CEA - Crushing Her FE and PE Exam Using CEA with Makenzie Allen

CEA - Crushing Her FE and PE Exam Using CEA with Makenzie Allen

If you keep failing your exams over and over again and have started to think you don't have “what it takes,” stop…right now! Our guest today is Makenzie Allen, who took her FE exam three times and her PE exam twice! What made all the difference in her final, successful attempts at each? She did something during her studies that set herself up for success — and you should do too.


Tune in to Learn:

  • Her journey from the hair salon to the civil engineering world

  • Tips for women to make it through engineering school

  • Her experience passing her FE and PE exam with our courses after failing multiple times

  • The right way to deal with failure on your exams

  • One thing you should do if you keep failing your exams over and over again

  • 2 little-known tips for those taking the Transportation depth exam

  • How can you prepare for conceptual problems on the PE Exam?

  • How to solve questions starting with the answer choices…not the problem statement

  • Do you still need the Civil Engineering Reference Manual in the CBT exam era?

  • Her biggest secret to passing the PE Exam that will hit you hard, but it's true!

  • What she enjoyed the most about The Ultimate Civil PE Review Course


Our Partner:

Built Bar


FREE Download:

The Ultimate Civil PE Exam Startup Guide


Resources Mentioned:

The Ultimate Civil FE Review Course

The Ultimate Civil PE Review Course

The Ultimate PE CBT Exam Simulator

The Ultimate Homework Planner
Civil Engineering Reference Manual20 Bonus Theory QuestionsAASHTO’s Green BookHighway Capacity ManualRoadside Design Guide BookSix-Minute Solutions (Transportation Depth Exam)Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)

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