The Civil Engineering Academy Podcast17 Des 2025

How to Deal With Failures on Your Exam Even After Giving It Your All

You studied after work every day. You sacrificed your weekends to stay home studying. You even took vacation time to study even more. You literally walked into the exam knowing you gave it your all…but guess? 🤔

It wasn’t enough to pass — and that’s not the first time it happened. 😞

If you’re in that repeat taker position, this one is for you. Whether you failed only once or multiple times.

In this episode, Mark and I sit down to talk about one aspect that makes professional exams way more like sports than most people realize: the mental part of “playing the game.”

Athletes lose games, miss shots, and get injured. But the ones who make it aren’t the ones who never fail. Instead, they’re the ones who learn how to make a comeback when they do fail.

That same concept applies to FE, PE, and any other big exam that’s ever knocked you down before — and this episode gives you the tools and strategies you need to pull this off.

Failing actually doesn’t mean you’re done. In a weird way, it might actually be the best news you could’ve gotten!

Now, tune in to this episode to learn how to make good use of this good news and get it to propel you to a passing score faster than you think.

🧠 TUNE IN TO LEARN:

The Similarity Between Sports and Your Professional Exams
A Real-Life Example of Mental Toughness That You Can Borrow for Your Exam
How Mental Toughness Plays a Role in Your Exam Prep
2 Different Voices You Can Choose to Listen to When You Hit Rock Bottom
2 Things You'll Feel After Failing Your Exam Multiple Times
How to (Correctly) Break Through When You Get Knocked by an Exam Failure
The First Thing You Should Do After an Exam Failure
A Tool for You to Get Back on Your Feet After Failing Your Exam
A Super Simple Strategy for You to Turn an Exam Setback into a Comeback
How Repeat Takers Who Chose CEA for the Next Try Ended Up Passing
What Mental Toughness in Your Exam Prep Comes Down to
What Failing Your Exam Really Means (+ Why That's the Best News You Could Get!)
The Biggest Differentiator Between Those Who Pass and Those Who Don’t

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