Passed the PE! - Second Try

I’m happy to share that I’ve officially passed the PE Power exam on my second try!

I can’t thank @Zach Stone, P.E. enough. His ability to take very difficult concepts and build your knowledge base up to ensure you have the solid fundamentals down is amazing. I wish more professors in academia did it the way he does it.

I started my journey by signing up for the unlimited package in January 2024 and to be honest, I was using his live course as a way to get the fundamentals down first. In 2024 I had a lot thrown my way, so my study habits were not ideal (definitely not the way Zac would’ve liked). I really picked up my studying in the fall 2024 and took the PE exam for the first time in December. I walked out feeling like I was on cloud nine and thought I aced it. Sure enough, when the Wednesday notification came, I was humbled real quick.

I took about a month off for the holidays and decided to re-enroll with the unlimited package. I scheduled my second exam for April 9th. I re-watched all the lectures on 2x speed, did all the pre-work and created cheat sheets to remind myself of key information I learned through each lesson. I did a few practice exams and made sure I understood why I was getting certain questions wrong.

This second time around, I definitely feel like I took Zac’s study habit recommendations more seriously than the first time. I gave myself a year last year when I first started and I think that was way too long until my first exam. Life gets in the way and at least for me, being focused on one thing for that long gets tiring and I lost steam. This second time, I really dedicated the last few months to studying, knowing that I have a set exam date a few months later.

I went into this second try thinking, I don’t care if I have to take this exam 1000x, I will pass it eventually. To be honest, I thought this second exam was harder than the first, but I truly believe its because I knew that certain problems had additional steps needing to be done than met the eye. I was also able to quickly “prove” why other answer choices were incorrect as well.

The key to this is perseverance. Keep at it, keep learning and you will succeed! Who cares how long it takes you to pass it when at the end of the day, all people care about is you did pass. I’m hoping to continue learning and keeping those fundamentals learned through this class sharp by using Ohm gurus in my future!