PE Civil Str depth - any idea about minimum pass score

[matt267 PE]

QPE, does he know about the Civil WRE?

 

[John QPE]

QPE, does he know about the Civil WRE?

Says it all depends on that problem that used Mannings Equation.

 

[matt267 PE]

Who's Manning?

 

[Road Guy]

old QB

 

[matt267 PE]

Oh, that guy? I didn't realize he took the PE exam too.

 

[Swimfastalex PE]

Yea heard he didn't do too well...maybe he should have taken a play out of Brady's playbook...and deflated some of the questions

 

[itinerant]

I think he did, but the pressure equation screwed him over.

 

[matt267 PE]

 

[itinerant]

It needs to be hard to screw. Can't do without it.

 

[dvtn]

It will be good if someone who took it second/third time can comment on the difficulty level of Oct 2015 exam compared to the previous exams.

I took structural depth exam in April and failed with a score of 45/80. This time I'm certain that I passed and feel that afternoon portion was easier compared to April but the morning portion seemed harder compared to the one in April.

 

[dvtn]

56 is usually thrown around as a ballpark number only because it equates to 70% and the general belief is that a C student (minimally competent engineer) should be able to pass the exam.

I heard of a guy with 58 in April exam not making it. That is the highest I have heard of so far. Just asking if anyone came across any one with 60+ not making it.

Is he on this board or someone you know? The highest I've heard of was 57 for transportation depth for 2014 exam.

 

[Foozballd53]

I wouldn't suggest thinking too much about the cut score.

Plenty of more rewarding ways to kill brain cells over the next two months.

 

[Ship Wreck PE]

It seems Matt is the most popular guy here, is it?

I think he's a chick

 

[matt267 PE]

My name isn't bruce.

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

Calm down Caitlyn.

 

[gogo]

I wouldn't suggest thinking too much about the cut score.

Plenty of more rewarding ways to kill brain cells over the next two months.

So what's the cut off score in your opinion?

I think it shouldn't be varying a whole lot between different disciplines (+/-2)?

 

[matt267 PE]

45/80

 

[itinerant]

79/80 thats the cutoff. No body passes, and the board makes money.

 

[gogo]

79/80 thats the cutoff. No body passes, and the board makes money.

isn't that too high?

 

[gogo]

45/80

Isn't that too low?