Experience taking the WRE (took it 8/14)
I do not know my results yet. Spent about 5 months and used the School of PE on demand service. I would say it was just okay. Not bad if you want repetitive practice on easier questions that drill down the concepts you need to know, but insufficient as a true challenge. I also used Petros book, which I found to be very challenging but a good resource.
The exam was difficult. A good bit harder than the NCEES practice exam, but not as hard as Petros book. It’s really about how they ask things and sometimes you can’t believe how creative they can get with wording a question. If it was more straightforward, I would have probably felt great coming out, but due to the uniqueness of a good handful of questions I left feeling pretty unsure. I’d say I straight up guessed on 5-7.
I don’t feel there is a good way to really prepare yourself for their flavor of question or the trickiness. My best advice is to get your hands on as many difficult practice questions as you can so your brain is trained to think through hard ones. Just for my sanity, did anyone feel disappointed with their performance and end up passing? Haha