PE Review: Exam Articles

PE Review: How the various PE Review Courses Help you to prepare

This article explains why the PE Review courses are so important for most of us. It shows how undergraduate education can be variable, even when all programs are accredited.

The Professional Engineering Exam: how to measure a professional

This article shows why the PE Examiners compile the PE Exam in its current format and how the exam strives to serve as a filter for those aspiring to enter the Civil Engineering profession.

The Civil Engineering PE Review: why does the exam matter more to Civil Engineers than to other types of Engineer?

A Civil Engineering PE Review is more critical to Civil Engineers than any other branch of engineering. This article explains why Civil Engineers have to put their professional opinion on the line.

The PE Exam: What are the unique challenges for Civil Engineers?

This article offers a transition from school to work by explaining how the experience of a tough 4-year degree in Civil Engineering with all the exams, fails to prepare us for that PE Exam. The article shows how the examiners change the emphases and methods of examining from those we learned from our professors.

Pass the PE Exam: What is the best way to prepare for the PE exam format?

The PE Exam is so broad, so random, and so unpredictable that it needs a different approach. Instead of wading through many big fat books, this article shows how preparation should be comprehensive but focused. It stresses the importance of practice.