Welcome to a special edition of Pass the FE Exam —it’s our 100th episode celebration! Today we reflect on our journey so far. Throughout these videos, we’ve explored key topics, shared successful strategies, and offered valuable guidance to support engineering students and professionals preparing for the FE exam. We’ve had the honor of featuring esteemed guests from around the globe, each bringing unique insights and expertise to our aspiring engineers, and in this special episode, we showcase some of the top tips from our guests to help you pass the FE exam on your first attempt.
Starting with our first highlight from Episode 46, featuring Alejandro Patino, EIT, Senior Engineer at Colliers Engineering & Design. Alejandro shared some great tips on the importance of replicating the actual exam environment. These strategies are crucial for effective FE exam preparation.
Moving on toEpisode 6, we featured Justin Edenbaum a practicing licensed professional engineer and founder of Never Gray. In this episode, Justin shared valuable advice about the advantages of taking the exam during your senior year, or immediately after graduation.
In Episode 5, featuring Victor Romo EIT, a project designer from Daedalus Structural Engineering. Victor sheds light on the significance of creating a structured self-study schedule for FE exam preparation. Let’s take a look at what his schedule looked like.
Next, Episode 44 featured Christopher [SIV-CHECK], P.E., an assistant project manager from Colliers Engineering & Design. This episode highlights the crucial role of getting support from your company when studying for the FE Exam and how it can help you to actually pass the FE exam.
Concluding our highlights is Episode 46 featuring Nabeal (Newton) Khatib, M.S., a structural engineer and assistant structural project manager from Tetra Tech. Nabeal highly recommends that students and aspiring test takers should give themselves at least two to three months of exam preparation to avoid unnecessary stress. He also shares his successful TTTT framework —Terms, Templates, Time, and Trust—used during his FE exam preparation.
As we wrap up this celebratory episode and look forward to the next hundred, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to you, our listeners, and our incredible guests. Your support and engagement have made this channel what it is today – a platform for learning, sharing, and growing together.
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In upcoming articles, I will answer more FE Exam questions and run through more practice problems. We publish videos bi-weekly on our Pass the FE Exam YouTube Channel. Be sure to visit our page here and click the subscribe button as you’ll get expert tips and tricks – to ensure the best success – that you can’t get anywhere else. Believe me, you won’t want to miss a single video.
Lastly, I encourage you to ask questions in the comments of the videos or here on this page, and I’ll read and respond to them in future videos. So, if there’s a specific topic you want me to cover or answer, we have you covered.
I’ll see you next week.
Anthony Fasano, P.E.
Engineering Management Institute
Author of Engineer Your Own Success
