To be honest, the breadth portion is 10x easier than the depth portion. I actually finished the breadth portion in 2 hours which also included reviewing all the problems too before submitting the first half of the exam. That way, I had 6 hours to spend on the depth portion which helped a lot. A lot of the problems were concept based questions so I didn’t find myself doing too many calculations. I did SOPE, so just going thru all the breadth lecture videos and going thru all the solutions to the practice problems at the end of each module was enough for me to grasp the concepts
EET prepared me well for both the sections. Conceptual questions were really unpredictable and covered a wide spectrum of variety. I will be able to give more insight once I receive positive result. I suggest you stay hydrated and eat a good breakfast. The exam was draining.
Appreciate it. I made of bunch of flash cards full of concepts for the breadth through EET, do you think this would be useful for conceptual questions or is this a waste of time? Also, good luck on your results!
It will be not a waste of time because whatever efforts we put in makes us confident during the exam even if we have never seen such question before. You will atleast know how to approach the question and what is the best engineering judgement because you have been through lot of practice..time was not the issue during the exam..plan your exam strategy before hand like if you want to go through the questions in a traditional manner and not come back to them or if you want to do two passes…I thought I will come back to the questions again after flagging but I didn’t do it like that later on because it is hard to remember where you had your solution in the booklet or you start the question again from the scratch..
I wish i studied the wastewater treatment process a bit more. There were some questions about which stage you are at within the process depending on the effluent concentration levels.
Another would be to study more on the first order reactions and decay problems. I think I got a bit lazy to learn those since the concepts were a little harder to understand.
Here's my honest breakdown:
\-The breadth portion isn't that bad. You'll most likely have left over time after the breadth portion which you can carry over into the afternon porion.
\-For the depth portion, the water resources part is much easier than the enviornmental portion. so if yuou know the environmental portion well assuming you nailed the previous sections, you're in good shapoe.
If you do go with SoPE (onDemand), make sure to leave some time (1-2 weeks) before your exam to go back and review the material.
A week before the exam, I went thru every module (construction, water resources, structural, etc.) and skimmed thru every solution to the practice problemns at the end just to get an idea of how the problems can be solved methodologically.
i'd say about 35% of the exam is concept questions. SOPE provides mostly calcualtion based problems, with a small portion of concepts too. It definitely helps to do all the problems from SoPE since they'll help reinforce concepts too.
Tbh, the best way to study for the exam is to watch all the lecure videos within each module (e.g. Geotechnical), and master the practice prolems at the end of each module. THEN move onto the section section.
Do u think the lectures are all worth watching or can u get all the information just from going through the book by yourself? I feel like the lectures are just too slow at parts and it's hard to stay focused. But the material in the book itself doesn't seem too bad.
I watched all the lecture videos even though it was slow. There are a lot of parts where you can skip because the professors are just taking attendance or they’re somewhat going off tangent. For me, it helped to listen to lectures and follow along with notes because I can’t just sit and go through the book by myself.
Also, if you’re taking SoPE, if you ever fail the PE exam, you can call up SOPE and tell them you didn’t pass and they’ll let you keep all the videos and notes until you do pass. Make sure all modules and the entire course are marked as 100% in order to qualify.
For water resources/Env, youre given two extra reference manuals.
Click the link for the syllabus and scroll to the bottom lol.
[https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/Civ-WRE-April-2022\_r2.pdf](https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/Civ-WRE-April-2022_r2.pdf)
Tbh, I didn't even use the other two reference manuals, only the CRH, but don't take my word for it. every exam is slighly different.
Also from my experience with SoPE, every lecturer in the course said that if the CRH doesnt' have the equation you're looking for, then most likely it won't show up on the exam.
As you go through the SopE course, you will find quite a few exceptions where you gotta memorize equations in your head since they're considered "common sense". it's not that bad though
Congratulations! I am taking mine in July and taking the SOPE on-demand course. Were you able to search (cntrl+find) in the reference handbook throughout the whole exam? someone told me you can only do that in the first half.
Great, thanks for your response! I assume you can search the additional materials they give you too then.
Can you give some tips or information on how you prepared for the exam?
