Registering for the PE Exam

[brittohalloran]

I'm a mechanical engineer living and working in Illinois. I'm trying to apply for my PE.

I graduated with my B.S.M.E. from Marquette University in Milwaukee four years ago, and took and passed the EIT exam when I graduated. The whole process is completely disorganized, I'm trying to get information from one bureaucracy to another and there are no clear instructions. I THINK this is what needs to happen:

// STEPS TO APPLY FOR ILLINOIS PE EXAM
1. Apply for NCEES ID# [

http://www.ncees.org/

]
2. Apply to Continental Testing Services (the exam administrator), using your NCEES ID#. Fill out the online form and pay online with a credit card. [

http://www.continentaltesting.net/ProfDetail.aspx?Entity=2&ProfID=16

]
3. Obtain an original copy of your college transcript, to prove you graduated (look around your college's website)
4. Obtain proof that you passed the EIT exam from the state that you took it in (Wisconsin in my case).

I'm really struggling with #4 - I took and passed my EIT exam, but I don't have the "license number" for it. There's a look up page [

http://online.drl.wi.gov/LicenseLookup/IndividualCredentialSearch.aspx

] but I can't find myself searching by Engineer In Training, and also can't find classmates who I know passed the exam (it's just a last name search). Did I fail to send something in after the test? Do I need to do something to "activate" my EIT certification?

Has anyone done this successfully? How did you find your EIT license number for another state while trying to apply for the PE in another.

 

[djm883]

After you pass the FE exam, you need to send your official transcipts to Wisconsin to get an official EIT certification.

I never did this either after graduating but this usually doesn't matter. For each PE license or the NCEES Record, I request Pennsylvania to send my test results to whichever agency I am seeking a PE license and they send my test results to that State agency.

 

[brittohalloran]

Ahh, I see, so the actual EIT licensure wasn't what you need, just proof that you passed the test?

 

[MiketheEngineer]

Call your state board for help??

 

[brittohalloran]

Yeah I did, they weren't helpful / knowledgeable. Its someone who is responsible for ALL different types of licensure, much more than just PE / EIT, so they didn't know any specifics.

 

[MiketheEngineer]

Usually they are helpful - IT's THEIR JOB.

Might try again and find someone who knows whats going on. You might have to remind them that I(we) pay their salaries!! Usually catches their attention.

OR ask for a supervisor.

 

[djm883]

I did a quick search and found the link below useful. If you just want to verify exam scores only, you need to tell them which month and year you took the exam.

Once you pass the PE you will need to do this each time you need another PE licenses through comity. It may be easier now to send your official college transcripts and obtain an EIT number for the future.

http://drl.wi.gov/section.asp?linkid=14&locid=0

 

[brittohalloran]

Thanks for the help, I did find that page and that is what I ended up doing, faxing in a verification request along with the CT-ENG form that Illinois needs them to fill out. Your comment about getting the EIT number for the future is probably a good idea.

So to recap the actual steps:

// STEPS TO APPLY FOR ILLINOIS PE EXAM
1. Apply for NCEES ID# [

http://www.ncees.org/

]
2. Apply to Continental Testing Services (the exam administrator), using your NCEES ID#. Fill out the online form and pay online with a credit card. [

http://www.continentaltesting.net/ProfDetail.aspx?...

]
3. Obtain an original copy of your college transcript, to prove you graduated (look around your college's website). You will probably have to pay a fee.
4. Send form CT-ENG to the state where you took your EIT / FE Exam, requesting that they fill it in and send it back to you. You will probably have to pay a fee.
5. Send your transcript and form CT-ENG to Continental Testing Services to complete your application.

 

[fegenbush]

Alternatively, you could take the exam in ANY OTHER STATE than Illinois. Illinois has a more restrictive policy on books that can be used on the exam. No book published by PPI is allowed to be brought into the room. That includes the Mechanical Engineering Reference Manual (MERM) which is in my opinion an absolutely necessary reference.

You will also wait longer to get your results in Illinois than other states...

 

[MiketheEngineer]

IL sucks BTW --- they have more rules than Carter has Liver Pills!!

 

[JStephen]

Some states require you to be licensed in your home state before you can get licensed there- check if that's the case before going elsewhere.

 

[chicopee]

Sometimes, it is better to retake the EIT over again ,less bureaucracy.