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Good luck, PE/SE takers!

Good luck, PE/SE takers!

Good luck, PE/SE takers!

(OP)
Good luck to everyone taking the exams on Friday!  Deep breaths and you'll get through it.

RE: Good luck, PE/SE takers!

Thanks
I am very confident that I will pass the exam as long as they ask the right questions.  

Good luck to the others!!!

RE: Good luck, PE/SE takers!

Good luck everyone!  I'm taking it as well! (Structural I)

I logged about 150 hours of studying the last couple of months, hopefully it will pay off.

RE: Good luck, PE/SE takers!

Good luck to everyone as well.  I'm taking the Structural I on Friday, too.  

Steellion- do you feel the 150 was overkill, about right, or not enough?  I put in about 20.  I'm feeling very confident, so I hope I'm not deluding myself.   

RE: Good luck, PE/SE takers!

See you guys in the Pub at 5 on Friday.

Just do your best...

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
Motto:  KISS
Motivation:  Don't ask

RE: Good luck, PE/SE takers!

If we see you in the Pub at 5:00 on Friday that means you're not drinking enough beer or harder stuff...you should have sobered up by 10:00 pm or so, which means if you don't let us know something we'll hunt you down and.....

Good luck!!

SEIT....get a new handle ready!!

RE: Good luck, PE/SE takers!

Does everyone taking the SE I get the same exam?

What dis the test takers today think of it?  I thought it was surprisingly easy, especially the afternoon.

RE: Good luck, PE/SE takers!

I was talking to a co-worker and she said there were a lots of AASHTO problems in the morning. Like you, she said the afternoon was a lot easier.

RE: Good luck, PE/SE takers!

SEIT...why am I not surprised!  What will your new handle be?

RE: Good luck, PE/SE takers!

Slick-
there were quite a few AASHTO problems in the morning, but they were pretty simple.  I spent less than 1 hour total looking at AASHTO, but managed my way through the problems with help from the index.  My approach was not to look at any of the answers until I had an answer of my own.  

Ron-
I'm not sure on the new handle yet. StructuralPE is already taken. I thought about StructuralSE, but that's probably not right given that I'll only have the SE I.

I am 99% sure of 34 correct in the morning, and I think I got 36 correct.  In the afternoon, I'm 99% sure of like 36 correct and I feel pretty confident on 3 of the other 4.  There was a fair number of AASHTO questions that were analysis in nature, so that made the bridges a little easier to deal with, too.  I was getting worried a little when a lot of my answers were matching exactly with one of the choices - right down to decimal places (though not all were that precise).

RE: Good luck, PE/SE takers!

Ah, drinks on the house tonight.  

First thought - Man, I'm glad that's over.
Second thought - Were those factored loads or service loads for problem 3?
Third thought - I need a beer.
Fourth thought (next morning) - HOW LONG do I have to WAIT to find out the RESULTS?

Best to all.

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RE: Good luck, PE/SE takers!

3 to 4 months...and a few more beers...cases.

You have run the gauntlet.   

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
Motto:  KISS
Motivation:  Don't ask

RE: Good luck, PE/SE takers!

SEIT,
Use something less formal, e.g. "Ron".  Seems to have served him well.

RE: Good luck, PE/SE takers!

AlmostSE

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
Motto:  KISS
Motivation:  Don't ask

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