Study Material

I can’t stress this enough, BUY THE BOOKS, you really do need them.   If you are really committed to passing the test this should be your first priority.  Skimming my website, searching the web, or looking over the CERM and doing some practice problems are far less important than spending the first day or so to get the material you need to study and reference. You need to get all the design standards, reference manuals, practice problems, sample exams and supplies.  The bottom line is you should buy all the design standards that NCEES recommends, the Civil Engineering Reference Manuel, a bunch of problem books, at least one sample exam, and all your supplies (binders/tabs/calculators).  If you don’t do this it is a huge mistake that a lot of people make. Many people slowly wade into studying and getting all the stuff they need. Then by the time they figure what they should have it is too late and they are getting the design standards right before the test so they don’t have enough time to understand how to use them. So what are you waiting for, you paid your application fee, your fee for seating for the exam, now it is time to pay the additional $600-$800 for the material so you don’t have to take this test again. The sooner you are working with the material the better you will be.

This section will show you exactly what you must buy and could buy.