u/Icy-Opportunity837

I’m just under 40 years old and have worked in the public sector for about 12 years. I currently serve as a capital project manager, and I have two bachelor’s degrees: one in environmental science and one in civil engineering. I’m also working toward becoming a licensed Professional Engineer.

Recently, I was nominated for my organization’s leadership academy but was not selected by upper leadership. I’ll be honest, it was discouraging. I’ve been trying to focus on long-term growth and the best way to continue developing professionally.

I’m now considering going back to school for a Master of Public Administration. For those who have taken a similar path, do you feel the MPA was worth it? How has it benefited your career, your leadership ability, or your organization?

I’d also be interested to hear whether there are scholarships, grants, employer reimbursement programs, or other funding options that helped make the degree more affordable.

Thank you in advance for any advice or perspective.

First off, I’ll admit that I deal with pretty bad test anxiety, so I’m trying to be as prepared as possible going into this next attempt.

I have taken the FE Civil exam four times so far. I know this may sound odd, but the first two attempts felt very different from the last two. On my first attempt, I felt like I was probably only a few questions away. My second attempt felt very close as well. Attempts three and four felt noticeably harder to me.

I’m currently scheduled to take the exam on June 2. Since January, I’ve been studying with PrepFE for about 2 hours each night during the week, usually completing around 25–50 questions per session. I also took the NCEES practice exam and scored a 73. So far, I’ve completed one of Islam’s practice exams, and I plan to take the second one this weekend.

For those who have passed, is there anything else you would recommend focusing on during the final two weeks? I’m mainly looking for high-impact review strategies, test-day advice, or anything that helped you manage anxiety during the exam.

Thank you in advance.

I dont know if its just me, or how my brain is wired, I feel like i'm fairly good at the hard sections, transportation, structural, geotech, Fluids, hydraulics. But, when it comes to the easy sections, like Economics No matter how many times I practice, I forget what i'm looking for A/P P/A gradient worth ETC. even with math I've always been fairly good except for laplace transforms Thankfully those are not on the Fe exam but, I feel like I really struggle with Economics.........