FE, yes, that's it. EIT exam is now FE exam, and I never encouraged EIT as a designation in our office because of the confusion is raises just as you suggest. On a personal note, I think the various boards have missed the point. Demanding that a degreed engineer cannot use the title engineer is equally confusing. For doctors, lawyers and accountants, the title is yours with academic degree, but you must do a residency, pass the bar exam, or CPA exam to be licensed to practice. This would probably make much more sense, but getting 50 states, NCEES, and now perhaps NAFTA agreement at this point is unlikely. Now, for you personally, if you have the FE exam passed, I would encourage you to look at the PE exam, if you are in a business vertical where it has value, such as an architectural/engineering firm. I’m told the PE is now multiple choice, but my guess is fundamentally it has not changed at all, meaning, it will be math and basic engineering principal intensive, while demonstrating the ability to put that basic knowledge into practice to solve real world problems. I studied by just doing problems (NCEES used to sell copies of old tests, as questions were never reused, don’t know about that today). After 5-10 hours of scratching at it, a trend emerged, which generally required you bridge some concepts across basic courses, perhaps in a manner you had never seen in school, but possible just the same, in a novel way to solve the questions asked. From that point on it was just do several of each type, patterns emerged, confidence grew, and you were ready. The test was exhausting, but predictable. That’s my experience, anyway. I made it a personal practice to get in the face of every new engineer to take the FE ASAP (no study required if taken within a year of graduation) and the PE as soon as qualified by experience, as, really, the experience wasn’t as important as the study preparation, which was easier with a shorter period from academic saturation.
