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COURSE
SIGNUP
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OTHER PROVIDERS
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| Billing
rate per instruction hour |
You are billed
from $ 1.00 to $ 1.80 per hour |
You are billed at
$
20 to $ 50 per hour |
| Total
class time |
You receive
1000
to 2000 hours
of problem-solving training |
You receive
20
to 50 hours of lectures
to review 4 years of engineering coursework |
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Free Demo
sessions |
You are given
free
demo sessions |
No
free
demo sessions |
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Free Sample problems |
You have access to
free problems |
No
free problems |
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Free 8-pack courses |
Receive
free courses - $ 160 value |
No
free courses |
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Free 30-day Trial |
Evaluate the program
free for 30 days |
No
free evaluation |
| Full
payment required upfront |
interest-free
installment plan |
Take-it-or-leave-it
Full Prepayment Upfront |
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10 % Discount |
You can
pay off the balance at anytime and
receive a 10% discount |
No
10% discount |
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5 % Cash-Back |
You can
stay with the payment plan and make payments on time for a 5%
cash-back |
No
5% cash-back |
| Refunds
and withdrawals |
You can
withdraw
from the program at anytime which ends all billing |
After the
class has started
you will not get a refund |
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COURSE TECHNOLOGY
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OTHER PROVIDERS
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Re-education
program or refresher
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A
training program which thoroughly teaches the
material from the ground up by assuming that users:
1. have forgotten everything
2. never learned the material well in school.
3. have never taken courses in the material. |
A
refresher course where users are assumed to have learned the
material already
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Problem-solving
training format or lectures
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The
course uses an in-session study
format where users hand-solve problems during the sessions, working
in a guided, structured, interactive format with continuous feedback. |
The
review is lecture
based, where the instructor lectures theory and equations, with very
few problems solved in class; users have to learn and study on their own
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PASS RATE
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OTHER PROVIDERS
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Will the training organization provide references
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Verifiable
references are provided |
Unknown |
How succesful are users in
passing the licensing exam ?
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Over
90%
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Unknown
pass rates
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SESSION TIME AND COURSE FEES
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ENSYS |
OTHER PROVIDERS
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| total
numberr of instruction hours
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1000
for EIT and
2000
hours for PE programs |
20
to 50 hours |
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hourly
rate |
$
1.00 to
$ 1.80 |
$
20 to $ 50 |
How
Much Would Other Providers Charge
for the 1000 hr eIT program
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$
1615
with 10% discount - essentials version
Start the program with $ 95, pay the balance in installments over a
period of 6 months to 1 year with zero-interest |
$
20,000 to $ 50,000
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How
Much Would Other Providers Charge
for the 2000 hr pE program |
$
2155 with 10% discount - essentials version
Start the program with $ 95, pay the balance in installments over a
period of 6 months to 1 year with zero-interest |
$
40,000 to $ 100,000
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INCENTIVES
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ENSYS |
OTHER PROVIDERS
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| Are
waivers offered |
Waivers
are offered for the $ 695 retake or 6-month program extension fee |
Users
must pay the full fee for retakes
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| 10%
discount |
10%
discounts are offered |
No
discounts |
| Is
a paid referral program offered |
10%
commissions paid for referrals |
No
payment for referrals |
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ACADEMIC
SUPPORT
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ENSYS |
OTHER PROVIDERS
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Email
academic support
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For short questions.
The users sends us an email
We respond via email |
No
academic support is offered
You are on your own after the sale is made
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Pcvoice
academic support
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For more involved questions which require a more detailed response.
The user sends us an email
We respond to the
issue by writing a detailed text response.
The user receives the text response and a PcVoice reader attachment.
The user inserts the text-response in the reader
The user's computer reads the text via computer-voice. |
No
academic support is offered
You are on your own after the sale is made
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Audio/whiteboard
academic support
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For questions which require diagrams to explain the concepts.
The user sends us an email
We respond to the
issue by building a customized whiteboard and audio-file for the user
The customized files are then sent via email attachments. |
No
academic support is offered
You are on your own after the sale is made
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Live
24/7 Private Instruction via Toll-free phone
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For instant response to questions.
The user calls the academic toll-free support line
and receives live phone
support |
No
academic support is offered
You are on your own after the sale is made
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Live
24/7 Private
instruction via web-conferencing
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For instant response to questions which require diagrams to explain the
concepts.
The user receives private, one-on-one instruction.
The user logs in the
dedicated ENSYS multipoint-conferencing server network,
accesses a live conferencing
website,
and the issue is resolved via live audio and video conferencing.
The academic issue is resolved in real-time with face-to-face, private
instruction. |
No
academic support is offered
You are on your own after the sale is made
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COURSE
STRUCTURE
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OTHER PROVIDERS
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Will users have to do all
studying outside of the program
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The course
is designed so
that users can do all their studying during the sessions
5 levels of academic support are available |
Users
must study on their own after lectures
No academic support is available, users are on their own
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Does the review follow the
NCEES format
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The NCEES
manual and study-guides are an integral part of the program where
users learn how to work with the manual and practice looking up,
highlighting and applying formulas to problems. |
Users
receive no training in working with the handbooks
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| How well supported is the
course |
A
course kit organizes all your work for easy reference |
No
course-kit
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Will users receive training
in calculator routines
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Yes, users receive
integrated training in calculator routines |
No
calculator training is available
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TEACHING METHODS
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ENSYS |
OTHER PROVIDERS
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| Teaching
Methods |
Hands-on
problem-solving with live academic support
RIMS and SIMS training methods are used |
Lectures
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| number
of problems solved by user |
5000
to 10,000 problems |
100
problems solved |
| Independent
study required outside sessions |
No,
users study in sessions |
Users
must study on their own |
| feedback;
help available when user gets stuck |
5
academic support levels are included in the standard version |
No
academic support
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| commuting to the review required |
Online
and offline access to the program |
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FACULTY EIT / PE TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
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ENSYS |
OTHER PROVIDERS
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Teaching
staff qualifications
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Taught by full-time faculty who specialize in teaching
only eit/pe subjects, over 60,000 hours eit/pe teaching experience |
The review
is taught by
faculty on a part-time basis with their main careers outside the review
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| full-time faculty used |
Yes |
No |
| faculty
specialized in reviews |
Yes |
No |
| faculty
Has career outside reviews |
No |
Yes |
| faculty
teaching component courses of the reviews as
seperate problem-solving
courses |
Yes,
in addition to teaching the programs,
the faculty also
teaches the component courses, on a full-time, professional, year-round
basis |
No
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