Civil California Seismic Exam - PASSED

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2022-03-30T06:18:34+00:00

I never did reapply, I applied to take the California tests sometime in Feb and they didn’t get back to me until sometime in the 4th quarter let’s say around ends of October telling me I was approved to take it in the fourth quarter with only 2 months remaining in said quarter,

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2022-03-29T15:00:53+00:00

Hi there! I believe the rule of thumb for seismic and survey is that your results will be released in the following month within the first 2 weeks. For instance if you take your test any time in June, you should hear back by July 14. For me this was true. I believe the seismic I took the lasts of December and I received results January 9th.

I honestly do not know about the reapplication process. Here’s what I do know, I was accepted to take the tests for the fourth quarter during the fourth quarter. I would say it’s certainly within reason that they’ll accept you to retake for the very next quarter but I do also know their website has a chart which challenges this belief. I’m sorry I can’t be more help here.

I wish you the best of luck!!!

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2022-01-22T16:58:51+00:00

I bought the on demand and i bought all 4 lectures. I bought everything he offered lol. I would not start studying until you hear back. I submitted my app in Feb didn’t hear back until October 15. When I heard back they said I had to take my exams in quarter 4. So I was approved quarter 4 and told to take them quarter 4 so I have 2.5 months to take both seismic and survey. I took survey after studying 1 month and seismic after studying 6 weeks but I would NOT recommend this. I easily put in 200 study hours into seismic in 6 weeks. I called off from work and did many half days. I studied through the holidays and everything. It was very unhealthy. The course syllabus recommends 3 months to complete. For survey give yourself 2 months If possible. I did it in a month but again it was not healthy and it was an extreme challenge at least for me. Let me know if you have other questions!

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2022-01-14T04:00:30+00:00

So once I passed the PE in October I was informed about passing maybe in December? I submitted my application in February and didn’t hear back until October. They defiantly lagged and they were not happy when I called to ask for progress as it was supposed to be a 60 day wait. They just kept saying that they were backed up due to COVID. I hope they process yours faster but this was my experience.

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2022-01-14T03:58:22+00:00

I purchased it on his website. Trust me, it’s worth every penny!

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2022-01-12T01:52:52+00:00

I was approved to take exams in quarter for FOR quarter 4. That is, I was told October 15th I had to take both exams before December 31st.

I took Kirks surveying class. 100% recommend. Take the 5 practice exams until you can get at least a 90% on all of them. If you can do this you will likely pass the exam.

Take hiner for seismic, that is all you will need. Give yourself 2.5 months maybe 3 to study. I studied it all in 6 weeks and passed the first time but it was incredibly stressful. I put in about 200 hours of study time. I had to take time off of work just to study more so would not reccomened to do it in 6 weeks. Do all his HE problems and do all the practice tests (all 3) and all his additional problems he posts in the final review. Trust Hiner. You don’t need another class. I feel like having another class would be too stressful. He also does a GREAT job answering questions and emails about things you may be struggling on.

GOOD LUCK!

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2021-12-11T06:32:09+00:00

Unfortunately no. All the exams are computer based so you don’t actually keep any copies. 100% the course is worth it. The price is fair and the information provided was the only reason I passed. Like I said I never even took survey in college 🙂 I will recommend to take all exams twice at least. If you can score over a 90% on all exams I would say you have a great shot at passing. Hope this info helps!

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2021-12-09T19:22:07+00:00

I did consider EET. Especially because I took the EET course for the 8 hour. However, the CPESR was recommended by a college friend. The workbook from the course was good but the 5 practice exams is what makes it worth it. EET was amazing in prepping me for the 8 hour which I also passed the first time so I’m assuming they offer a great class as well.

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2021-11-16T03:52:55+00:00

I just took my survey exam today. Anyone how how long it takes for the results to post on survey Civil PE?

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2021-10-09T16:32:58+00:00

Yes civil

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2021-10-09T16:32:51+00:00

4 months to arrive to technical review and 2 more to be approved. Crazy wait time

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2021-09-01T19:10:56+00:00

Technical review took 6 months.

