I passed the FE Civil exam on my first try, 12 years after graduating

March 6, 2026

I recently passed the FE Civil exam on my first attempt, 12 years after graduating in electrical engineering. At first, I didn’t know where to start, so I searched for videos on YouTube and found the best content on DirectHub. That was when I decided to purchase the course, which turned out to be one of my best decisions. When I began, I felt nervous about the course, but gradually, it built my strength and confidence that I could succeed. The materials and practice problems were very helpful for the FE exam. Mr. Farouq consistently helped me understand the fundamentals and was very supportive. I give this course a 5-star rating and highly recommend it to others. It’s worth the investment for a career.

Thank you, Farouq, for your support.

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Harshil Sheth

Passed with an hour left.

November 30, 2025

This course was amazing. I bought the 3 month course bundle. The tips and tricks direct hub provides is very helpful. The materials are exactly what you need and the amount of detail on each problem and quiz was beyond helpful. I was able to finish the exam with an hour left on timer and ended up passing. I could be more thankful for Farouq and this course. It was so worth it.

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Treval Sullivan

Great Resurce worth the Money!!

November 20, 2025

Here’s a polished rephrase:

I’m incredibly grateful to Farouq at Directhub for providing a platform that truly supports people like me who struggled to pass this exam. Being ten years out of school, working full-time, and having a three-year-old at home made the process extremely challenging. But through this platform, I was able to dive into the concepts and focus on understanding them instead of just memorizing. Farouq’s live support and quick responses to every question were a tremendous help. I honestly wish I had taken this course on my first attempt; I could have saved two years of effort. But I’m thankful to finally have this behind me.

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Muhammad Bilal Gondal

Tips to Pass your FE Civil Exam - Passed the FE CIVIL Exam

November 12, 2025

I took the Fe civil exam prep course for 6 months with Directhub and it is a GAME CHANGER!!. One of the thing that I like the most from the course is how detailed and how it covers every single topic that you must know before taking the exam. The quizzes after every study topic is a MUST. Additionally, one of the best tips I can give you before your journey of studying, is to make sure you are accountable of the days of study, for myself having a calendar with the days that I will covering the respective subject, the days that I will take a break, etc. its very useful, as it makes yourself accountable of your study, it enforces you to keep track of the study sessions (3hr minimum. per day without distractions). Another tip, is study well the fundamentals (theoretical and concepts) of each topic, nowadays, a lot of questions in the fe are conceptual questions; Believe me, they are easy points, if you know the fundamentals. ALSO, a key and fundamental thing you should do before taking the exam, is that two weeks before your exam, take the DIRECTHUB full-length practice exam and if you can purchase the NCEES interactive practice exams, that will give you a lot of material to practice before the real exam day, (Believe me, treat “the real exam day, just like another practice full-length exam” and you should be fine). And final tip on exam day and one of the most important in my opinion that help me pass, does not matter if you know all the knowledge and you can recall everything for the exam, the importance of taking these exam under time pressure is the TECHNIQUE of taking this exams, follow this method if you like, a 3-run method, 1st run do the easy problems and flag the rest, do not ever get stuck on a problem, if you don’t know at first glance just flag them and later you will have time to solve them. 2nd-run – do the flagged problems that are more involved in calculations and solve them and finally do a 3rd run, where they seem hard and more involved, if you don’t know how to tackle those problem its ok (I guess several problems that weren’t easy; its ok if you forget how to approach some or few problems), do your best on a estimate and/or guess for those questions (answer every questions out of 110, even if you do not know some of them).

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Joffre Venegas

Best Choice I Could've made

November 6, 2025

Before I enrolled in this program I had taken my FE twice, once while I was still in school and the other 3 months after. I was using PrepFE to study, but I didn’t feel I was fully grasping concepts and was not studying to my fullest potential. After I failed my second attempt I realized I needed more direction. I saw an ad for DirectHub and decided to compare it to tother FE study programs and what I saw was that it was affordable and gave plenty of practice (in some cases, more than other programs that were charging more!). The lessons were in-depth and super useful, and you are guided through the whole process, which for me was helpful because I’m a person that needs structure, and the layout of the program was very well thought out. the quizzes after each section really help with understanding your ability on a topic and the practice exams were hard but definitely useful. I studied for 3 months doing lessons every night and in the last month I took 3 practice exams. The 2 provided prepared me well for the NCEES practice exam I purchased as well, which I got a 61% on. When I sat for my FE this time I felt I knew the concepts, where to find things in the handbook, how to effectively use my time, how to “take the test”, and if all else failed and I didn’t know the answer I could at least narrow it down to 2 answers thanks to all the lessons I had learned from the program. All-in-all I’m super glad I decided to choose this program and now can officially say I have passed my FE thanks to all this help!

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Justin Pimentel