gacrowell@micron.com wrote:

> The part I don't understand is the low pass rates (posted on the ncees
> site) for EE's, just about the lowest of all disciplines.  Overall the
> pass rates for the FE and PE exams are only about 2/3, so the exams
> really aren't a walk.  Maybe the EE's tend to slack more in the
> mechanical, chemical and other subjects that are on the general part of
> the exam.

One reason may be that there is a very small number of EEs that need the
PE. This is different in other disciplines. A friend of mine is a French
chemist specialized on waste treatment; she has to take certification exams
whenever she moves to another country (first to the US, then to Canada), as
she's working mostly on public waste treatment plants. For such people,
these certifications are essential, for most EEs they are a "prestige
thing" or "maybe handy sometime" as you say -- so maybe on average they
don't take it as seriously.

Gerhard

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