Those that passed - How many did you THINK you got right?

[ColoradoME]

I took the ME test with the Machine Design option and passed.

I think I was probably 30/40 in the morning and 22/40 in the afternoon for a score of 52/80. That I'm pretty sure of (at least as sure as I can be).

I seemed to be a pretty good guesser on the practice exams so I figure I may have gotten another 8-9 max out of the remaining 18 questions. So I pretty much think I was somewhere around 60/80 (probably a few less than that realistically).

I felt "optimistically confident" when I left the exam but I did feel it was a difficult exam and would not have been shocked if I did not pass. I'm just REALLY glad I don't have to do it again.

 

[DVINNY]

NOW, I feel much better about my chances....knowing DV went from 3 failures, to a PERFECT SCORE!!!! hummmmmm.....
During all of my testing, I usually mark each question that I do with either a check, an "X", or a "?" depending on if I'm sure I got it right, know I didn't know the answer, or made an educated guess.....so I have each time felt like I knew I was close, and each time, I've been right....my only problem is I can't tell if I'm missing a BUNCH that I think I know, and then guess enough to get back to where I thought I was, or if I'm the WORST guesser in the history of this test????? and to be honest, I think it's the latter of the 2!

See. There's hope.

Actually, I thought that I could have had in the mid 60's. That's why I left there feeling pretty confident. Of course, that changed as the wait went on, but you know how that is. "maybe I fell for a unit trick, maybe I picked the wrong equation, maybe I ....." etc. etc.

fact is, I don't care if I had 56 or 80. The result is the same, and it's all I wanted.

 

[grover]

Nope. Felt I would be right at the borderline. Confident of the AM, but after PM, wasn't sure. And thanks.

I felt the exact same way, but ended up with an 85 scaled score. I thought I passed, but wasn't very confident about it. The afternoon really shook my confidence!
I guessed at (IIRC) 2 in the morning and 10 in the afternoon, 68/80 total. Assuming I statistically lucked into 1/4 of the 12 guesses, that's 71/80 total. But in the practice exams, I was hosing up about 25% of the ones I thought I knew, which would bring it down to 54/80. Thus, I have to credit my passing score to very effective double-checking of my answers!

 

[mech engineer]

I took Mechanical, Design Module. The morning session went very easy, and I was basically making sure that I pick up all the questions. I tried not to guess, since I am not too good at guessing. I think I got at least 90% of that.

The afternoon session overwhelmed me competely, at first I wanted to stand up and go home - so difficult it seemed. But then I skipped all the questions that I did not understand at all and picked 'the low hanging fruit'. In other words, I was taking off the relatively easy questions and leaving the tough ones alone. This tactics pretty much eliminated 45-50% of the afternoon session - not too bad for a boy from Brooklyn .

I knew I needed to get a few more questions to pass. So, I noted a couple of problems that I thought I saw in my preparation manual - and yes, the solution was right there. I took them off.

I felt that I passed, but since I wanted to nail it for sure, I attacked the rest of the questions. Most of them turned out to be quite simple, but it was difficult to figure out what they were all about before I read each of them four-five times. And then it was easy - one or two clicks on the calculator.

So, when I was leaving I felt that I passed. And today I DID get my license #....

Good luck to you too!

 

[JPGOLF]

I don't know how many I got right. Test was tough, but I would guess I got maybe a 80-89%. I took the PE Mech HVAC and passed it, first try.

Or maybe I got a 69.99% and was lucky enough to be rounded up! lol.

 

[Guest]

I am pretty sure NCEES transposed my score - there is no way I scored 96 for the exam.

JR

 

[VA_Env_Engr]

^^ All I can say is...Damn JR! That's an excellent score.

 

[user 788]

Morning exam I thought was okay, I figured I had 30/40, maybe even more. The PM exam was very hard and after being so confident in the morning I was totally stressed out in the afternoon. With guessing I figured I would have 20/40. So I felt that I was probably borderline. Could have gone either way. Then after the exam I thought about a few of the problems and I'm sure that I marked the wrong answer for three of them. But I also found the answer to one of the questions I had guessed and was right. Anyway, I'm pretty sure I was borderline. It's too bad they don't give us our scores. I would really like to know.

The seismic exam was also hard and I wasn't sure about it. I guessed maybe 25% of the problems. The only exam I felt good about was surveying. I thought it was extremely easy and finished 15 minutes ahead of time. I was absolutely sure that I passed that one.

Turns out I passed all of them. It's like a miracle to me.