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12/31/2007 9:20:35 AM

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12/31/2007 9:22:06 AM

freakin sweet

12/31/2007 9:22:46 AM

You'll get the fun test in 4 more years

12/31/2007 9:23:45 AM

I pass the FE on the way to the bathroom.

12/31/2007 9:25:13 AM

wasko did too

12/31/2007 9:25:33 AM

good job man! EI!

12/31/2007 9:45:09 AM

I passed the FE in about an hour. Big whoop.

12/31/2007 11:00:55 AM

yarlly

i dont see what the big deal was about that test

BILLY BADASS HERE

12/31/2007 11:01:29 AM

congrats- i don't kow what this test is, but it's a test and it sounds important to pass it

12/31/2007 11:07:14 AM

^it's only a big deal if you fail it, because that would mean you're retarded.

12/31/2007 11:08:07 AM

gg

i'll admit the thermo and chemistry section made me want to put a bullet through my brain

12/31/2007 11:08:13 AM

hahaha alot of the smarties in my class failed it.

i didn't even study and i walked out feeling like i got a solid b+


you have to admit though an 8 hour exam is intimidating.

[Edited on December 31, 2007 at 11:13 AM. Reason : .]

12/31/2007 11:12:16 AM

yeah when i found out that the company i accepted a job with didnt give a shit, i never prepared.

and got drunk ass balls the night before

had to leave in the middle to go vomit, which was interesting having to wait on an escort when you know that it's only a matter of time before you just vomit on the floor.

passed that yoink

12/31/2007 11:13:35 AM

^^ an 8-hour test is only intimidating when you realize a huge pay grade change and an important step for the rest of your career hinges on the results. The FE was just a test; the PE made you want to sweat bullets.

12/31/2007 11:44:50 AM

12/31/2007 11:45:48 AM

do your 4 years of experience have to be between getting your fe and your pe or can they be prior too fe ?

12/31/2007 11:50:51 AM

usually after:

Quote :

"What about work experience before I graduated? There certainly are exceptions, but the state board is going to wonder how you could be doing engineering work without the benefit of an engineering education."

12/31/2007 12:01:11 PM

i interned for about a year before i graduated while still in school.


and that statement is odd because you can take the pe after like 10 years of experience and no education. or something like that.

12/31/2007 12:02:54 PM

well, that would be the exception then. people who get grandfathered in who have the experience despite an education. usually someone who has just been out of school, they dont really acknowledge internship type positions unless you were heavy on individual design.


i interned as well, and i think its fairly common for people to do that in engineering, and still everyone i know that has taken it (internship or coop or not) had to get 4 years of doing 'engineering work' under PEs (i forget the number in NC but i think you need 5 PE references you have worked with to verify)

now dont take my word for law this is just what i have looked into personally and gotten from talking to people because ill be looking at the PE in another 3 years or so

[Edited on December 31, 2007 at 12:13 PM. Reason : ]

12/31/2007 12:04:54 PM

I did plumbing design while i was there but mostly working with a CIPE (i think thats is) but still under a p.e. now i do both plumbing and mech design.

12/31/2007 12:12:42 PM

I co-oped during school and that time counted towards the 4 years. I also included part-time work at the same firm and surveying experience under two licensed surveyors towards my PE application. By the time I finished filling it out, I had listed 6 years of experience while only being out of school for 3. They accepted my application without any problems.

12/31/2007 12:17:45 PM

good to know.

12/31/2007 12:20:59 PM

you can count up to 1 year of surveying experience towards the PE exam without a degree. You can also count 1 year of a completed co-op program from an accredited university towards your PE. I'm pretty sure they frown upon trying to count internship work, but they ask you to list it anyway just for record purposes.

Also, I got my degree in EE and took the power module, but they had no qualms with me counting the surveying experience. Unfortunately, I doubt I'll be able to count my engineering experience towards possibly getting a surveying license before the new rules go into effect.

12/31/2007 12:24:57 PM

silly exams and certificates...

12/31/2007 12:30:09 PM

Basically all i need is a PE over there to sign off on it i guess which shouldn't be a problem.

12/31/2007 12:32:52 PM