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re: October 2016 PE Exam Results Thread
Posted on 12/9/16 at 1:49 pm to Hammertime
Posted on 12/9/16 at 1:49 pm to Hammertime
I'm sure you did fine. You really only need roughly a 50% to pass. Took it 11/5 and had my results by 11/10.
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Posted on 12/9/16 at 3:12 pm to Mr Fusion
I'll unfortunately be gearing up for April. Know what I did wrong and how to attack it next time.
Civil: Structural.
ETA: Have a question for y'all. So of about 9 people that I know who took the exam, 4/4 Transpo depths passed, 1/1 Cons depth passed, 1/3 struc passed, then both a Mech and Elec failed.
I've always heard Transportation was the easier depth. Is it silly to have taken the Structural depth in October, and then attempt the transportation depth in the spring. Only reason I took structures in Oct is because that's what my line of work was in.
What says the Engineers of the OT?
Civil: Structural.
ETA: Have a question for y'all. So of about 9 people that I know who took the exam, 4/4 Transpo depths passed, 1/1 Cons depth passed, 1/3 struc passed, then both a Mech and Elec failed.
I've always heard Transportation was the easier depth. Is it silly to have taken the Structural depth in October, and then attempt the transportation depth in the spring. Only reason I took structures in Oct is because that's what my line of work was in.
What says the Engineers of the OT?
This post was edited on 12/9/16 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 12/9/16 at 3:36 pm to Upperdecker
Man you got frickED in this thread huh
Posted on 12/9/16 at 4:18 pm to LSUengineer12
PE is a PE, but I'd recommend taking what you know.
Posted on 12/10/16 at 9:28 am to Mr Fusion
First attempt
Electrical - Power passed
Electrical - Power passed
Posted on 12/10/16 at 9:43 am to LSUengineer12
quote:
ETA: Have a question for y'all. So of about 9 people that I know who took the exam, 4/4 Transpo depths passed, 1/1 Cons depth passed, 1/3 struc passed, then both a Mech and Elec failed.
I've always heard Transportation was the easier depth. Is it silly to have taken the Structural depth in October, and then attempt the transportation depth in the spring. Only reason I took structures in Oct is because that's what my line of work was in.
What says the Engineers of the OT?
What'd you do for prep? I highly recommend the testmasters class if you didn't do that. That's the only prep I did, and I passed first time.
I work in construction management now, and took it in transportation anyway. The only real downside is that transportation requires the most reference material, and you want to have all of them to get the easy look up points. It was about $1300 worth.
Posted on 12/10/16 at 10:10 am to LSUengineer12
I took the water resources one and passed. Found out yesterday while in Vegas for a bachelor party (hi Andrew). Was sitting in a hotel bed hungover; what an appropriate physical condition to learn I've mastered my college education. Still trying to master drinking.
I too am interested to see what the pass fail rate is for certain disciples.
I too am interested to see what the pass fail rate is for certain disciples.
Posted on 12/10/16 at 10:55 am to LNCHBOX
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What'd you do for prep?
EET
I signed up for this online course and I don't have a bad thing to say about it. It was $1100 I think which was cheaper than other courses. They overnight you a binder (or two if you sign up for the morning and afternoon session) with all the course materials and formulas and hundreds of problems. During the course we took 4 practice exams. When I went to take the actual PE the only materials I used were the binders. Finished the morning exam in 2hrs and the afternoon in the 2.5. Great course and can't recommend it enough.
Posted on 12/10/16 at 10:59 am to Mr Fusion
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PE is a PE, but I'd recommend taking what you know.
My biggest complaint with this (this is at least for the civil portion) is how you can get a PE taking transportation or water resources and then go stamp strucutural drawings or vice versa.
This post was edited on 12/10/16 at 11:00 am
Posted on 12/10/16 at 1:37 pm to Upperdecker
Attorneys are not far removed from used car salesman. Both are excellent at lying. Very few have the smarts nor dedication to earn a P.E.
Posted on 12/12/16 at 6:24 am to LSUengineer12
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. Only reason I took structures in Oct is because that's what my line of work
I would suggest to continue to take the area of your focus.
And I have some advice for passing the Civil/Structural PE. Study for the SE! I took the SE vertical in April of this year, and was fortunately able to pass it.
I really did not feel like gearing up for the SE Lateral this fall (I've heard it is a bitch and a half) so decided to take the PE Civil/Structural just to get my license (I will finish up the SE Lateral down the road in Spring of '18 most likely).
Anyways, I managed to pass the PE Civil/Structural with not too many issues. The morning was a little tricky (especially with water problems I just didn't study enough for) but I felt like I crushed the structural depth in the afternoon. Answered all 40 questions, and felt like I got a good answer on all of them (can't know for sure because they don't release the score, just Pass).
But studying for the SE in the spring made the PE structural depth a breeze. I highly suggest you get the SERM and practice exams and Six Minute Solutions for the SE Vertical while studying for the structural depth in the Spring.
This post was edited on 12/12/16 at 6:28 am
Posted on 12/12/16 at 6:29 am to bodask42
So, here's where they hid the nerds!!!!!
Posted on 12/12/16 at 6:54 am to civiltiger07
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Lawyers wonder why people think they are scum
Trick question
answer: because they are
Posted on 12/12/16 at 6:58 am to LNCHBOX
I ordered the Mechanical MERMS book, MERMS practice problems book, and NCEES practice exam. I read through the MERMS book and highlighted/tabbed. Worked more than the majority of the problems in the practice problems book and completed the NCEES practice exam. My thought process was that I wanted to do it on my own the first time and if I didn't pass then I would do a prep class. All that material was about $600.
This post was edited on 12/12/16 at 7:00 am
Posted on 12/12/16 at 9:30 am to Mr Fusion
Just got the results from Mississippi. Passed Civil:Geotechnical. It was my second time to take it. Failed it last time with a 70% and thought the test was harder this time.
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