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Should I take the general or the discipline-specific exam?
Many questions come up when students are deciding whether they should take the general or the discipline-specific format in the afternoon session of the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam. And some misinformation has circulated about which afternoon session version is better for examinees to take. Probably you should take whichever format you feel most comfortable with. Here's some information that might help you decide what to do.
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The discipline-specific exam is newer and therefore harder. |
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Remember, all the exams are updated and reviewed every 5–7 years. |
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There are limited preparation materials for the discipline- specific. |
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This is not the case. NCEES produces many different formats to help you prepare for each discipline. Click here to learn more about the preparation materials available. |
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The brighter students take the discipline-specific. |
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NCEES compared the scores in the morning session for each of the afternoon session groups. Each group scored about the same in the morning session. Since the morning session is the same for both groups, this indicates that students taking the discipline-specific format are not brighter than those who take the general format. |
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The general is easier than the discipline-specific. |
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Students who take the discipline-specific exam often do better or the same as those who took the general exam. NCEES believes this is probably because the information on the exam is from the last two years of your coursework, which is usually when you declare a discipline in engineering. |
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