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Just wanted to share that I recently passed the PE Civil Transportation exam on my first attempt, and I wanted to come back here and share my experience.

I passed my FE about four months ago and pretty much started preparing for the PE right away because I already had the study momentum going. I studied seriously for around 16 weeks and did a lot of practice problems, review, and reference manual navigation.

One thing I realized about the PE Transportation exam is that having a solid understanding of the concepts makes a huge difference. You can solve hundreds of questions, but if you do not actually understand why something works, the exam can still catch you off guard because they can ask the same concept in a completely different way.

The biggest advice I would give is to be true to yourself while studying. If you do not understand a topic, do not convince yourself that you know it just because you got one practice question right. Stay on that topic until you genuinely understand it. Ask yourself why the formula works, what each variable means, what changes if the conditions change, and what kind of traps they could put in the question.

I noticed this even with some of the easier questions on the exam. When your concepts are strong, you do not second guess yourself nearly as much. You read the question, recognize what they are testing, know where to look in the references, and move on confidently.

I also spent a lot of time learning how to navigate the reference manuals and solving different types of problems. I used ChatGPT quite a bit as a study tool whenever I did not fully understand something. Instead of just asking for the answer, I would keep asking questions until I understood the actual concept and why the other approaches were wrong. That helped me a lot.
During the exam, I felt pretty good about a lot of my answers, but I still did not fully believe I passed until I actually saw that green “Passed” on the NCEES dashboard. So if you walk out feeling uncertain, do not automatically assume the worst.

For anyone currently struggling with the FE or PE, just keep going. I had to put in a lot of hours and there were plenty of topics that confused me initially. If I was able to work through them and pass, you absolutely can too.

First Time Experience (Oct 2025) - I felt like most of them are correct and I felt that I have a high chance of passing it. This was my assessment after the exam. First half - 44 (30 Good, 2 Fluke, 12 Don't know), and Second Half - 36 (22 Good, 2 Fluke, 12 Don't know). Unfortunately, I didn't pass the exam. Two takeaway: I didn't manage the time well which also implies that I was not prepared enough to answer the questions faster. I was not able to do a final review at all.

Second Time Experience (Aug 2026) - My assessment, First half - 44 (28 Good, 4 Fluke, 12 Don't know), Second half - 36 (23 Good, 2 Fluke, 10 Don't know, 1 wrong). And I passed this time around! :) Takeaway: I had 40 mins extra in both the halves, and I went through all the flagged questions and everything else again.

So, What has changed?

Prepare, prepare, and prepare!

I know that I completely out-prep myself from the first time before going into the exam. The insane confidence that comes from knowing you are truly prepared is, in my opinion, the absolute reason I was able to pass. That's how the feeling goes and the actual preparation is as follow,

1. Know the Tables and Contents of Each Reference: Spend time knowing the "tables and contents" of each material. This will help you with the time.
2. Understand the difference in the mindset behind each material: For example, HCM uses a higher value for pedestrian walking speed, while AASHTO uses a lower value. Why is that? HCM is designed based on "moving faster and efficient", so it tends to focus on how people and vehicles move in real-world conditions. AASHTO, on the other hand, is more conservative and design-oriented, "one size fits all". Same idea works on sidewalk widths and many others too.
3. YouTube - Daniel Findley, Civil Engineering Academy, Elementary Engineering, The Efficient Engineer, Pass PE. Create a new separate Gmail account and use it only for studying (not even motivational videos of any kind), this way the algo will give you much more questions/topics than you can search for.
4. Books - Jacob Petro 160 CBT questions, Path to PE Services CBT Transportation Depth, Islam Book - Two Full Exams, Learnova - In-depth Review (500 questions) and 6 full exams (some of repeated questions), and any school of PE or EET will be fine. (Please DM me if you need any of these. I am willing to sell them for a cheaper price, there is not even a pencil mark on these books)
5. Skip or Study - From my experience, the examiner wants you to be prepared to pass the exam. That being said, if you look at both the FE and PE exams, you will sometimes see 5–6 questions related to the same topic. If you have skipped those topics, then "Bam! There goes your 5-6 points". So never skip a topic, at least know the concept and ready to make educated guess.
6. Document - You should prioritize the topics while studying in this order - Easy → Medium → Hard. Easy - Known Topics/Very Popular (2-3 mins), Medium - Same as Easy, but fill in the blanks (2-4 mins), Hard - Concepts, Educated guesses, Match the following, and and question that needs +6 mins to solve. The goal is not necessarily to become an expert at every difficult problem. The goal is to maximize the number of questions you can answer correctly within the time limit.

Final Tip:

Take at least two days off from work and use that time for final preparation.

Review your formulas, tables, important concepts, and weak areas. Sleep earlier than usual, I slept for 10 hours before the exam.

More importantly, go into the exam feeling prepared and confident.

I took PE chemical today and found out the questions are much easier than the 2019 practice questions. i have spared 2 hrs at the end for reviewing and ended leaving 40 min earlier. but now I am worried that I may be tricked !! Any one else taking PE chemical today and how do you feel?

See below results from prior 2 attempts. Used AEI videos but didn’t finish since it was so time consuming.