As I recall, the materials were delivered very quickly, so you probably don't have that much of a wait (and I'm in Hawaii). If you want to watch, I suppose you can start by watching subjects you are comfortable with. Don't know if I passed this last go around but the classes definitely helped; reorganizing my breadth materials these days just in case.
How much time do you think you put into learning the references ncees recommends bringing to the exam? In other words, did the EET binder provide a decent portion of what you need from those references or was watching the videos and doing the practice problems just part of the battle?
Just came here to add support for the EET courses. I did their breadth and depth (WRE) webinars and almost nothing else, and passed on my first attempt. The breadth was a GREAT refresher and you can tell that the folks putting together these binders and lectures are really familiar with what to expect on the exam. My boyfriend did their transportation depth and also passed on his first attempt (he is fresh out of school so didn't focus as much on breadth studying). The webinars were great because you can schedule them on your own time; I would recommend following the schedule of the live courses as closely as possible (the schedule is provided even if you are not enrolled in live). Also, some of the problem solving sessions and other live materials are available to attend live even if you are only enrolled in the webinar sessions so keep that in mind. For instance, if Nazrul adds an extra question/answer session or makes additional videos to cover material that wasn't covered in the last "season" you will have access to anything new. The webinars are described as being "last season's recordings" but you will actually have both, once the live sessions are recorded he posts them for all students to access. So you have the option to watch the current season's videos if you wait a day after they are scheduled to be recorded. The pacing was manageable; I studied mostly in the mornings (~4 hours) on Saturdays and Sundays and maybe 2-3 hours a night for 2-3 nights a week (total of approx. 20 hours per week max), so I was actually able to maintain some sanity on weekend evenings and weeknights when regular life demanded attention.
Thank you for your response! I do have a couple of questions on the depth portion of the exam. How do you feel the course did on preparing you for the depth portion, and did spend a lot of time getting familiar with all of the recommended references for the transportation depth or was the binder sufficient in preparing you to solve the problems? I am almost through the breadth material for the course but I haven’t dove into the depth, and I’ve sort of seen on here that you have to know the NCEES references like the back of your hand. I was just curious as to what you thought about this.
Only if you are going to study depth.. I would advise both breadth (which is also $550) AND depth because the AM is where you need to do extremely well on (atleast 36/40) to help you pass.
I'm sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I do have what I think is good advice for you though. The depth course did a good job preparing us for the afternoon session. There were a couple of things on which the test hit us harder than EET did in the afternoon, but it's generally through.The binder material is probably 90% sufficient for the morning and afternoon tests. The others that I found helpful were the Green Book, the Roadside Design Guide, the Highway Capacity Manual, the MUTCD and the CERM. Take the CERM with you. I ran into several questions whose answers were found in the CERM and in none of my other references. They're easy pickings if you have it, but not if you don't. Spend a lot of time getting to know your references. I can't stress that enough. If you don't know them through and through, you will waste a lot of valuable time searching for the information you need. Take your time and thoroughly tab your binders and the rest of your references. Work as many problems as you can. You can't work too many of them. Do the problems in the text. Take the quizzes. Take the practice tests. I worked all of them at least twice. I did hundreds of problems. I worked my way through the morning and afternoon material, then took the last month to go back and review both the morning and afternoon problems to make sure I didn't get rusty on the morning material while working on the afternoon stuff. The practice tests will show you where you need to concentrate. I'll come back and check within the next few days. If you or anyone else reading this have any questions, I'm happy to help.
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