Any one taking the FE exam this year?

[erub]

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

 

[KillerCharlie]

Nope... but then again no one in my major takes it. What major are you?

 

[DaWhim]

FE exam?

 

[cheapgoose]

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.

 

[cheapgoose]

Originally posted by: DaWhim
FE exam?

aka EIT

 

[KillerCharlie]

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.

 

[BlueWeasel]

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.

 

[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.

 

[MetalMat]

I took it last year. Thought I failed the crap out of it after I took it, but I passed

 

[BlueWeasel]

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.

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.

 

[erub]

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