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Anonymous
02/16/26(Mon)00:43:40 No.16913882

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Anonymous 02/16/26(Mon)00:43:40 No.16913882

So I got a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering a couple of months ago.

I want to take the Fundamentals of Engineering exam and get an Engineer-in-training certification. How difficult is it? I read >70% of people who take the one I'm going to take (mechanical) pass on the first try.

I am studying by taking the NCEES-provided practice exams. How hard is the exam compared to those? Are they pretty representative of the actual exam? Will being an Engineer-in-training help me get a job?

Thanks.

Anonymous
02/17/26(Tue)05:04:42 No.16914807

Anonymous 02/17/26(Tue)05:04:42 No.16914807

Help please.

Anonymous
02/19/26(Thu)22:24:41 No.16916767

Anonymous 02/19/26(Thu)22:24:41 No.16916767

Just take the exam and see for yourself. You're overthinking it.

Anonymous
02/19/26(Thu)22:30:26 No.16916771

Anonymous 02/19/26(Thu)22:30:26 No.16916771

What's the fucking point of passing the FE as a MechE? Unironically I think the only majors that benefit from it are Civil EE and ChemE

Anonymous
02/20/26(Fri)04:49:10 No.16916921

Anonymous 02/20/26(Fri)04:49:10 No.16916921

>>16916767
Okay you're probably right. I'm just nervous and have fragile self-esteem after getting rejected from a bunch of jobs.

>>16916771
A lot of jobs say it's preferred or required, especially HVAC stuff.

SmoothPorcupine
02/20/26(Fri)14:41:56 No.16917328

SmoothPorcupine 02/20/26(Fri)14:41:56 No.16917328

Getting a job in so 2010, are you sure post-scarcity isn't the literal next step since we have AI now?

Anonymous
02/20/26(Fri)17:11:00 No.16917402

Anonymous 02/20/26(Fri)17:11:00 No.16917402

>>16916921
Well I am a EE who passed the FE and I mainly used the two practice tests on the MYNCEES website. I also bought the Learnova book from Amazon that has 1000 practice problems which I did most of. Make sure you know your math, because Math is like 7 to 11 of the problems of the test.

Anonymous
02/20/26(Fri)19:45:23 No.16917473

Anonymous 02/20/26(Fri)19:45:23 No.16917473

>>16917402
Okay thank you. You can search the handbook with Ctrl+F, right?

Anonymous
02/20/26(Fri)22:05:38 No.16917522

Anonymous 02/20/26(Fri)22:05:38 No.16917522

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>>16917473
Yeah, CTRL+F is your friend during it. It's genuinely impossible to learn all the actual material. When you do the test, make sure you enter in the correct variable. I had practice tests where I technically got the wrong answer because I was like 3 orders of magnitude off since I didn't see the answer was asking for kilowatts. Make sure you know how to use your calculator. I had a problem asking about matrix multiplication which would take way too long by hand. Also you should plan to spend the week before the test like studying 5 hours a day, that's what I did. Here is the book I bought off Amazon. Good luck MechE anon.

Anonymous
02/21/26(Sat)07:00:54 No.16917649

Anonymous 02/21/26(Sat)07:00:54 No.16917649

>>16917522
Good to know because the damn handbook is like 500 pages lol.
Yep I'm making sure I got all my metric prefixes in order and doing the practice problems over and over again. Okay thanks EEAnon.

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