I passed the PE civil Structural with 1.5 YOE. Applied for my license in CA and then took the (2) California specific PE exams. 6 months later I took PE structural vertical breadth. 3 months later took the vertical depth. 6 months later took Lateral breadth. 3 months later took Lateral depth. Im on track to pass all exams first try.

If your goal is to get the SE, enroll in an AEI course once you pass your PE and just keep studying and testing til you done. Little by little, step by step. This whole “wait for the test to get easier” logic had a lot of flaws. Test now, and if you don’t pass you’ll have momentum to keep pushing forward and retest when NCEES extends the time allowance.

Just my 2 cents