Any engineering students here taking the FE/EIT ?

[tigerbait]

I am signed up for the April 20th FE test. I am in EE, so I'll be taking the EE afternoon section, but the morning session has me worried. The only non-EE class I was required to take was Material Science, so all that statics, fluids, thermo, etc. is totally new to me.

I just hope I can get the 50% or so that is required to pass.

 

[yoyo25]

Is the FE even considered an asset these days? I heard the only reason you would need an FE is if you want to testify as a "qualified" witness in a court case. I doubt many employers even look to see if you have passed the FE. could be wrong though..

 

[MajesticMoose]

what is it?

m00se

 

[Capn]

it wasn't really stressed at all in my school (graduated in dec) and I think only one person I knew took it.

As far as I knew it was only really needed if you want to be a court expert. Plus I think there's a lot more responsibility, i.e. if you mess up you are held to a higher standard of accountability.

 

[Bluga]

Material Science is easy

 

[tigerbait]

<< Material Science is easy >>



I know ; that's why I picked it over statics and thermodynamics as the approved non-electrical engineering elective we have to take.

 

[Dedpuhl]

<< Is the FE even considered an asset these days? I heard the only reason you would need an FE is if you want to testify as a "qualified" witness in a court case. I doubt many employers even look to see if you have passed the FE. could be wrong though.. >>



The FE, aka the Engineer-In-Training Exam, is the first step in acquiring a PE (Professional Engineering License). A PE can testify in court, own a consulting firm, sign legal documents, etc.

I am taking the FE in April. I am a Civil Engineering major...

 

[Triumph]

Tigerbait: Don't worry too much about it, you'll probably pass. I think the passing rate at my school was like ninety-some percent. So if you figure 90% of the people who took it have at least a 2.0 average, and if you're higher than a 2.0, then don't sweat it! As I'm sure someone has told you, you SHOULD take it now, regardless of whether or not you "think" you'll never need it. Unless you've got your life somehow perfectly planned out, you won't know where you'll be in 10 years. But it sure is going to be hard to remember the material on the test 10 years from now.

Again, don't sweat it. It's not like the SAT's.

*edit* All the statics/fluids/thermodynamics on the test is stuff you SHOULD have learned in freshman physics. It isn't any harder or more in depth than that. So you don't really have an excuse.

 

[tigerbait]

<< As I'm sure someone has told you, you SHOULD take it now, regardless of whether or not you "think" you'll never need it >>



I'm definitely gonna take it since I'll probably work at a consulting firm and I'll need to get my PE eventually.

 

[pillage2001]

You can take it in your college or there's a private college that you can go to?? I think I might take it but my physics suck.

 

[tigerbait]

<< You can take it in your college or there's a private college that you can go to?? >>



ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR EXAMINATION: (must meet one of the following guidelines)
1. senior in a four-year engineering curricula who will graduate within two semesters (so you can only take the April exam if you graduate in May, August or December)
2. graduate student who has been accepted by the university for a Master of Engineering or Ph.D. Engineering program
3. graduate who has met either of the above criteria and who is applying to take the first examination offered in the
Fundamentals of Engineering subsequent to graduation.


edit: I'm not sure if the above guidelines are for the Louisiana board only, or if they are national.

edit: the above guidelines are an either/or thing

 

[pillage2001]

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<< You can take it in your college or there's a private college that you can go to?? >>



ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR EXAMINATION:
1. senior in a four-year engineering curricula who will graduate within two semesters (so you can only take the April exam if you graduate in May, August or December)
2. graduate student who has been accepted by the university for a Master of Engineering or Ph.D. Engineering program
3. graduate who has met either of the above criteria and who is applying to take the first examination offered in the
Fundamentals of Engineering subsequent to graduation.


edit: I'm not sure if the above guidelines are for the Louisiana board only, or if they are national. >>



1. I'm a senior and will graduate within 2 semesters.
2. I don't think I'm doing a Master Program though.

Can I still take it??

 

[Triumph]

<< Can I still take it?? >>


Yes.

 

[cavingjan]

For all of you engineerings students out there: take it now if you think you might need to get a PE license. Its so much easier when your classes are still fresh in your head. I took it 8 months after I graduated and I had to spend a lot of time reviewing things that I had forgotten since I was out of school. The big two groups who really use their PE licenses are CEs and MEs(HVAC work). Its worth the wasted day taking the test. I'm just not sure whether its worth taking the PE license and writting the work experience essay.

 

[SCSIfreek]

If you ever want to be in a consultant business, you'll need your PE. With a PE you'll get at least 25% more towards your pay check Chin Ching!!!!! $$$$$$ Many companies these day required EIT to begin with so its good advice to take it no matter what your plans are.


--Scsi

 

[tigerbait]

<< With a PE you'll get at least 25% more towards your pay check Chin Ching!!!!! >>



wow.. that's a pretty significant jump.

 

[Triumph]

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<< With a PE you'll get at least 25% more towards your pay check Chin Ching!!!!! >>



wow.. that's a pretty significant jump. >>


only because you'll be eligible for different jobs that might happen to be higher paying. It's not like if two people get hired for the same job, one will get 25% more if he's a PE.