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Any one taking the FE exam this year?

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erub

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I just started to get some stuff together for studying - man its kinda overwhelming, everything I was supposed to learn over 4 years of college..doomsday day is set for April 22. Only thing that comforts me is that the pass rates at Texas A&M are around 80%, and I usually do better than average
 
a whole bunch of us (ME) took it for fun, only Civils are required to pass it. I studied for 3 days, covered thermo, math and something else. I passed, wasn't that hard.
 
Fundamentals of Engineering exam

From what I know the only people who take it are people who need to become "professional engineers" (PE) - mostly civil engineers.
 
I'm a civil engineer and will be taking the PE exam in 3 weeks...I passed the FE back in 2000.

And FYI, no one is required to pass the FE -- I wouldn't put the effort into taking if you didn't care about eventually getting a PE license later in your career. It just happens that most civil engineers go the FE/PE route simply because it's all but necessary for any type of construction or public project to be stamped by a PE.
 
Question for civil engineers:

What jobs require having a license/PE? I know it depends on job - lots of civil engineers take the FE, but if you end up working, for example, in the aerospace industry, you wouldn't need one.
 
Originally posted by: KillerCharlie
Question for civil engineers:

What jobs require having a license/PE? I know it depends on job - lots of civil engineers take the FE, but if you end up working, for example, in the aerospace industry, you wouldn't need one.
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Pretty much all designs for private and public construction including site designs, highways, structures, utilities, railroads, etc., require a stamped set of plans. If it's state or federal funds, the engineer of record (whose name is on the plans and contract) must be a PE.
 
just finished the test, i thought the general part was easier than I expected, most of the questions were pretty obvious if you had a solid engineering undergrad (and stuff I dreaded teh most mostly didn't show up)

the Electrical part in the afternoon was tougher, because I hadn't had classes in DSP or Power and those were two big areas..hopefully I nailed enough of them to get the pass grade
 
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