SE Exam course...
SE Exam course...
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I'm debating on whether to take the SE exam course in Illinois. Has anyone ever taken one of these courses? Were they beneficial?
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RE: SE Exam course...
RE: SE Exam course...
When I took mine 29 years ago now, SEAW (I am in Washington) furnished such a course.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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1) Each class is 3 hours and that's too long. I don't have an infinite amount of time to review for the PE, and since the class is offered August and September, watching the classes cut into my time spent solving problems.
2) I'm from Seattle (Montana originally) and I had a hard time understanding the professors.
3) The instructors were old geezers who didn't know much about the PE. So it wasn't PE specific, it was subject specific. But I didn't feel that a general review of subjects was what I needed. I wanted specific review of material (and problems) relevant to the PE.
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I'm from Seattle, (Montana originaly as well), are you a Bobcat?
RVSWA formerly RVSMT
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Your money will be better spent on good reference materials. Definitely get the NCEES practice test, and maybe the 6 minute problems book. Get a good analysis book, I recommend the one by Leet, and learn all your basics. Concrete book by MacGregor. Wood book by Breyer. Steel book by Salmon, and any masonry design guide should do
I found the Structural engineering reference manual to be worthless.
The 246 practice problems book was also worthless.
There's a lot of material out there that will waste your money, so beware. Every book I bought authored by Williams or Buckner was garbage. PPI2PASS pushes a lot of material that looks good on their website, but when in reality are poor-at-best references for the actual exam.
Once you get through the SE1, the SE2 will be cake. Good luck!
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I got thru the SE1 OK -- but failed the SE2
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Thanks
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Yes, good textbooks will serve you better than any review book that skims the surface of a few things in any one subject. I forgot to add, you need a good Mechanics of Materials text too, by Beer. The ONLY good reference book I've heard of is the big Civil Engineering Handbook. My friend has one, I looked through it, and it actually had enough useful things in it to be declared worthy.
I dunno, that SE review course you describe may be worth it to you to keep on pace.
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RE: SE Exam course...