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shardian:
Speaking of difficult tests, the Fundamental of Engineering exam is a MONSTER! Non-stop testing from 8 am until about 6 pm. Test covers everything, including some stuff I had never seen before. It has a pretty high fail rate too. I passed it on the first try, which is pretty hard to do - I was the only one from my class to do it.
Anyways, after I got home I was so brain fried that I just laid on the couch and stared blankly at the tv for the rest of the night.
billf:
--- Quote from: shardian on April 02, 2007, 10:56:30 am ---Speaking of difficult tests, the Fundamental of Engineering exam is a MONSTER! Non-stop testing from 8 am until about 6 pm. Test covers everything, including some stuff I had never seen before. It has a pretty high fail rate too. I passed it on the first try, which is pretty hard to do - I was the only one from my class to do it.
Anyways, after I got home I was so brain fried that I just laid on the couch and stared blankly at the tv for the rest of the night.
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I concur! It took me 4 tries to get through this beast. Finally got a 73% to pass on that fourth one. When I was in college, we were allowed to take the FE and the PE (Professional Engineers 8 hour exam) before finishing school. My wife (very good test taker) passed the FE test with an 80% on the first try and then the next day took the PE and passed that one with a 70%. She actually left the PE with 1 hour left to go! Said she was burnt out - two back to back 8 hour exams will do that. Like I said, she does very well on tests in general. Me, not so much. To my knowledge, now you have to pass the FE and get experience in the real world before being able to take the PE.
shardian:
--- Quote from: billf on April 02, 2007, 01:49:17 pm ---I concur! It took me 4 tries to get through this beast. Finally got a 73% to pass on that fourth one. When I was in college, we were allowed to take the FE and the PE (Professional Engineers 8 hour exam) before finishing school. My wife (very good test taker) passed the FE test with an 80% on the first try and then the next day took the PE and passed that one with a 70%. She actually left the PE with 1 hour left to go! Said she was burnt out - two back to back 8 hour exams will do that. Like I said, she does very well on tests in general. Me, not so much. To my knowledge, now you have to pass the FE and get experience in the real world before being able to take the PE.
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How exactly did your wife take the FE one day and the PE the next considering they are highly standarized tests only offered on Saturdays, and the fact you have to wait several months before getting the results to the FE. Just curious... ::).
Anyways, yes you have to work under a licensed professional engineer for four years in order to take the PE test. I don't work under a PE, so I'll never be getting a PE license I suppose.
billf:
--- Quote from: shardian on April 02, 2007, 02:00:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: billf on April 02, 2007, 01:49:17 pm ---I concur! It took me 4 tries to get through this beast. Finally got a 73% to pass on that fourth one. When I was in college, we were allowed to take the FE and the PE (Professional Engineers 8 hour exam) before finishing school. My wife (very good test taker) passed the FE test with an 80% on the first try and then the next day took the PE and passed that one with a 70%. She actually left the PE with 1 hour left to go! Said she was burnt out - two back to back 8 hour exams will do that. Like I said, she does very well on tests in general. Me, not so much. To my knowledge, now you have to pass the FE and get experience in the real world before being able to take the PE.
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How exactly did your wife take the FE one day and the PE the next considering they are highly standarized tests only offered on Saturdays, and the fact you have to wait several months before getting the results to the FE. Just curious... ::).
Anyways, yes you have to work under a licensed professional engineer for four years in order to take the PE test. I don't work under a PE, so I'll never be getting a PE license I suppose.
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Different rules back when we were taking them. Way back in the day (1988 or 89) when we took them, you could take the FE (it was called the EIT back then) on Thursday and the PE on Friday. They've since added new rules for taking them that didn't apply to us back then. She passed the exams, but then had to work for the 4 years experience, then pay the licensing fee. After that she was a fully licensed practicing engineer
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on April 02, 2007, 02:06:13 pm ---The amount of self-pwnage on this thread has just been amazing.
I got a 37 on my ACT and a 1605 on SAT and I took them with my eyes closed.
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1605 wasn't even possible until recently. 1600 was the max for a long, long time.
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