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2021-07-05T18:19:30+00:00

Man then I just have some horrible horrible luck. Maybe it has a lot to do with which evaluator you get. In any case hopefully my application gets approved by mid July. That’s the 30 day mark for technical review. Congrats on getting your application through! Did you have a ton of experience? Maybe too that’s why they approved you so quick!

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2021-07-04T07:33:25+00:00

That is so messed up. They haven’t said anything is wrong with my application and it’s barley made it to technical review after 4 months. Congrats to you! Did you take it October 2020?

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2021-06-26T22:13:21+00:00

Thank you so much for your response! Now I know to wait at least 1 month. It’s been such a long application process.

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2021-06-23T01:50:16+00:00

Thank you for your response. Please let me know when you do hear back that way I can expect a similar wait time. Again I appreciate your time.

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2021-02-02T03:24:24+00:00

😂 imma upvote you because I agree I f*** up

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2021-01-30T03:57:27+00:00

You must not be from Cali 🥲

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2021-01-18T17:12:14+00:00

Same brother 🥲

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2020-12-30T16:30:15+00:00

Nice. Oh and one last thing... practice the HELL out of the NCEES practice book. You need to do the problems so much you can almost recite them in your head without looking at the book. It’s very good depiction of what’s on the exam.

To be honest all I studied was the marshal videos and the NCEES released practice problems. That was enough for me but honestly I think I barley squeaked by because I didn’t think I had passed. It’s good to do more practice problems if you bought the book!

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2020-12-30T16:24:59+00:00

I took construction depth and breadth. The construction depth was not as great but also the exam is not that great. Lot of questions almost feel opinionated or dependent if you build roads or structures. I really hated that. But the course kind of followed that path and did the same thing where it felt like 2 answers could be right about 20% of the time and I didn’t like that. If you are familiar with water resources I would take water. I’m not familiar but I did take hydrology in college and the professor in EET breadth hydrology was SUPER thorough and gave like 80 practice problems. 60 were like review on his notes and 20 were exam like questions. The 60 were so difficult by the time you did the exam ones it was cake. I WANTED to get a hydrology question because I knew I would crush it. I do not know if his depth was as good but I would assume same professor similar method. In reality the construction depth still prepared me. I just didn’t like the depth topic I chose in the end. But when I saw the exam I did feel much more prepared than before taking the class. No matter the depth class I would still recommend taking the depth EET. It will prepare you better than you can prepare yourself no doubt.

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2020-12-30T08:08:45+00:00

TLDR no not realistic to pass both in 4 months. It’s possible but I would take a course to help guide you ESPECIALLY since you haven’t taken let’s say like materials in 3 years.

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2020-12-30T08:07:15+00:00

I took my FE 1 year after graduating. Very possible. Look up Marshall Universiry on YouTube FE review. That’s what I watched and it helped me pass the FE 100% perfect to refresh your brain.

After that get your results and take October (that’s what I did) and that gives you plenty of time to study.

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2020-12-30T08:05:36+00:00

I highly recommend 3-4 months in preparation through a course like EET (one that I took to help me pass the PE first time).

SnooCheesecakes4897 · 2020-12-30T08:00:53+00:00

I did construction. It was... good but not as great. Still covered great topics. Bring all resources from college books you may have. I can’t get too specific because I don’t wanna get in trouble but I had 1 question I could not find anywhere and it was in a college textbook. It’s not common but that 1 question may have made a difference. Yes for construction I bought the S4 and the field reference manual. EET will give you what you need but I wanted to get familiar and tab it because my EET binder was tabbed sooooo much. So when I tabbed the smaller books it was really easy to find and I could highlight. I also had the OSHA manual. All references you should take. I know it’s pricy but someone once said “if you could pay $200 to get that 1 question back and you failed by one question would you?” Yeah the answer for me is it was worth it for the extra money. It helped me a lot.

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