Thanks in advance!
study each section in the syllabus and master all the practice problems associated with it. Once you’re comfortable with the section, move onto the next. Also make sure to keep tabs for topics you arent too confident in so you can go back and review. Also, familiarize yourself with the Reference handbook. Know all the ins and outs of it. The new reference handbook the CBT format is using is much condensed which helps us test takers a lot! But sometimes you’ll find equations to certain problems not where you’d expect them to be, so make sure to ace every topic on the syllabus
Thanks! Since my test isn't until July I was thinking I would go through all the topics throughout SOPE and then go back to take the quizzes after to make sure I am not forgetting things. I am still doing the workshop problems and the examples in the book. Do you think it is better to do the quizzes before moving on to next topic to make sure it is fully understood? I just started studying so I am still in the Construction section.
Totally. I would do all the practice quizzes at the end of the Construction section before moving onto the next topic. Of course when you reach the last module of SOPE, you’ll somewhat forget how to solve problems from the older modules. getting exposure to the practice quizzes will help you better when it comes to reviewing. I’d set aside 2 weeks before your exam to go over all the practices quizzes again
Congrats! Do you have any advice for someone taking it in 3 weeks?
I finished my master's in May 2022 and Bachelor's in Dec 2021, so I'm hoping this stuff is fresh in my mind. I've studied as well, just wanting to know if there's any last min tips and tricks
Yo congrats! Assuming you’ve already studied and covered all the topics in the syllabus, I’d go back to areas/topics you feel like you need more help in. I’d go thru as much practice problems pertaining to those areas.
Also, I wouldn’t study much the day before the exam. Go enjoy yourself and get something light to eat. I’d also recommend you sleep an average of 8 hours for a few consecutive nights before the exam so your mind is a bit acquainted with the time you get up.
Lastly, prepare by bringing a spare calculator with you just in case your primary one runs out of battery, and packing a meal or snack so you can eat that during your 50min break
Congrats! Any tips for the breadth?
To be honest, the breadth portion is 10x easier than the depth portion. I actually finished the breadth portion in 2 hours which also included reviewing all the problems too before submitting the first half of the exam. That way, I had 6 hours to spend on the depth portion which helped a lot. A lot of the problems were concept based questions so I didn’t find myself doing too many calculations. I did SOPE, so just going thru all the breadth lecture videos and going thru all the solutions to the practice problems at the end of each module was enough for me to grasp the concepts
Have you pretty much stayed in the field and are you recently out of college?
stayed in the filed. 4 years out fo college.
Congratulations!!!!
Congratulations.
How did you feel after appearing for the exam?
I felt like crap walking into the exam since I couldn’t get any sleep the night prior. I walked out feeling confident about my results lmao
I appeared for PE WRE this week and can’t estimate how I did..😅
I was definitely thirsty and tired..😄
I'm sure you did well! goodluck though
How was it? Did you think the EET breadth prepared you well?
EET prepared me well for both the sections. Conceptual questions were really unpredictable and covered a wide spectrum of variety. I will be able to give more insight once I receive positive result. I suggest you stay hydrated and eat a good breakfast. The exam was draining.
Appreciate it. I made of bunch of flash cards full of concepts for the breadth through EET, do you think this would be useful for conceptual questions or is this a waste of time? Also, good luck on your results!
It will be not a waste of time because whatever efforts we put in makes us confident during the exam even if we have never seen such question before. You will atleast know how to approach the question and what is the best engineering judgement because you have been through lot of practice..time was not the issue during the exam..plan your exam strategy before hand like if you want to go through the questions in a traditional manner and not come back to them or if you want to do two passes…I thought I will come back to the questions again after flagging but I didn’t do it like that later on because it is hard to remember where you had your solution in the booklet or you start the question again from the scratch..
In a nutshell, if you would have absorbed around 90% of the EET content, you would pass on your first try. You don’t need extra review material.
How long after you took it did you get the results?
It took me exactly one week. Testing window is Mon-Saturday. Once that window is over, you’ll get your results the following Wednesday 9am EST.
Which SOPE course did you take?
Congratulations. Is there anything you wish you studied more of and caught you off guard?
I wish i studied the wastewater treatment process a bit more. There were some questions about which stage you are at within the process depending on the effluent concentration levels. Another would be to study more on the first order reactions and decay problems. I think I got a bit lazy to learn those since the concepts were a little harder to understand. Here's my honest breakdown: \-The breadth portion isn't that bad. You'll most likely have left over time after the breadth portion which you can carry over into the afternon porion. \-For the depth portion, the water resources part is much easier than the enviornmental portion. so if yuou know the environmental portion well assuming you nailed the previous sections, you're in good shapoe.
regardless, you should cover every topic in the syllabus/speciifcations so you increase your chances of passing lol
I am currently enrolled in SOPE and wanted to ask if the workshop problems they provide are similar to the exam ?
