Holy Cow, post: 341522, member: 50 wrote: BTW, congrats on the PE from a fellow PE. Anyone who can pass the FE (EIT back in my day) without four years of engineering classes deserves great admiration. That 8-hour exam has about a two-thirds pass rate by those enrolled as Seniors at the time. It covers tons of things from the entire scope of the core engineering classes plus many others from classes some disciplines are not required to take, but can as electives. It is intended to sort out those who actually learned what they were being taught from those who mastered memorization long enough to get to the next test. Everything from thermodynamics to circuit theory to strength of materials to basic physics, chemistry and calculus subjects from two or more years earlier.
Passing the PE also has about a two-thirds pass rate. The challenge there is to take the exam that best represents precisely what has been your focus at work for the preceding four or more years. In my day, we had a large range of potential test topics so that there would be a reasonable number available to address the technical areas represented by all present. There was no subdesignation like sanitary engineer or computer engineer, etc. I am no Chemical or Mechanical Engineer, but found problems within those areas that I could successfully complete to fulfill the total number of problems that must be solved.
I agree the FE was a "I don't think I passed when I walked out of the exam" but to the contrary I did.
The PE (my focus being Transportation) was a "I knocked that out of the park when I walked out of the exam.
But my study habits were almost military like. For both I studied 2 to 3 hours a day 6 days a week for 6 months.
You know people say you put your mind to it you can do anything. Well that was me....
Now just to hammerdown like that with the PLS
good idea getting the PE First. Now you can enjoy surveying until you run out of money and have a career to fall back on. 😉
Welcome aboard.....
The BOR did not accept the four years I spent working for engineers as land surveying experience on my way to take the state exam in Texas.
good luck
Welcome fro another LS/PE. And I agree about the EIT. That was, without a doubt, the hardest exam I have ever taken in my life.
Andy
A Harris, post: 341542, member: 81 wrote: Welcome aboard.....
The BOR did not accept the four years I spent working for engineers as land surveying experience on my way to take the state exam in Texas.
good luck
That sucks!
I worked for PLS in Private Sector for about 1.5 years and then a Dual Licensee for 6 years.
I hope I don't have a problem in NC.
Andy Bruner, post: 341543, member: 1123 wrote: Welcome fro another LS/PE. And I agree about the EIT. That was, without a doubt, the hardest exam I have ever taken in my life.
Andy
Thanks Andy!
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