October 2019 Results Map

[cdunn2016]

Get as many of the listed references as you can, I printed A LOT of PDFs and put them in binders for the exam - if you use PDFs make they have all the pages... One of mine was missing a random 20 pages that included two tables that I needed for two questions, that was not fun to realize in the middle of the exam... I literally spent 10 minutes staring at the table of contents trying not to cry that the pages I needed weren't there.

Oh my gosh, this was exactly me with the Roadside Design Guide. Random pages missing in the middle. I just laid my head on my desk for about 5 minutes in sheer agony.

 

[Riri]

Firstly, please remember, not passing the PE exam does not make you any worse of an engineer than you were before you took the exam.

Take some time off to relax and process your diagnostic report, and decide how you want to attack studying in your next attempt. Whatever you decide (review course, self study, etc.), make a plan and stick to it.

Pick up the studying again, do as many practice problems as you're able, and take this exam down come April!

It's worth noting that there are a LOT of EBers who did not pass on their first try. After you pass, it doesn't even matter how many tries it took you. And personally, it is my belief that the more times you fail the PE exam, the more sweet it is when you finally pass!

Thank  you for your advise. This is my fourth attempt. I just feel so bad in front of everybody at work. At this point, I’m not sure what to study. I studied school of pe, EET and test masters all together  but I’m still not passing. 

 

[PE Preparation Master]

Utah is out @ 12:12 Eastern, I PASSED!!!!

 

[Riri]

I took CE Transportation.  Unfortunately I can't really give anything outside of the generic response of do lots of problems.  I probably worked 300+ problems over about two months (probably around 100 hours) of studying.  I personally do not do well in review classes and learn material best by just working problems.  I flagged the crap out of my CERM and used that as my primary source on the test (probably like 70% or more).  Get as many of the listed references as you can, I printed A LOT of PDFs and put them in binders for the exam - if you use PDFs make they have all the pages... One of mine was missing a random 20 pages that included two tables that I needed for two questions, that was not fun to realize in the middle of the exam... I literally spent 10 minutes staring at the table of contents trying not to cry that the pages I needed weren't there.

If you are a better student than I am, I've heard really good things about the School of PE and the EET.  It sounds like School of PE is excellent for morning but maybe not quite as good for the afternoon.

Either way, try to take your mock practice exam a couple weeks before the exam so you can find any deficient areas you may have. I really didn't study very much the last week before the exam and instead focused mostly on tabs and references being in order and everything.

Thank you. I studied both school of PE and EET but my problem is when they twist the question then I become confused and also if I’m not familiar with the question I won’t be able to answer. 

 

[txjennah PE]

Thank  you for your advise. This is my fourth attempt. I just feel so bad in front of everybody at work. At this point, I’m not sure what to study. I studied school of pe, EET and test masters all together  but I’m still not passing. 

I'm so sorry. I failed multiple times too before I finally passed.  Can you evaluate your study habits to see where you can change?  For me, I realized i needed to stop studying on the couch and focus on doing as many problems as I could. Even though I was in a review course during the times I failed, I still wasn't putting in the time I needed on working problems.  Try and see what study habits you can tweak.  

 

[Dumpster Slapper]

Oh my gosh, this was exactly me with the Roadside Design Guide. Random pages missing in the middle. I just laid my head on my desk for about 5 minutes in sheer agony.

Funny because it WAS the Roadside Design Guide!

 

[Riri]

I'm so sorry. I failed multiple times too before I finally passed.  Can you evaluate your study habits to see where you can change?  For me, I realized i needed to stop studying on the couch and focus on doing as many problems as I could. Even though I was in a review course during the times I failed, I still wasn't putting in the time I needed on working problems.  Try and see what study habits you can tweak.  

Thank you. What practice problems/ books did you use ? 

 

[txjennah PE]

I'm waiting for the Texas results so I can find the one person who will open an account just to state that they received a 97, then never post again.

 

[w00tberrypie]

I'm waiting for the Texas results so I can find the one person who will open an account just to state that they received a 97, then never post again.

Well, when you can no longer be in HS or College to blow those curves, I guess you take any chance you can get?

 

[txjennah PE]

Thank you. What practice problems/ books did you use ? 

I'm Environmental, so used School of PE problems/EET Water Resources/Env review course (highly recommend).  I also worked through the Schneiter practice exam books and NCEES practice exams.  Those were the major ones...I didn't touch the Lindeburg review problems, those were useless IMO.

 

[BabaYaga]

AZ was out at 9:26 am Arizona time

 

[Axxell]

DE is out at 11:13 EST today.

 

[Sub-Zero Ranger]

I'm waiting for the Texas results so I can find the one person who will open an account just to state that they received a 97, then never post again.

Guess I'm not that guy. I can recall there were at least a few I took good or pure guesses on.

 

[Dumpster Slapper]

Thank you. I studied both school of PE and EET but my problem is when they twist the question then I become confused and also if I’m not familiar with the question I won’t be able to answer. 

It sounds to me like you may need to work more problems on your own outside of the class.  I was lucky in that work was really slow this fall so I spent 2-4 hours every day working problems at my desk. I struggled big time early because I'd get stumped, look at the solution, think "wow I totally get it now!", get to the next (similar) question and have no idea how to do it, then repeat.  After doing that for a couple of weeks, things started to click for me. The Six Minute Solutions were amazing because they have so many questions that attack similar problems from different angles.

 

[txjennah PE]

Guess I'm not that guy. I can recall there were at least a few I took good or pure guesses on.

Haha same, I took my C and ran away happily with it.

 

[Riri]

I'm Environmental, so used School of PE problems/EET Water Resources/Env review course (highly recommend).  I also worked through the Schneiter practice exam books and NCEES practice exams.  Those were the major ones...I didn't touch the Lindeburg review problems, those were useless IMO.

I did both too. But I didn’t see a lot of Simplistic questions were touched either in the am and pm. Some of these questions were not even discussed. Did you feel the same way ? Did you use CERM ? 

 

[RBHeadge PE]

12:30 Added Delaware, Utah, and Wisconsin (~12:29).



I'm going to add a little more detail to the 13:00 map. So there won't be a 12:45 update. I also need to go to another meeting from 13:00-14:30.

 

[Dumpster Slapper]

Haha same, I took my C and ran away happily with it.

Remember that, in theory, the exams are balanced so if you have NO idea, try to pick the bubble that you've used the least.  Unfortunately that only works if you get every other question right... =(

 

[lmnop-123]

WI OUT!!! pass

 

[Riri]

It sounds to me like you may need to work more problems on your own outside of the class.  I was lucky in that work was really slow this fall so I spent 2-4 hours every day working problems at my desk. I struggled big time early because I'd get stumped, look at the solution, think "wow I totally get it now!", get to the next (similar) question and have no idea how to do it, then repeat.  After doing that for a couple of weeks, things started to click for me. The Six Minute Solutions were amazing because they have so many questions that attack similar problems from different angles.

Thank you for the advise. I’ll start doing this. One more stupid question. I found it hard for me to understand some of these questions. Is there any website/ group ? where people can help discuss