You’ve probably heard this term tossed around nowadays: “consistency”. What does it really mean when it comes to preparing for this FE exam. Consistency is a mindset. It’s a mindset anyone can build if the right framing is in place. Being consistent is more about doing the small things right rather than aiming for big…
You’ve most likely seen or read about all these FE exam study tips. I know I share a lot of these on my YouTube channel and blog. “How to Pass Your FE Exam on the First Try”, “How to Study to Pass the FE Exam”, or “The Secret to Passing the FE Exam” When time…
Perfection is the enemy of the FE exam. One may think “I want to perfect my studying by knowing everything so I can pass this exam without a doubt”. On the surface, this sounds fine. Who doesn’t want that perfect score? Yet there’s a problem with this kind of thinking. This “mental framing” is likely…
When working full time and supporting a family, finding the time to study for the FE exam can be really difficult. This does not mean it’s not possible. In fact, this challenge is an important part of your FE preparation that you will overcome. Given your life circumstances, you can make the necessary adjustments that…
The FE exam is always changing. I know when I took my FE exam in 2017, the structure of the exam was not how it is today. As of 2023, the NCEES is purposefully designing this exam to not only test our traditional problem solving where we use equations to arrive at the final answer….
FE Exam Anxiety. It’s very real for a lot of student trying to pass their FE exam. Worse, it’s something we often feel hopeless about after falling into that same anxiety loop time after time resulting in poor exam day performance. First of all, So, here’s your first reminder: Accept your anxiety. What’s so awful…
Let’s talk about problem solving. To pass this FE exam, you are required to decide on your own how to approach each problem. For the most part, all of us are predisposed to apply different problem-solving strategies after going through extensive undergraduate engineering courses. But here’s a question I have for you today: Are your…
Here it is, our final lesson in this series covering the science behind effective FE exam learning! Before reading this lesson, I suggest that you take a few minutes to yourself to try to remember or recall what we’ve learned so far. You can always refer back to the previous lessons by checking your understanding…
Last lesson, we talked about the right kind of FE exam practice and looked at the importance of using feedback. Today, we will talk about a specific kind of feedback: assessments of what you know. Effective FE exam learners find the time to frequency and accurately assess what they’ve learned. Like setting those specific learning…
In the past lessons, we talked a lot about how to acquire knowledge. But what about acquiring the right skills when it comes to this FE exam? For a certain FE problem, I might know what I’m given, and apply the right equation to solve the problem, but how the heck can I get better…
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