What to Expect on FE Exam Saturday

Exam room

Ok, so you’ve studied hard and reviewed everything in one of the popular FE exam study guides. You bought your approved calculator and are ready to take on the FE exam. But maybe you’re a little nervous when the lights are on and a real score sheet is in front of you. Knowing what to expect and having a plan for test day can go a long way in calming your nerves so you can focus. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

Here are a few tips leading up to game day:

Day Before Exam:

  • On the day before the exam, it is recommended you take a vacation day off from work (assuming you are a working professional).  You don’t want to be working late or be stressed out from a long day.
  • Make a test run to the exam site. Make sure you know the route to the test location and have an alternate route ready. The exam is held on a Saturday so traffic shouldn’t be too bad, however prepare for the worst. Murphy’s law could rear its head on test day.
  • Find out where the parking is, whether you’ll have to park in the street or if there is an open lot. Figure out where the building and entrance are. Scope out the building if you can get in.
  • Fill your car with gas. Again, you want to be prepared for everything.
  • Pack your lunch for the next day. Get breakfast ready if you can, and set the coffee maker on auto-brew.
  • Take some time for your mental health. Go to the gym or go for a jog outside. Go shopping, or just go hang around the house and relax. DO NOT STUDY! It’s like cramming for an exam, if you don’t know it by now it won’t matter. Plus, you don’t want to stress yourself out. You want to go into the test cool, calm, and collected.

When you get there on test day:

  • Check in with the admission folks and make sure you know where the door to the exam room is. There will be a lot of people standing around waiting for the exam so just relax.
  • Go to the bathroom. You don’t want nature calling when you’re sitting down cranking out answers.
  • Once the doors open, find your assigned seat in the room. Make sure you have all of your materials ready (calculator, etc).  Usually this will be a very large room with rows of chairs and desks lined up in an ordered fashion. A proctor is usually assigned to a section.
  • You will be supplied with your NCEES materials (pencil, reference book, etc) by a proctor.  You’ll be instructed by the proctor and/or a moderator for the whole room on what to do.

Once this is completed it’s time to get to work. Hopefully by taking care of all of these items you’ll be ready for battle.

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