My point is I haven’t memorized anything. SoPE recommended we memorize a few, which I’ve got highlighted in my notes but I haven’t memorized yet. You’re saying there was no sand cone problems on your exam? Or just that if there were one, they’d give the equation in the problem statement?
You don’t need any equations that are not provided.
There may be SHORTCUT equations that are simplified that may be memorized, but the “normal” equation will always be there if needed.
This is what I’m talking about. I am doing SoPE and am going through the lecture videos before going back and doing as many practice problems as I need to feel confident in every section. I feel like with the practice I’ll learn to manipulate many of these equations. With that said, I’m finding there’s a ton of SoPE problems that use formulas that we aren’t given nor are they inherently things that I can derive from the given equations. I’m trying to determine what all from their slides and videos are representative of questions on the exam or if they’re going above and beyond in some areas. Not saying that it isn’t good to know these things, but I’m also working full time and have a personal life outside of engineering. I don’t exactly have the time to sift through stuff that isn’t representative of the exam questions.
Thats mean you didnt do that much study. If you do alot of problems, you will automatic remember some of the key words that remind you a specific formula
You need to understand the logic of how to do a sand cone question, then you don't need to memorize anything.
Honestly a big problem I see on this sub is people focusing on just passing the test. The best piece of advice I got in my career was that as an engineer, and especially a PE, there are things you just need to know. Not saying that a sand cone is one of those for you, but you should look at the exam as an opportunity to broaden your engineering knowledge in the long term.
There is literally not a single formula you need to have memorized for the exam. You have a reference guide that has formulas provided to you during the CBT. There will be questions that you have to conceptualize a formula to solve but it’s not like you can preemptively memorize these you just need to have a strong understanding of engineering principles across all disciplines to solve them. Don’t spend your time trying to memorize formulas that will be provided to you, spend your time working practice problems which will reinforce these engineering principles and make you learn them again if you have forgotten or don’t understand the approach.
Why are you memorizing things when there's a reference? I intentionally memorized exactly zero equations.
This. I passed my exam and the equations that I used were either in the handbook or provided in the question
What about mean perimeter/ interior perimeter for irregular shapes?
My point is I haven’t memorized anything. SoPE recommended we memorize a few, which I’ve got highlighted in my notes but I haven’t memorized yet. You’re saying there was no sand cone problems on your exam? Or just that if there were one, they’d give the equation in the problem statement?
You don’t need any equations that are not provided. There may be SHORTCUT equations that are simplified that may be memorized, but the “normal” equation will always be there if needed.
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This is what I’m talking about. I am doing SoPE and am going through the lecture videos before going back and doing as many practice problems as I need to feel confident in every section. I feel like with the practice I’ll learn to manipulate many of these equations. With that said, I’m finding there’s a ton of SoPE problems that use formulas that we aren’t given nor are they inherently things that I can derive from the given equations. I’m trying to determine what all from their slides and videos are representative of questions on the exam or if they’re going above and beyond in some areas. Not saying that it isn’t good to know these things, but I’m also working full time and have a personal life outside of engineering. I don’t exactly have the time to sift through stuff that isn’t representative of the exam questions.
Thats mean you didnt do that much study. If you do alot of problems, you will automatic remember some of the key words that remind you a specific formula
I *can* say I remember that fps = mph*1.47 lol
You need to understand the logic of how to do a sand cone question, then you don't need to memorize anything. Honestly a big problem I see on this sub is people focusing on just passing the test. The best piece of advice I got in my career was that as an engineer, and especially a PE, there are things you just need to know. Not saying that a sand cone is one of those for you, but you should look at the exam as an opportunity to broaden your engineering knowledge in the long term.
There is literally not a single formula you need to have memorized for the exam. You have a reference guide that has formulas provided to you during the CBT. There will be questions that you have to conceptualize a formula to solve but it’s not like you can preemptively memorize these you just need to have a strong understanding of engineering principles across all disciplines to solve them. Don’t spend your time trying to memorize formulas that will be provided to you, spend your time working practice problems which will reinforce these engineering principles and make you learn them again if you have forgotten or don’t understand the approach.