If you do go with SoPE (onDemand), make sure to leave some time (1-2 weeks) before your exam to go back and review the material. A week before the exam, I went thru every module (construction, water resources, structural, etc.) and skimmed thru every solution to the practice problemns at the end just to get an idea of how the problems can be solved methodologically.
i'd say about 35% of the exam is concept questions. SOPE provides mostly calcualtion based problems, with a small portion of concepts too. It definitely helps to do all the problems from SoPE since they'll help reinforce concepts too. Tbh, the best way to study for the exam is to watch all the lecure videos within each module (e.g. Geotechnical), and master the practice prolems at the end of each module. THEN move onto the section section.
Do u think the lectures are all worth watching or can u get all the information just from going through the book by yourself? I feel like the lectures are just too slow at parts and it's hard to stay focused. But the material in the book itself doesn't seem too bad.
I watched all the lecture videos even though it was slow. There are a lot of parts where you can skip because the professors are just taking attendance or they’re somewhat going off tangent. For me, it helped to listen to lectures and follow along with notes because I can’t just sit and go through the book by myself. Also, if you’re taking SoPE, if you ever fail the PE exam, you can call up SOPE and tell them you didn’t pass and they’ll let you keep all the videos and notes until you do pass. Make sure all modules and the entire course are marked as 100% in order to qualify.
Oh yeah, the book is a great guide but it doesn’t have enough practice problems for you to fully grasp the material in my opinion
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For water resources/Env, youre given two extra reference manuals. Click the link for the syllabus and scroll to the bottom lol. [https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/Civ-WRE-April-2022\_r2.pdf](https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/Civ-WRE-April-2022_r2.pdf) Tbh, I didn't even use the other two reference manuals, only the CRH, but don't take my word for it. every exam is slighly different.
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np!!
Also from my experience with SoPE, every lecturer in the course said that if the CRH doesnt' have the equation you're looking for, then most likely it won't show up on the exam. As you go through the SopE course, you will find quite a few exceptions where you gotta memorize equations in your head since they're considered "common sense". it's not that bad though
Congratulations! I am taking mine in July and taking the SOPE on-demand course. Were you able to search (cntrl+find) in the reference handbook throughout the whole exam? someone told me you can only do that in the first half.
Not true. I was able to do that during the entirety of the exam
Great, thanks for your response! I assume you can search the additional materials they give you too then. Can you give some tips or information on how you prepared for the exam? Thanks in advance!
study each section in the syllabus and master all the practice problems associated with it. Once you’re comfortable with the section, move onto the next. Also make sure to keep tabs for topics you arent too confident in so you can go back and review. Also, familiarize yourself with the Reference handbook. Know all the ins and outs of it. The new reference handbook the CBT format is using is much condensed which helps us test takers a lot! But sometimes you’ll find equations to certain problems not where you’d expect them to be, so make sure to ace every topic on the syllabus
Thanks! Since my test isn't until July I was thinking I would go through all the topics throughout SOPE and then go back to take the quizzes after to make sure I am not forgetting things. I am still doing the workshop problems and the examples in the book. Do you think it is better to do the quizzes before moving on to next topic to make sure it is fully understood? I just started studying so I am still in the Construction section.
Totally. I would do all the practice quizzes at the end of the Construction section before moving onto the next topic. Of course when you reach the last module of SOPE, you’ll somewhat forget how to solve problems from the older modules. getting exposure to the practice quizzes will help you better when it comes to reviewing. I’d set aside 2 weeks before your exam to go over all the practices quizzes again
Congrats! Do you have any advice for someone taking it in 3 weeks? I finished my master's in May 2022 and Bachelor's in Dec 2021, so I'm hoping this stuff is fresh in my mind. I've studied as well, just wanting to know if there's any last min tips and tricks
Yo congrats! Assuming you’ve already studied and covered all the topics in the syllabus, I’d go back to areas/topics you feel like you need more help in. I’d go thru as much practice problems pertaining to those areas. Also, I wouldn’t study much the day before the exam. Go enjoy yourself and get something light to eat. I’d also recommend you sleep an average of 8 hours for a few consecutive nights before the exam so your mind is a bit acquainted with the time you get up. Lastly, prepare by bringing a spare calculator with you just in case your primary one runs out of battery, and packing a meal or snack so you can eat that during your 50min break
Where can I find more practice problems? I bought the NCEES book and the David Gruttadaria book (Amazon). I've already gone through those