Science students face critical mass Oct 16, 2007
At Nauset Regional High School only 6 percent of students failed biology, and none of the 15 students who took the engineering exam failed. Meanwhile, 73 percent of the students who took that test scored proficient, and one student scored advanced. (Cape Cod Times)
Local briefcase Sep 2, 2007
William W. Wiegand of Morrison-Maierle recently passed the Principals and Practice of Engineering Exam and is now a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Montana. Wiegand is an engineer in the firm s Municipal Division and has been with Morrison-Maierle since 2002. (Helena Independent Record)
Missing Pitt student is back Jun 25, 2007
He failed to show up for an engineering exam April 27, and his younger brother filed a missing persons report May 2. But police got no solid leads until a park ranger reported seeing him in a group of homeless people at the Montana park. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
More of this story Oct 26, 2006
The Board of Education also approved adding a science, technology and engineering exam to the MCAS requirements beginning with the class of 2010, and a history exam for the class of 2012. Material from the Associated Press was used in this story. (The Enterprise, MA)
fiction by Joyce Carol Oates Oct 2, 2006
He d fucked up the engineering exam, he knew, so he was drinking with some of the guys over at the frat house and (somehow) fell down the stairs somewhere. He d been puking, and sort of passed out, and somebody had dragged him into a bathroom and turned on the shower and left him, and after a while one of the guys came back and turned off the shower, and by this time Scoot had crawled out onto the floor and flopped over onto his back. (New Yorker)
Coaching featIndia school trains poor students to crack 'toughest exam' Sep 22, 2006
"I tried very hard to raise the money, but since I came from a poor family I failed. So I wanted to realise the dream to help poor students to crack the toughest engineering exam in the country," he says. Amazing feat. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Achievements for July 23, 2006 Jul 25, 2006
To be eligible to take the Principles and Practice or Engineering Exam (PE) in the state of Wisconsin one must: Graduate from a 4 year ABET accredited engineering school. Pass the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (FE). (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
