Whom To Seek Help.
During your review, you will be needing the help and support of your Review Center,
your fellow reviewers and friends, and your family. Most reviewers never fail to seek the
help of our Almighty Creator, which is of course, the most important thing to do. But you
should also not forget to seek help from the individual who can help you the most -
yourself. Believe in yourself. Believe that you can prepare and discipline yourself to
become a competent licensed Electronics Engineer.
Choosing Your Review Center.
If you believe in professional integrity and you really have the desire to learn, you
should find a Review Center that will help you learn almost everything you need to
become a competent ECE (although it is impossible to teach everything in detail). A
good review center must have
1. A well-planned program (it includes systematic scheduling of topics to be
discussed) and
2. Instructors who are highly competent to discuss their assigned subjects and
who are truly committed in helping the students pass the board exam.
All review centers provide two separate courses: the REVIEW COURSE and the
REFRESHER COURSE. The Review Course is like an ordinary lecture class while the
Refresher Course (which usually starts 2 months before the board) may include a
Question and Answer type of discussion or it may be a whole day exam for the
students.
Attending 2 Review Centers.
What about attending two review centers for the Review Course? The advantages of
having 2 centers are first, lessons are discussed twice and with 2 different approaches
(from 2 different instructors) - it really aids retention and better understanding especially
for difficult topics. Second, if one of the center unintentionally fails to include some
lessons, the other one can make up for that. The disadvantages are lesser time to study
on your own and higher tuition fees; but with proper time management and some
financial aids from the centers, it is really advantageous two have 2 review centers.
On the contrary, attending 2 centers for the Refresher Course is more of a
disadvantage. During this period, you will need more time to study on your own.
Nevertheless, I do know some persons who attended 2 refresher courses and pass the
board.
Always remember that whichever review center(s) you choose, their effort in helping
and guiding you in your review is just 30% - 40% of what is needed; you have to provide
the remaining 60% - 70%.
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