How I Passed the SE Vertical Exam (and you can too!)

Before taking the SE exam, I thought that the Vertical Forces component of the SE exam was going to be the easier portion of the two. I wasn’t planning to devote a lot of time to study for it but that all changed after I spoke with a few of my friends who recently took the SE exam.  They all told me that to their surprise they thought the vertical portion of the test was harder and that I need to take the vertical portion more seriously.  After I took the SE exam, I was very glad that I heeded their warnings and prepared for it the right way.  In this post I will explain how I prepared for the vertical portion of the SE exam and hopefully save you a lot of studying time!

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4 Steps to Prepare for the SE Exam Bridge Section as a Building Engineer

As a building engineer, it has never made sense to me why the SE exam requires so much bridge knowledge (wouldn’t it make more sense to have a Building SE license and a Bridge SE license?).  Thankfully, building engineers will only need to know the bridge questions for the morning section of the exam.  From personal experience and what I hear from others, there are definitely enough bridge questions on the test that you will need to get at least some of them right to have a chance of passing the exam.  Some of these bridge questions will require an in depth understanding of the subject, but there are also plenty of bridge questions you can get right by knowing and understanding some relatively simple bridge concepts.  The goal of this post is to position you to at least get a good shot at getting the simple bridge questions right.

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EIT/FE Exam: Everything You Ever Want to Know About It

OK, so you hear about an EIT or FE exam, but you don’t know much about it.  Well, you are in luck!  I have summarized below everything you ever want to know about this test.

What is the EIT/FE exam?

The Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam, also known as Engineer-In-Training (EIT) exam, is the first step in the journey to obtain your Professional Engineering (PE) license.  The test is designed for recent college graduates or students who are close to finishing an under graduate engineering degree from an EAC/ABET-accredited program. The first paper-based FE exam was administered by National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) in 1965 and transitioned to a computer-based exam in 2014.   The test contains 110 multiple-choice questions and lasts around 6 hours.

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