Lefty Lucy
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I'm curious what kind of info they give in the diagnostic report if you fail, especially in Wa. state. Anyone want to post theirs??
Post your PE failure diagnostic report!
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Mutha PE PS
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it gives you a break down in percentage of correct answers that correspond to the subject breakdown on NCEEs website.
I was thinking the same thing in 2008 for my first FE exam. I keep waiting and waiting and nobody reply until I got my own diagnostic report in mail. I stop asking because it is a bad luck.
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vhmehta
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I failed in April and I do not think anyone would provide you this info... Once you fail.. most of them are not in any mood to share there information...... I completely understand that... I was in the same mood...
Since I have take the PE exam 3 times and finally passed on the third time. I will see if I still have my fail letters. I burnt the first one and I dont know what I did with second. If I find it I will post it.
z06dustin
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I've seen one. It's a break down of the test, the one I saw was four general categories. I'm not sure if it's all or just the parts you did below a certain percentage on, and a percentage of each section on how you did (31%, 35% etc).
Sschell
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picusld
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FLBuff PE
Multi-disciplinary engineer
No shame here. I've studied my ass off and this is my fourth fail. I work full time, have three kids, and was going to grad school and pregnant during my first two attempts.
My last two attempts I may have been suffering from pure disillusionment.
I will not give up. I've taken it four times in two years and will be registering to take it again this February. Here is my latest diagnostic report:
CT, Civil Exam, Structural PM
AM:
Construction 63
Geotechnical 75
Structural 100
Transportation 25
Water Resources and Environmental 62
PM:
Loadings 80
Analysis 20
Mechanics of Materials 80
Materials 80
Member Design 20
Design Criteria 40
Other Topics 40
I haven't done the math yet as to the number I got right yet. Just got my letter in the mail today and its Christmas...will get into all the details after the Holidays when I give a crap again.
Happy Holidays to all..and if at first (or second or third or fourth...) you don't succeed...TRY TRY AGAIN.
It can't be put better than that.
Sorry about the failure but keep trying! You WILL get there!
csb
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I passed on the third attempt by finally listening to a piece of advice I ignored the second attempt- find your weak areas and study them as if they were the only thing of the test. It looks like you've got a lot of the test really under control, but that 25 in Transpo has to be fixed. Same thing in the afternoon. There are a lot of transportation people on here, myself included, and I know I am more than willing to answer questions.
You have a wonderful attitude!
You have a wonderful attitude!
Keep Trying dude.. Based on ur diagnostic, you got 26/40 in AM and 19/40 in PM.. close i would say.. but suggest that you start looking at PM session better.. If Structures is your strong point, then u should be scoring 25/40 atleast, which will take u there..
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first off i like to say sorry for your fail i think i am with ya there .. on the forth try here.
so how does getting 26/40 in the am and 26/40 in the pm pass?? that still only 63.7% (51/80)?
thought you had to get a 70%..
Again, 70 is scaled score and not percentage. Depending on the difficulty of the exam, a percentage less than or higher than 70 may lead to a scaled score of 70. As far as 52/80 being a passing score, there is a good chance, but don't go for the exact 50-52. Try for 56/80 and if u screw up a couple, you still might make it. So did you get a diagnostic report too dondadda?
IlPadrino
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Not to be scrooge so close to Christmas, but there is NOT a good chance of passing with 52/80. Shooting for 56/80 is about the low water mark. If you're prepared to get 60/80 you'd probably be good to go. There are only a few accounts of 56/80 getting a fail.
Once you get the diagnostic, there's no sense in talking "close". Retool if you're far off, otherwise try-and-try-again!
Here is my diagnostic report. I got it last week, I studied for 6weeks before the exam for some 3hrs a day and did not cover everything, absolutely NO construction, timber, CMU at all. It was my first try and I wrote the exam in VA.
AM
Construction 25%
Geotechnical 75%
Structural 100%
Transportation 62%
Water Resources and Environmental 38%
PM
Loadings 40%
Analysis 20%
Mechanics of Materials 80%
Materials 60%
Member Design 60%
Design Criteria 40%
Other Topics 80%
In the letter I received, it is stated that I achieved a 68% score and is below 70% which is the passing score. I am not sure how they came up with the 68% based on the above percentages but I know that I need to start studying immediately for the April exam.
