<p>MY question is if i pass the EIT exam will that be enough for me to be confident of my skills to handle the PE test?...By the way me school is ABET and my state NJ, does allow BSEET ABET degree to handle the test. Im just worried if that is enough to be confident?</p>
<p>The PE test is many years down the road… so I would say the ability to pass the FE test is a small indicator that you may be able to pass the PE, but absolutely not a guarantee.</p>
<p>The P&P and FE exams are very different. I wouldn’t say that one is an indicator of performance on the other.</p>
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Not necessarily. Passing the FE exam does not guarantee success on the PE exam. Plenty of people fail the PE exam — yet all of those failing PE candidates presumably passed the FE exam, because this is typically required in order to take the PE exam. </p>
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<p>The FE exam may or may not have any similarity to the PE exam. It depends on which version of the FE exam you choose to take.</p>
<p>The FE exam comes in two parts, a.m. and p.m. The a.m. section of the FE exam covers “general” undergraduate-level concepts in math, physics, chemistry, etc. Everybody has to take this part.</p>
<p>For the p.m. section of the FE exam, you can choose one of several different modules. You can continue with “general” topics, or you can take a specialized module covering one of several engineering disciplines, such as electrical, mechanical, civil, etc.</p>
<p>The “general” a.m. part of the FE exam is nothing like the PE exam. The same is true for the “general” p.m. module. </p>
<p>On the other hand, if you take a specialized module in the p.m., then it does have some similarity to the PE exam. For example, the electrical p.m. module of the FE exam does resemble the Electrical PE exam (although it is shorter and easier than the PE exam). </p>
<p>So if you stick to “general” topics on the FE exam, it will not provide any indication as to PE exam performance. But if you take a specialty p.m. module on the FE exam, this does serve as a “preview” of the PE exam to some extent.</p>
<p>No, passing the FE/EIT has no relation to the PE which is far more in depth in a particular field. Think of it as the difference between the math section on the SATs and your final exam in Calc III. Both are math, totally different levels of depth and subject matter knowledge.</p>
<p>Thankyou that was very helpful, what leve of math could I expect on the PE exam compared to the FE exam? same with higher difficulty?</p>
<p>Nothing too complex because you only have roughly 6 minutes per problem so you’re not going to be doing anything that requires higher level math. You’ll mostly need to know how to use different common equations for whatever topic you’re working on.</p>
<p>The math may be actually harder on the FE exam. The a.m. section of the FE exam (which everyone has to take) tests a broad range of abstract math concepts, including calculus, differential equations, matrix operations, vector analysis, etc. </p>
<p>PE exam questions are generally more applied. As stated above, the questions are more likely to involve the correct application of complex equations or formulas pertaining to engineering designs, rather than abstract higher math. That doesn’t necessarily make the PE exam easier though.</p>