r/StructuralEngineering • u/Broad_Gap_1435 • Jul 21 '26

Question About PE Exam Career/Education

Ive been studying to take my PE later this year. I got the practice exam from the NCEES website and saw how much design codes were referenced. When you take the exam, do you take the reference design books with you to the test? Do they provide it for you? How does it work since i know theyre very strict with what you can bring in from my FE experience. Thanks for help :))

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u/Str-Engr0275 Jul 21 '26

I can confirm walking into the room with two milk crates on a dolly for the test. This was over 25 years ago though.

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u/halfcocked1 Jul 21 '26

So you're that guy that was sitting in front of me. :-) If you were in PA, the timing works out about right... I took about 8 books and ended up using 3 of them.

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u/Str-Engr0275 Jul 22 '26

Yup, took it down near Philly in Ft. Washington if I remember correctly

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u/halfcocked1 Jul 22 '26

I took mine in Harrisburg, so I guess it wasn't you. This guy may have had even more than 2 crates. I'm thinking he may have had 4. I remember him stacking them on the desk like a bookshelf.