“I took the exam on March 18th, up to that point I had put in 10 long weeks of exam review using the Dr Tom method. I did every problem in the course, and then I went and redid every problem in the last week and a half leading up to the exam. Any problems I was unsure of I revised my brain dump list accordingly and made my notes. I was running out of time and had to work the weekend before my exam so I had to do the practice exams 1 and 2 days before the exam. Luckily I did okay on them because I was out of time…
I got to the hotel the night before, all things ready to go, reviewed my notes one last time (trying to memorize those darn vibration formulas) I knew I wasn’t gonna remember them all so I drew the line and closed my notes and tried to get some sleep. (woke up once every hour due to nerves).
I get to the test center, check in, and finally get started… how nerve racking that was, but I was finally there and it was time to go to work on this exam I’d been preparing for for months. I used the Dr Tom method and skipped the problems I was unsure of and worked the ones I knew exactly how to work. Before I knew it I got through all the problems and looked at the clock. It had only been 2.5 hours, I went back and glanced at each problem again, and worked the couple I wasn’t sure about and when I closed out of the 1st section I had used exactly 3 hours. (I was suspicious that I must have done something wrong, how could I have that much extra time).
I got into the 2nd half, and I knew I had 5 hours to complete it, I took my time on each and every problem. I double checked every number I wrote on my pad, and every number I entered into my calculator. half way through section 2, brain exhaustion started kicking in… I knew I had the time so I took an unscheduled break and drank some water, and splashed some on my face as well…
Back at it, I kept pushing through, there were a couple problems I thought I should know how to work but wasn’t getting close, I skipped those and kept moving. I carefully and thoughtfully made my way through the last 20 problems, man those were rough due to the mentally exhausted state I was in, but I kept carefully pushing forward. I finally get through the 2nd section, and it was a big relief. I looked at the clock and I had 1.5 hours left, I went back to the 2 problems I knew I should be able to solve and found my mistake from earlier, I ended the exam with an hour left on the clock.
I was very suspicious that I finished so quickly, the FE kicked my butt and I ran out of time on it, but the PE seemed much less stressful. Surely I had made terrible mistakes and overlooked so many things to have finished so quickly…
Well, one week later I got my results (after constantly clicking refresh on the page) I don’t think I’ve been more nervous in my life. But I PASSED!!! I’m so happy with the Dr Tom course and the preparation it has provided me. I fully believe I kicked the exams butt and it all has to do with this course. Thanks to all the folks at Dr Toms’s classroom. I will continue to recommend this course to all my engineering friends and coworkers.” James M
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