October 2021 Post Exam Wait Period - Welcome to the Suck

[tdeckcox]

I saw people posting CBT results yesterday and almost had an emotional breakdown. Only like, an unknown number of weeks left, right?

 

[steel]

The little known secret is that it's not the spam thread, but THIS thread that NCEES watches! Until this thread gets to over 500 posts, the results won't be released!

 

[DLD PE]

The little known secret is that it's not the spam thread, but THIS thread that NCEES watches! Until this thread gets to over 500 posts, the results won't be released!

They watch everything and everyone, including themselves.

 

[steel]

They watch everything and everyone, including themselves.

View attachment 24197

Did you make this? You got the name wrong! That's treason!

 

[steel]

Okay, looking back at old WTTS threads, why was Oct 2018 only 3 pages, 47 posts, and nobody said anything after Nov. 29?

https://engineerboards.com/threads/oct-2018-post-exam-wait-welcome-to-the-suck.32685/page-3

 

[MeowMeow PE]

The little known secret is that it's not the spam thread, but THIS thread that NCEES watches! Until this thread gets to over 500 posts, the results won't be released!

Well I'm glad I whiskey-ed and "spammed" in this thread on accident last night then!!!! Unintentionally doin my part to help get to 500.

 

[MeowMeow PE]

I saw people posting CBT results yesterday and almost had an emotional breakdown. Only like, an unknown number of weeks left, right?

Come spam with us in the meantime!!! Spamming is fun!!!

October 2021 15k Spam Thread

 

[DLD PE]

I saw people posting CBT results yesterday and almost had an emotional breakdown. Only like, an unknown number of weeks left, right?

Spamming helps prevent breakdowns.

Playing EB Mafia definitely helps prevent breakdowns.

 

[RBHeadge PE]

Okay, looking back at old WTTS threads, why was Oct 2018 only 3 pages, 47 posts, and nobody said anything after Nov. 29?

https://engineerboards.com/threads/oct-2018-post-exam-wait-welcome-to-the-suck.32685/page-3

That was the first version of the WttS.

Prior to April '19: During every testing administration people would start new threads to ask a questions, or rant, or whatever about the exam and the wait. It was always the same the questions or arguments being posed. The vets would bounce between the threads and try to answer the same questions that they answered six months prior... or sometimes they would just troll. Inevitably one or two of those threads would take off and become the default "waiting thread" for that administration. You can think of those threads as proto-WttS.

These were the dominant threads the session I passed (oct 2014):

https://engineerboards.com/threads/results-delayed-this-year.24440/
https://engineerboards.com/threads/39-i-mean-40-days.24388/
https://engineerboards.com/threads/could-today-be-it.24446/
https://engineerboards.com/threads/in-summary.24467/
There were a few others, a couple of which were deleted because they got out of hand. i.e.: pencil lead

https://engineerboards.com/threads/graphite-administration-troubles-joke-or-no.24455/
Ahh the memories!


Oct 2014 is the prototypic example. It was like that every six months. It was difficult for the PE candidates to track of what was going on. It was difficult for the well meaning vets to triage. It was great for the trolling though. Back then people would create a State release thread in the relevant results subforum when they got their results. People would refresh the subforum page, and assume that results came out if they saw a State had released. That's why those fake results threads got such a rise out of people.

I came up with the idea of putting together a comprehensive thread as early as 2015. But I was way too busy with work and RL stuff to write it in 2015 or 2016. And it kinda dropped off my radar in 2017 and I forgot to do it for April '18. I finally wrote it for the October offering.

I posted the thread in the "anything about the PE exam" forum right after the exam. I wanted to get the information out there sooner. But that doesn't get it as much attention as if it were posted in the relevant results subforum. Those subforums aren't made until about a month or so after the exam, but the threads in those forums tend to have higher visibility, especially for people looking for a quick answer when they're stressed.

In Oct '18 the dominant wait thread was:
https://engineerboards.com/threads/oct-2018-pe-exam-results-will-come-out.32802/which started the day before the WttS became dormant.... probably not a coincidence

In April '19 I tried again. Largely copy/paste with a few minor updates. People were more familiar with it and the convivence it offered and it's become the default wait thread ever since.

 

[steel]

In April '19 I tried again. Largely copy/paste with a few minor updates. People were more familiar with it and the convivence it offered and it's become the default wait thread ever since.

@Dothracki PE I vote for @RBHeadge PE as the official EB historian!

 

[DLD PE]

I seem to recall one session where one angry examinee half threatened to drive to NCEES HQ in SC to demand results, but don't know if he/she actually did that.

 

[RBHeadge PE]

lol, that's almost every session.

 

[steel]

I seem to recall one session where one angry examinee half threatened to drive to NCEES HQ in SC to demand results, but don't know if he/she actually did that.

I could see someone doing that on like, Dec 5, spending two days driving there, a day trying to talk to them, and two days driving back, only to check their email when they got home to see that they failed.

 

[RBHeadge PE]

...and getting a nasty gram from their State board.

 

[CivilPE2022]

Last night I had a nightmare about the stupid PE exam lol. So I finished the entire exam and instead of marking my answers on the sheet they gave us and bubble either A,B, C or D; I stupidly wrote down my answers on a scratch paper. Then they announced 'YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE' and I had to rush and copy my answers into the correct sheet. After the time was up, I still had couple of questions unmarked, even though I solved them. So I kept working on it then one of the proctors came and removed my exam from me and kicked me out for keep working on the exam after time was up. What stage am I? Is this stage 5?? Sorry English is not my first language.

 

[steel]

Last night I had a nightmare about the stupid PE exam lol. So I finished the entire exam and instead of marking my answers on the sheet they gave us and bubble either A,B, C or D; I stupidly wrote down my answers on a scratch paper. Then they announced 'YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE' and I had to rush and copy my answers into the correct sheet. After the time was up, I still had couple of questions unmarked, even though I solved them. So I kept working on it then one of the proctors came and removed my exam from me and kicked me out for keep working on the exam after time was up. What stage am I? Is this stage 5?? Sorry English is not my first language.

You’re in stage 6: Post PE Exam nightmares. We all have them, but the nightmare varies. Nobody ever has the same one!

 

[CivilPE2022]

You’re in stage 6: Post PE Exam nightmares. We all have them, but the nightmare varies. Nobody ever has the same one!

I can't wait till it's over! Honestly this waiting period sucks and it's really stressing me out, day and night! Does anyone have any tips on how to not think about this stupid exam? Lol

 

[P-E]

I can't wait till it's over! Honestly this waiting period sucks and it's really stressing me out, day and night! Does anyone have any tips on how to not think about this stupid exam? Lol

 

[steel]

Does anyone have any tips on how to not think about this stupid exam? Lol

Come play Mafia with us!
https://engineerboards.com/threads/eb-mafia.33851/page-1491
A brief overview:

I had absolutely no idea what I was doing before I jumped into my first game last week, and it turned out to be super fun! Don't be afraid to ask questions!

The main rules you just need to know:

1) You have to find out who is mafia. Nobody knows except for the members of the mafia.
2) Everyone, including mafia, votes during the day for one other player. The player with the most votes is eliminated.
3) The mafia members also vote amongst themselves to eliminate a player.
4) The townspeople win when there are no mafia members left.
5) Mafia wins when there are more of them than townspeople.

 

[RBHeadge PE]

What stage am I? Is this stage 5??

Probably stage 4: Doubt