WHAT IS YOUR DEGREE?

[3gorgesdam]

DrFranz already passed last time around.

:rotfl:

 

[Guest]

@ Metro:  Thanks for the advice, I plan to put in around 250 hours (give or take) but worry that this won't be enough.  I don't want to obsess and psych myself out, but I do want to be overprepared.
I am willing to put in the work; I pray that it's enough.

That's a good plan !! :+1: You definitely want to be overprepared. If anything, think of that time spent as ASSURANCE that you have minimized the time spent pouring through books :study and agonizing over how long it takes to receive results

JR

 

[DVINNY]

I agree. Be overprepared. I've been just barely under-prepared this last time, and now I have to do it all again. Overprepared would have prevented this.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

I'd rather 50 extra hours of overprepared studying, than 2+ months of uncertainty, 4 more months of studying, then 2+ more months waiting again.

 

[DrFranz]

3g,
I took the FE in Apr. 00, and PE, I have taken it 3 times (PE), the

first time, Oct. 05 I took Structure PM, had 0 hrs studying.? I know. score=39

2nd time, Apr. 06 I took WR, had about 25-35 hrs. studying

3rd time, Oct. 06 I took Transpo, had about 75-80 hrs. studying.

So okay, you didn't put in enough hours. I personally don't think the difficulty levels of EIT and PE are compariable. The focus is different. You can pass as long as you put in enough hours. Nothing is difficult to get to know, just a matter of spending the time to get to know it or not. Good luck next time round. :study

I am not sure that is is about the amount of hours you put into studying or not...

For me the EI seemed a bit more challenging... and I studied a max of 120 hrs. for the EI spread over some 2.5 months... I got a 91 score. I studied only 4 days (the 4 days before the test) for the PE but in a more intense way (8hrs/day = 32 hrs total), unfortunately the did not report the score, but the PE seemed way too easy... '.02'

What PE exam did you take? What do you do? Are you in academic insitute? I can see if you teach most of the courses, then you don't even need the reference book. Otherwise I dont think I can even :study flip through Dr. Limdeburg's review book for PE in 4 days without going into details. Good luck to you. It is interesting story.

I am a geotech engineer... I teach on the side but an unrelated topic: management.

I only used lindeburg for the morning part... and only the charts for the water sections and to try to find some of the environmental questions... in my 4 days I mainly foccused on getting to know where to find the info I needed to solve unfamiliar problems... so I tabbed my refferences. In the afternoon, I used a formula sheet I put together... several pages, including charts, in a 3 ring binder.

 

[lovelandtx]

Studied 260 hrs for Chemical PE test...passed 1st time!

 

[lovelandtx]

Had 3 ring binder with all notes, worked problems, and study sheets...best reference material was CERM, Crane & GPSA for Chemical PE test...

 

[NCcarguy]

I'd rather 50 extra hours of overprepared studying, than 2+ months of uncertainty, 4 more months of studying, then 2+ more months waiting again.

Not to mention, $200-300 more in application fees! Think of how many of those dang pencils DVINNY and myself have purchased so far???? :wacko:

 

[DVINNY]

Amen to that brother!!!!!!