October 2019 P.E. ELECTRICAL POWER

[v15]

Got 46 Failed. TX score is 67. i guess Cut off should be 49 or 50.

 

[gfools]

Got 46 Failed. TX score is 67. i guess Cut off should be 49 or 50.

If it helps you figure out the cut score at all I passed in Texas and my TBPE grade was 73.  Just barely!!  But hey, passing is passing.  Good luck next time!

 

[v15]

If it helps you figure out the cut score at all I passed in Texas and my TBPE grade was 73.  Just barely!!  But hey, passing is passing.  Good luck next time!

Yes sir passing is passing. no one looks at the score lol they all care about that green tick mark which appears as PASS.

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

@LyceeFruit I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!!! I JUMPED OUT OF MY CHAIR AND EVERYTHING AND NOW I'M CRYING AND IT'S AWESOME!

THANK YOU!

I got the email as I was supposed to head into a meeting. My heart wasa pounding but I decided to open it up anyway & at my desk in our open office concept. Started crying and hyperventilating with my boss rubbing my back (we're friends so it's ok). And ended up calming myself and calling my bestie from a closet 

 

[DLD PE]

THANK YOU!

I got the email as I was supposed to head into a meeting. My heart wasa pounding but I decided to open it up anyway & at my desk in our open office concept. Started crying and hyperventilating with my boss rubbing my back (we're friends so it's ok). And ended up calming myself and calling my bestie from a closet 

CONGRATULATIONS!  So happy for you! 

 

[Drewism]

THANK YOU!

I got the email as I was supposed to head into a meeting. My heart wasa pounding but I decided to open it up anyway & at my desk in our open office concept. Started crying and hyperventilating with my boss rubbing my back (we're friends so it's ok). And ended up calming myself and calling my bestie from a closet 

Congratulations. You have earned it. Now, the worst is all behind you. It's like a bad dream. Celebrate this weekend and enjoy.

 

[Spo Power]

Passed on 2nd attempt!!  Woo Hoo!!

For anyone who is still chasing this I highly recommend Complex Imaginary's code review ... basically 300 code drill problems that have you search up and down the code book for random questions.  I didn't spend a lot of time with this when I took the exam last year, but went through it twice this time ... in addition to around 10 practice exams.

In any case I felt very good with the code problems this time around and I'm sure this helped save my bacon!

 

[roy167]

I got the email as I was supposed to head into a meeting. My heart wasa pounding but I decided to open it up anyway & at my desk in our open office concept. Started crying and hyperventilating with my boss rubbing my back (we're friends so it's ok). And ended up calming myself and calling my bestie from a closet 

I often feel that true test of character and endurance is not in passing the first time but how you deal with failure and not give up. I have not known anyone atleast not made it clear on the forum that they appeared 6th or 7th time and then they passed. My personal tolerance would be 3 times at max. This I'm sure must have taught you patience for life and how to march ahead in life when things just won't cooperate. I think you should share your experience and  emotions from time to time. 

 

[THRILLHO]

The NFPA questions I know I missed the 4 or so and thats my fault for taking the risk of not buying it.

That's brutal. I figured that there would only be one or two 70E questions and would've probably been in the same boat if work didn't have a copy of 70E that I could use. I had to guess on the two(?) NESC questions. 

 

[Orchid PE]

uh-oh, this has all the telltale signs that you failed. =/ you guys fell for baited answers 

Looks like I didn't fall for baited answers! (At least not enough to fail lol)

 

[Sparky Bill PE]

Looks like I didn't fall for baited answers! (At least not enough to fail lol)

I'm a Chattaneer PE wanna BE LOL 

 

[bdhlphcdh]

I'm a Chattaneer PE wanna BE LOL 

The baited answers are a very real thing.  The best advice I have heard is to always look to see if you need to take your solution one or two steps further.  Look for factors in each solution and determine based on the information given if you need to take those into consideration.  It is certainly much easier said than done, but always be keen to look for nuanced questions to test the fundamental underlying principles of electrical engineering.  There are a lot of questions that are masked to be something that they are not.

