School of PE review course review or Kaplan review course

[PEoct]

hello

has anybody taken School Of PE review course ? or Kaplan PE review course ?

please share the your review

thank you

 

[ktulu]

I took the School of PE review course. Walked out of the exam fully confident that I had passed.

 

[KatyLied P.E.]

Even though I went with GA Tech I've heard good things about School of PE. I don't know much about Kaplan's course but I am not a fan of their book. The problems are not at all like the exam problems.

 

[PEoct]

I took the School of PE review course. Walked out of the exam fully confident that I had passed.

thank you ! ya i heard the same. its online right ?

 

[Kovz]

I took the School of PE review course. Walked out of the exam fully confident that I had passed.

Was that for electrical or civil?

 

[trainrider]

hello

has anybody taken School Of PE review course ? or Kaplan PE review course ?

please share the your review

thank you

I just messaged you my opinion.

 

[FeederFault]

I took the School of PE On Demand Power course.

It was very good and helped me concentrate on the core concepts you need to understand to pass the exam. I also thought the professor did a good job in simplifying difficult concepts that tripped me up in the past. I directly used the notes for about 1/3 of the exam (~25 questions) - the rest were concepts I probably knew from work experience, or from them being drilled into my head from watching the On Demand lecture videos repeatedly. I liked that you could study at your own pace on your own schedule, and rewind/repeat any portion of a lecture. I was hesitant to spend the $990, but in hindsight it was worth every penny.

 

[cupojoe PE PMP]

SoPE was worth the 990 or so that i paid for it. I credit some of my success on the exam to taking the class. Maybe I could have passed with out it, but I'm sure glad I didn't try to do that and risk not passing.

 

[trainrider]

SoPE was worth the 990 or so that i paid for it. I credit some of my success on the exam to taking the class. Maybe I could have passed with out it, but I'm sure glad I didn't try to do that and risk not passing.

Hi cupojoe. Did you feel that the SoPE notes were self-sufficient for the exam or did you feel that you needed Dr. Nieves to explain the topics via videos?

Thank you in advance.

 

[surge82]

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I just messaged you my opinion.

could you send me opinion too

 

[PinoyPE]

As for me I took Testmasters PE-Power online.It was very expensive $1700.Really needed it at that time because I was far removed from school for 16 years.One thing I really liked with Testmasters was that they not only concentrated on problem solving and crunching numbers but explains the theory behind those problems and why it worked that way.I think a good number of questions in the real exam did not even need a calculator and that usually what kills a lot of test takers because we are so good in crunching numbers but forgot the theoretical side of the problems.

 

[lisfs]

Even though I went with GA Tech I've heard good things about School of PE. I don't know much about Kaplan's course but I am not a fan of their book. The problems are not at all like the exam problems.

Hi KL,  I'm considering GA Tech (Dr. Callen?) for my EE Power course and wanted to ask for your feedback.  Did it help you a lot in passing the exam?  Thanks in advance for your response. 

 

[knight1fox3]

See my response here:  http://engineerboards.com/index.php?/topic/26025-power-pe-review-course-ga-tech-testmaster-or-school-of-pe/#comment-7322440

 

[sunguy]

I took ondemand power classes with SchoolofPE.. The course is really good and will help you pass the exam.. Few questions were directly from their slides... Highly recommend them..

 

[lisfs]

I took ondemand power classes with SchoolofPE.. The course is really good and will help you pass the exam.. Few questions were directly from their slides... Highly recommend them..

Did SchoolofPE give you some kind of a note binder to keep for the exam?  I checked it out and it suggested Camara reference manual for the class.  Was the Camara reference manual a big help for you? 

 

[knight1fox3]

^ not sure about the SoPE binder, but the GA Tech one was huge!  Tons of good info and example problems to review that coincide with the online lectures.

 

[sunguy]

Did SchoolofPE give you some kind of a note binder to keep for the exam?  I checked it out and it suggested Camara reference manual for the class.  Was the Camara reference manual a big help for you? 

Yes they give you about 600 pg. notes (2 slides per page) divided into topics and sub-topics per PE specifications. I organized the notes per topics in 4 binders. Practice problems were about 300 problems with solutions. It's in bullet point format so it's easy to read and reference. I didn't even buy Camara for studying. My understanding was part of the notes and course was taken from Camara, Wildi and grainger and other good reference books. They offer a demo session you can give it a try and see if you like it.

Apart from SOPE my reference and study material included:

NEC 2014

Short circuit analysis MVA Method

Electrical Machines by BL Thereja (Excellent book for transformers, motors with great practice problems)

NCEES practice exam

Complex imaginary all sets

 

[lisfs]

Yes they give you about 600 pg. notes (2 slides per page) divided into topics and sub-topics per PE specifications. I organized the notes per topics in 4 binders. Practice problems were about 300 problems with solutions. It's in bullet point format so it's easy to read and reference. I didn't even buy Camara for studying. My understanding was part of the notes and course was taken from Camara, Wildi and grainger and other good reference books. They offer a demo session you can give it a try and see if you like it.

Apart from SOPE my reference and study material included:

NEC 2014

Short circuit analysis MVA Method

Electrical Machines by BL Thereja (Excellent book for transformers, motors with great practice problems)

NCEES practice exam

Complex imaginary all sets

Thanks Sunguy.  I'll get the sample class video from SOPE to see how it's taught. 

 

[surge82]

Thanks Sunguy.  I'll get the sample class video from SOPE to see how it's taught. 

I just signed up for School of PE. The sample videos were hit or miss. I did notice that in one of them the instructor discussed his credentials instead of the material for the sample duration. Though i have just downloaded the reference material and it looks pretty good and covers more in depth than the Reference Camara book that is recommended. Also there are tons of questions with have good solutions. I am excited to get the study party on!! 

 

[lisfs]

I just signed up for School of PE. The sample videos were hit or miss. I did notice that in one of them the instructor discussed his credentials instead of the material for the sample duration. Though i have just downloaded the reference material and it looks pretty good and covers more in depth than the Reference Camara book that is recommended. Also there are tons of questions with have good solutions. I am excited to get the study party on!! 

I am about to sign up for SOPE also, but wanted to ask you about the video quality.  The sample videos have poor video quality where I cannot see the figures very clearly and the text on the slides are blurry as well.  Is the case with the purchased on-demand videos?