What a relief

[jcbabb]

It sure is nice to have the test behind me for awhile. I can't wait for the results to come back. I'm confident that i passed, but that doesn't make me any less anxious.

How did everyone else feel like they did?

 

[EE_PE_AP]

It sure is nice to have the test behind me for awhile. I can't wait for the results to come back. I'm confident that i passed, but that doesn't make me any less anxious.

How did everyone else feel like they did?

jcbabb: I hope you get a passing resulty. seems like you were ready for the test. Can you please tell me how long did you study, how did you study (any specific schedule you followed etc.)? I know one of my coleagues he studied for an year and ended up saying I am confident that I am going to pass using wildi book cover to cover.

 

[jcbabb]

I started seriously studying in December of last year. I started with the NCEES practice test. Once I worked through about half of it, I started to get really worried because much of it was so foreign to me.

Then I started gathering resources and reading up on a lot of old concepts and formulas. I continued working through the test and started making a notebook of my own formulas. I had never even heard of symmetrical components before, so I really did't spend much time trying to learn the methods. That was definitely my weak point, and if I were to fail the test I would concentrate a large chunk of time to learning it.

I had searched the internet a bit to try and find a crash course on it, and that's how I discovered the Complex Imaginary site. I decided to get their 4 volume practice test and work through it as well. Even though I believe it has some errors, the practice I gained by working through the tests made them well worth the cost. Ultimately, I worked through the CI practice test twice each, and the NCEES practice test 3 times. I didn't have a strict schedule, but I easily studied 12 hours per week from December through April.

In terms of references, all I took to the test was my notebook of formulas, the NEC, the NESC, and Grainger's Power System Analysis. I think the PSA book helped me muddle through several symmetrical components problems on the real test. I work as a consulting engineer in the MEP field so I use the NEC on a daily basis. I had never heard of the NESC until I read a question about it in the practice test, but I ended up buying a copy just for the test, and I'm glad I did. I regret not having a reference on motors. There were a couple of motor questions on stuff I have never heard of.

Thankfully I had time to do the test, and work back over each problem again. I was surprised at the number of questions on the exam that were on material that was not presented in any of the practice tests I had done. However, working though the practice tests multiple times helped me figure out how to work my way through the exam when I didn't really have a clue where to begin.

 

[EE_PE_AP]

I started seriously studying in December of last year. I started with the NCEES practice test. Once I worked through about half of it, I started to get really worried because much of it was so foreign to me.

Then I started gathering resources and reading up on a lot of old concepts and formulas. I continued working through the test and started making a notebook of my own formulas. I had never even heard of symmetrical components before, so I really did't spend much time trying to learn the methods. That was definitely my weak point, and if I were to fail the test I would concentrate a large chunk of time to learning it.

I had searched the internet a bit to try and find a crash course on it, and that's how I discovered the Complex Imaginary site. I decided to get their 4 volume practice test and work through it as well. Even though I believe it has some errors, the practice I gained by working through the tests made them well worth the cost. Ultimately, I worked through the CI practice test twice each, and the NCEES practice test 3 times. I didn't have a strict schedule, but I easily studied 12 hours per week from December through April.

In terms of references, all I took to the test was my notebook of formulas, the NEC, the NESC, and Grainger's Power System Analysis. I think the PSA book helped me muddle through several symmetrical components problems on the real test. I work as a consulting engineer in the MEP field so I use the NEC on a daily basis. I had never heard of the NESC until I read a question about it in the practice test, but I ended up buying a copy just for the test, and I'm glad I did. I regret not having a reference on motors. There were a couple of motor questions on stuff I have never heard of.

Thankfully I had time to do the test, and work back over each problem again. I was surprised at the number of questions on the exam that were on material that was not presented in any of the practice tests I had done. However, working though the practice tests multiple times helped me figure out how to work my way through the exam when I didn't really have a clue where to begin.

jcbabb: Thanks you very much. The information you provided is very helpful. Thanks for sparing some of your valuable time for me. what state did you sit for the exam if you dont mind telling?

 

[jcbabb]

Oklahoma.