 

[daydreambeliever]

I got the email as I was supposed to head into a meeting. My heart wasa pounding but I decided to open it up anyway & at my desk in our open office concept. Started crying and hyperventilating with my boss rubbing my back (we're friends so it's ok). And ended up calming myself and calling my bestie from a closet 

Congrats!!!! I'm so happy for you! 

 

[DLD PE]

Has anyone ever, or ever heard, of anyone contacting the NCEES to ask if they can audit/review their own exam?  I took the weekend to think about it, and I'm still blown away that I only got 50% of these questions correct.  I might be able to understand on the second part of the exam if I was a bad guesser and I could see where I might have gotten 50% on that afternoon part, but NOT the first half.  I'm just dumbfounded and I really want to know, especially on circuits since I did so bad but felt I understood it much better than that.  I even helped other's on here with their questions concerning some of those problems.  

So if anyone has experience contacting NCEES to be able to look at their own exam, let me know.

 

[Sparky Bill PE]

Has anyone ever, or ever heard, of anyone contacting the NCEES to ask if they can audit/review their own exam?  I took the weekend to think about it, and I'm still blown away that I only got 50% of these questions correct.  I might be able to understand on the second part of the exam if I was a bad guesser and I could see where I might have gotten 50% on that afternoon part, but NOT the first half.  I'm just dumbfounded and I really want to know, especially on circuits since I did so bad but felt I understood it much better than that.  I even helped other's on here with their questions concerning some of those problems.  

So if anyone has experience contacting NCEES to be able to look at their own exam, let me know.

It might be a quick question you could ask on their "live chat" just to get an idea. at www.ncees.org 

 

[DLD PE]

I did and they said, "No, this would not be possible."  

Oh well I tried.

 

[Sparky Bill PE]

I did and they said, "No, this would not be possible."  

Oh well I tried.

I understand where you're coming from though. It's hard to "improve" when you honestly don't know what you did wrong. 

Who knows, I'm sure some people get "1 line off" on their answer key and accidentally put the wrong letter on multiple questions.

 

[Shamsdebout]

I finally passed this.  Although I am still in shock as I didn't think I would pass.  This was my 4th attempt.  I am going to say 3rd because my 2nd attempt (April 2018 which was the exam to pass I was sick).

Thanks all for the support and encouraging words.

Regards,

 

[Zach Stone P.E.]

THANK YOU!

I got the email as I was supposed to head into a meeting. My heart wasa pounding but I decided to open it up anyway & at my desk in our open office concept. Started crying and hyperventilating with my boss rubbing my back (we're friends so it's ok). And ended up calming myself and calling my bestie from a closet 

Congrats @LyceeFruit! 

 

[bdpalmer]

The baited answers are a very real thing.  The best advice I have heard is to always look to see if you need to take your solution one or two steps further.  Look for factors in each solution and determine based on the information given if you need to take those into consideration.  It is certainly much easier said than done, but always be keen to look for nuanced questions to test the fundamental underlying principles of electrical engineering.  There are a lot of questions that are masked to be something that they are not.

Has anyone ever, or ever heard, of anyone contacting the NCEES to ask if they can audit/review their own exam?  I took the weekend to think about it, and I'm still blown away that I only got 50% of these questions correct.  I might be able to understand on the second part of the exam if I was a bad guesser and I could see where I might have gotten 50% on that afternoon part, but NOT the first half.  I'm just dumbfounded and I really want to know, especially on circuits since I did so bad but felt I understood it much better than that.  I even helped other's on here with their questions concerning some of those problems.  

So if anyone has experience contacting NCEES to be able to look at their own exam, let me know.

I feel like these go hand in hand. I know of countless questions during practice exams and even on the actual exam where I was rushing and got an answer that matches an answer choice so I bubbled it and moved on. But then I realized later that I fell for a trap question and didn't multiply by sqrt 3 or used line voltages instead of phase. The other correct answer choice is right there staring you in the face but you're in such a hurry that you pick the wrong one and move on. If circuits was a major problem but you were thinking you had right choices, I'd say you may have fallen for these trap answers.