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This sub reddit really helped me out the last couple of weeks leading up to the test. So, I'll give some details of this journey for those who are looking to take the FE but don't know how to study for it.
I bought the book 'FE Mechanical Review Manual by Michael Lindeburg, 3rd ed', and the complimentary problem book 'FE Mechanical Practice Problems for the Mechanical Fundamentals of Engineering Exam by Michael Lindeburg, 2nd ed'. I also bought the 'FE Reference Handbook 9.4 ed' directly from the NCEES website.
I started studying the review manual on and off mid January, approx 4 months from the FE exam. I didn't put much time into it until about 2 months prior to the exam. From that point on I was putting roughly 10-15 hours a week into reading the book. I would read, highlight, take quick notes on notecards, organize the notes by the sections, do the example problems, etc. I got done with the review manual about 4 weeks before the exam.
3 weeks before the exam I started the practice problems. At this point I probably was putting 20+ hours a week into studying. I would do each problem, check it, and write notes on why I got it wrong. IMO I should have put less time in the review manual and more time in the practice problems. The practice problems are much more beneficial to understanding everything. I got done with the practice problems roughly 3 days before the exam.
I never ordered any practice test. I had highlighted all the tough problems and chapters and went over all of them in great detail the day before the test. Those were almost all of the thermo chapters, some of the mechanical design chapters. I skipped on the signals/controls chapter. That was a big mistake.
Going into the test, you cannot carry anything but the approved calculator (check NCEES! Dont wait to the last minute like me!), laminated paper and a dry erase marker (Being left handed, this made it very annoying to work out the problems). The equation book is a pdf on the computer and you can use a search button (very important!). Learn how to search the pdf with key words!
Install openssl on windows 10. The test was 110 problems, divided into 52 problems and 58 problems with a 30 minute break in between. You can choose when to end one section, so I ended it 2 hrs 30 minutes, leaving 3 hours for section 2.
There was lots of thermo and heat transfer, not much statics. I didn't learn controls like I should have (3 problems), so that kicked my butt. There were 2 problems where you had to read the R134a chart, which I had never learned, so that kicked my butt too. One problem was word-for-word straight from the pdf. Use the search function! Overall the exam problems were easier than Lindeburg's practice problems. There was much less math involved.
As you go along the test, you can flag each problem (they show you how it's done in the tutorial at the beginning). I got done with each section 20 minutes early, so I reviewed the flagged ones. Dont get hung up on a problem. Give it 30 seconds to a minute, and if you still don't know what to do, flag it and move on. There's plenty of problems to do. I was reviewing the flagged problems down to the last 30 seconds of the test.
It's a game of endurance. I was worn out after the first 2.5 hrs, and had to endure the remaining 3. But I stay focused, kept to a good time strategy and used the pdf search function.
There you go! Hopefully that'll give you an idea of what kind of effort to put into this test. Start 3-4 months early and put extra time into the practice problems, and you'll be fine.
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