SE 2
SE 2
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Hi Guys,
I took the SE 2 on Friday. I went in with the attitude that I need to provide them a good final design for the questions. I felt pretty beatup and didn't have enough time to finish with the quality I'd like. In some panic areas, I think I missed some things too.
How did you guys feel after taking the SE 2 (for those who took it and finaly passed)? Do most engineers come out feeling pretty beat? Did I go in with too much emphisis on getting the final product perfect (like we try to do at work)?
I took the SE 2 on Friday. I went in with the attitude that I need to provide them a good final design for the questions. I felt pretty beatup and didn't have enough time to finish with the quality I'd like. In some panic areas, I think I missed some things too.
How did you guys feel after taking the SE 2 (for those who took it and finaly passed)? Do most engineers come out feeling pretty beat? Did I go in with too much emphisis on getting the final product perfect (like we try to do at work)?






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The second one had easier seismic stuff and a bunch of concrete design, so I came out of there knowing that I passed by a mile. I had a buddy who hadn't done as much concrete and he wasn't fast enough at those specific tasks, so he flunked that one too.
Anyway--that's how it was when I took it (2001-2002? can't remember exactly).
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Do you have an application tales?
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LOL
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It took a while to get the Illinois license, but I screwed up a couple of things on the application.
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I see last October the passing rate of first timers was over 60%. The structural 1 pass rates for first timers was 47%.
Maybe they are a little easier now?
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I do think it's really cool that one can completely avoid bridges in the Strl II--gotta focus on the positives!
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I wonder though, if Oct will go to AISC 13th, and IBC 2006, as well as AISC 7-05? That will be ugly if we have to re take it.
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what dumbfounds me is that the repeat rate for the S-1 is lower than the first time rate.
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No offense to anybody who didn't pass it--anybody can have a bad day.
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From what I can tell, you just need to know all the referenced codes pretty well. I also think the NCEES examples do a good job.
In the end, it all comes down to prayer.
A.
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No, I'm dead serious. I think it's because the superstars mostly pass it the first time, so they're out of the statistical sample for the repeat tries.
I'd also speculate that a lot of folks taking it over and over again probably aren't in jobs that are helpful.
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<== passed it first time
but i would hardly call myself anything close to a superstar just yet. and i've seen good engineers get bit in the behind by this exam.
*shrugs*
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How 'bout this: The "better" candidates more often pass the first time, leaving a smaller percentage of "better" candidates for repeat tries.
I agree that anybody can have a bad day, but that probably doesn't affect the overall percentage.
Heck, I don't even remember the point of all this.