain nonstop.

on the topic of discussing quantities of types of questions: I've also wondered if that's "ok" to do or not.... i did see someone else in this forum (not sure if it was this thread or another) actually mention the # of NEC questions that were on the oct 30 exam.

bottom line: i never wanted anything more intensely than i want to pass this exam, so i totally get the pressure you are putting yourself under. the only thing that keeps me from dwelling on it all day while we wait for results is to keep reminding myself that if it was easy, everyone would do it, and if we didn't pass this time, we can always take it again, and if we gotta take it again in april, at least now we can both take comfort in knowing we aren't alone and can swap study topics/discussions back and forth with each other! there are worse things in life to fail at.... except i was really looking forward to telling a couple chauvinistic pigs at work to suck it when i do pass

Well all we can do is just wait. This is another test for your patience which is way longer than actual test of 8 hours.

I think the test was not bad some problems were really tricky though. The test made me think which was good. I liked that, however I am with you on the fact that it was a lot for 8 hours. The time was the concern for me, May be it was not concern for a lot of people. Just for the worst case if I have to re-take it in April, Gotta better re-organize my notes and references and practice time management so that I can have enough time to put more thinking before start solving a problem. In my understanding time management is the key. But Hey! I am still in the game. I might pass as well.

I really learned a lot and gain knowledge while preparing for the test and now I am having more fun doing my SKM and ETAP power studies. Things are making more sense to me after going thru that long deep study effort for the test. In other words even if I fail I still did get something out of my time, it is not like I wasted all my efforts if I don’t pass.

 

[mub220]

also i should tell u about something else that keeps ringing in my mind: when one of my close friends (also a female EE, what are the chances?) took the exam a few years back, she left the morning session crying, completely devastated, convinced she failed, and ready to just go home and skip the afternoon. after talking to a colleague on the phone during the lunch break who convinced her to just go back and finish up the test anyway, she went back into the exam and ended up feeling way better about the afternoon session. results? she passed. for someone to be CONVINCED to go home after the morning session and still pass, whereas i felt initially sure that i had passed given my somewhat ok feelings for both sessions, that gave me hope. GAVE. now im just at the "im sure i failed" phase.

Hey

Thanks for getting back on my post .

I am cursing myself too on not getting at least 4 problems correct that I couldn’t have done 100% right. One was just couldn’t find my reference where I saw the equation last and others just going freaking out of time and couldn’t solve them and had to end up going for a wild guess. This feeling truly sucks.

Sounds great! that a lot of questions are popping up in your mind that you now figure that you did right. It gives you really great hope. Wow reading about your colleague female engineer past experience is really like an energy shot to me. Coz I am not feeling that horrible in any of the sessions. That means we might get lucky to pass when your friend got away with a passing score although not feeling even a little good about morning part. That gives me really big hope.

Here is my quick analysis about my power exam: 51 correct, 4 incorrect, 15 wild guesses. That makes total of 70 problems. And I have tried so hard thinking about rest of the 10 missing problems I am totally lost and really cant estimate what those 10 problems were about. That is why I am helpless how many out of 10 I got correct or wrong or made any guess.

I know it is not legal and ethical to discuss about the exam problems anywhere but how about if talking about numbers of problems per topic. Do you think it would be ok?

I am just trying to share numbers of problems topic wise and have people here comment on that so that I can pick what those 10 problems were about that I am missing.

I think the NCEES % of questions based on topic is just an average number and not a guaranteed number. I ignored few topics like reliability, power system stability etc thinking that there wouldn't be many questions on them but there were quite a number of questions on the exam. Both morning and afternoon I solved 30 questions on first attempt and remaining 10 I almost solved 6-8 on second round and guessed the rest. I didn't feel like the test followed the NCEES specifications in any sub topics.

That’s what I think too. how are you feeling all over about your test?.are you in good shape or fuzzy and mixed feelings like me

 

[NJmike PE]

 

[JHW 3d]

Would it be bad form to post a complete question from a practice exam and call it a problem from the real exam ...

Just to get the ball rolling?

 

[xtinabellina]

Y'all are making me nervous I gotta slither away from all this shizzzzzzz

 

[JHW 3d]

I'm joking of course...

The test details are slowly fading away for me, and it's only been a week. I don't think I could accurately recall any questions anyway.

 

[xtinabellina]

I'm joking of course...

The test details are slowly fading away for me, and it's only been a week. I don't think I could accurately recall any questions anyway.

i knew what you meant! but the few posts prior to that really are making me squeamish

 

[knight1fox3]

When in doubt, just discuss it with yourself.

Is it beer-thirty yet?

 

[MEPE_FEA]

When in doubt, just discuss it with yourself.

Is it beer-thirty yet?

Not yet...but it will b soon...looking forward to it

 

[matt267 PE]

Hell yeah it's beer t h y m e

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

Have some vitamin vodka instead:

http://m.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/aussie-company-launches-hangover-preventing-vitamin-vodka-article-1.2426006

 

[MEPE_FEA]

For me it is fiddich 12 time today

 

[xtinabellina]

firestone walker wookey jack......all night last night