The reality of taking the ECE Board Exam
I am here to put all fake news and myths down, confirm some info, cause I am gonna tell you the reality of the ECE BOARD EXAM.
1. PRE BOARDS and RC EXAMS
Much harder than the actual board exam, I tell you. So don't feel bad if you fail an exam, or didn't reach your goal, you still have a long way to go. Remember also, it doesn't determine how you'd do in the actual board exam. But, it's a good practice.
2. THE ACTUAL BOARD EXAM
You'd feel surprised once you see the actual board exam. 40-60% you'd feel like you can answer right away with all those techniques that were taught, at least for the Math and ESAT part. Electronics and GEAS you'd really have to push your luck, but it also depends. In some years, Elecs was easy, in some, it was the hardest. Just remember the board exam was designed to be answered by normal human beings, you don't have to feel that you have to have the highest of honors just so you can survive.
3. YOU WILL MISS CLASSES
Take note that review centers conduct classes until the day before the board exam. They will not give you a month or at least a week to study on your own, classes won't stop in review centers. When our refresher period started it was all exams and flashing and exams, and at a point, I felt that I was wasting my time on something that I wouldn't even remember. A lot of times they will flash 400 questions for 3 hours or so. So I took a break from RC classes and did a self-review. I figured, what would I do with all the new information when I can't even remember the basics.I don't recommend this, only if you really need the time.
4. PICK THE RIGHT REVIEW CENTER
Some review centers only flash the solutions and answers, and you'd go crazy especially during refresher cause how would you even remember the 500 questions that were flashed yesterday or the 100 problem-solving types? If you're not the person with a photographic memory I suggest find a review center that gives the answer and solution that you can write down or take a picture. Better yet, just stick to the best review center, the one with a lot of branches, you know what review center that is.
5. YOU WILL RUN OUT OF TIME
Math and GEAS, 4 hours is such a short time for those subjects. Maximize your time, answer the easy ones first. If you can't answer a problem never give up, cause with a lot of analysis and time you can solve that, so it's better to answer that in the last part when you're surely finished answering all the easy ones.
Electronics and ESAT, these are loooong 5-hour subjects. You can sleep and eat at these times.
6. DON'T STUDY 1-2 WEEKS BEFORE THE BOARDS
Is an actual myth. Especially when review centers stick in your brain a lot of information at these times. And you'd feel the pressure that there's so much that you still need to study. Even before the board exam, and during breaks a lot of people are still studying.
7. CURVING
It is true, there is such a thing as curving. When I took it I only had a 40 minimum and 60 maximum sure per subject, it will feel okay during the boards, but once you hear the other people's statistics you'd feel scared, so don't talk about it! You may feel that Math was the easiest subject, but beware a lot of people go conditional in the math subject. They say that math performs the least curve of all (gossip only).
8. FOOD
You'd see a lot of people eating heavy meals of Jollibee, Mcdo, and other fast foods. I just wanna share.
9. MIRACLES DO HAPPEN
It's true, so never feel that you already failed just because you feel it. Miracles happen, I've read a lot of comments saying they only had a sure of 20 points and still managed to pass. Don't even think about taking it in April, just because they say it's easier, such a waste of time. Just give it your best, be resourceful. Remember, it was designed to produce thousands of Engineers, not fail them.
That's all I have to say. Remember to keep the faith and study hard. Goodluck future Engineers!
1. PRE BOARDS and RC EXAMS
Much harder than the actual board exam, I tell you. So don't feel bad if you fail an exam, or didn't reach your goal, you still have a long way to go. Remember also, it doesn't determine how you'd do in the actual board exam. But, it's a good practice.
2. THE ACTUAL BOARD EXAM
You'd feel surprised once you see the actual board exam. 40-60% you'd feel like you can answer right away with all those techniques that were taught, at least for the Math and ESAT part. Electronics and GEAS you'd really have to push your luck, but it also depends. In some years, Elecs was easy, in some, it was the hardest. Just remember the board exam was designed to be answered by normal human beings, you don't have to feel that you have to have the highest of honors just so you can survive.
3. YOU WILL MISS CLASSES
Take note that review centers conduct classes until the day before the board exam. They will not give you a month or at least a week to study on your own, classes won't stop in review centers. When our refresher period started it was all exams and flashing and exams, and at a point, I felt that I was wasting my time on something that I wouldn't even remember. A lot of times they will flash 400 questions for 3 hours or so. So I took a break from RC classes and did a self-review. I figured, what would I do with all the new information when I can't even remember the basics.I don't recommend this, only if you really need the time.
4. PICK THE RIGHT REVIEW CENTER
Some review centers only flash the solutions and answers, and you'd go crazy especially during refresher cause how would you even remember the 500 questions that were flashed yesterday or the 100 problem-solving types? If you're not the person with a photographic memory I suggest find a review center that gives the answer and solution that you can write down or take a picture. Better yet, just stick to the best review center, the one with a lot of branches, you know what review center that is.
5. YOU WILL RUN OUT OF TIME
Math and GEAS, 4 hours is such a short time for those subjects. Maximize your time, answer the easy ones first. If you can't answer a problem never give up, cause with a lot of analysis and time you can solve that, so it's better to answer that in the last part when you're surely finished answering all the easy ones.
Electronics and ESAT, these are loooong 5-hour subjects. You can sleep and eat at these times.
6. DON'T STUDY 1-2 WEEKS BEFORE THE BOARDS
Is an actual myth. Especially when review centers stick in your brain a lot of information at these times. And you'd feel the pressure that there's so much that you still need to study. Even before the board exam, and during breaks a lot of people are still studying.
7. CURVING
It is true, there is such a thing as curving. When I took it I only had a 40 minimum and 60 maximum sure per subject, it will feel okay during the boards, but once you hear the other people's statistics you'd feel scared, so don't talk about it! You may feel that Math was the easiest subject, but beware a lot of people go conditional in the math subject. They say that math performs the least curve of all (gossip only).
8. FOOD
You'd see a lot of people eating heavy meals of Jollibee, Mcdo, and other fast foods. I just wanna share.
9. MIRACLES DO HAPPEN
It's true, so never feel that you already failed just because you feel it. Miracles happen, I've read a lot of comments saying they only had a sure of 20 points and still managed to pass. Don't even think about taking it in April, just because they say it's easier, such a waste of time. Just give it your best, be resourceful. Remember, it was designed to produce thousands of Engineers, not fail them.
That's all I have to say. Remember to keep the faith and study hard. Goodluck future Engineers!
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