Find out where you're going wrong in your IStructE exam practice.

Get your IStructE past paper solution reviewed by another candidate preparing for the CM Exam. Identify mistakes in your structural schemes, calculations and drawings, and learn what to do differently in your next attempt. In return, review another candidate's solution and help them improve too.

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✓Get feedback on your own exam attempt
✓Review another candidate's solution
✓Learn from mistakes and alternative approaches

Stop making the same mistakes in every past paper

Completing IStructE past papers is one of the best ways to prepare for the CM Exam. But finishing a paper doesn't necessarily mean you've understood where your solution fell short.

You might have chosen an inefficient structural scheme, overlooked a critical design consideration, made an incorrect assumption or presented your calculations in a way that's difficult to follow.

Without feedback, these mistakes can go unnoticed until exam day. Having another candidate review your work helps you identify weaknesses, understand alternative approaches and make each practice paper count. Reviewing their solution helps reinforce those lessons in your own work.

How it works

1. Upload your exam attempt

Upload your completed IStructE past paper, including your structural scheme, calculations and drawings. You can submit a full paper or focus on a particular question you're struggling with.

2. Get matched with another candidate

We match you with another engineer preparing for the IStructE CM Exam. You'll exchange solutions: they'll review your work, and you'll review theirs. Both candidates benefit from receiving constructive feedback.

3. Learn from each other's mistakes

Receive feedback on your own solution to understand where it could be improved. Reviewing your partner's work helps you identify mistakes, compare engineering approaches and reinforce your understanding. Apply what you've learned to your next past paper.

Get feedback from someone who understands the exam

Your solution is reviewed by another structural engineer preparing for the IStructE CM Exam. In return, you'll review their solution and help them improve.

  • ✓Understand the challenges of completing structural engineering past papers under exam conditions
  • ✓Recognise common difficulties with scheme design, calculations and drawing presentation
  • ✓Compare your engineering approach with someone tackling the same examination
  • ✓Learn by identifying strengths and weaknesses in another candidate's work

Peer reviews are carried out by fellow exam candidates, not Chartered Engineer examiners. The service works through a reciprocal exchange: you receive feedback on your solution and provide feedback on another candidate's solution.

Turn every past paper into a learning opportunity

The IStructE CM Exam tests more than your ability to complete calculations. You need to demonstrate:

Appropriate and efficient structural scheme selection
Sound engineering judgement and design assumptions
Clear, accurate and well-presented calculations
Practical construction considerations and sequencing
Drawings that communicate your structural solution effectively

Getting your work reviewed helps you understand how these aspects come together in a successful exam attempt. Reviewing another candidate's work gives you a different perspective: you'll practise spotting weaknesses, evaluate alternative structural schemes and reinforce the lessons you can apply to your own exam preparation.

Pricing

Get more out of every IStructE past paper you complete.

IStructE Peer Review - £5 per paper

One-time payment

  • ✓A review of your submitted exam solution by another candidate
  • ✓Feedback on your structural scheme and design approach
  • ✓Comments on calculations and drawings
  • ✓Identification of potential mistakes and areas for improvement
  • ✓An opportunity to review another candidate's solution
  • ✓Insights to help you approach your next exam attempt
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One-off payment per review. Peer review is a reciprocal exchange: you must review another candidate's solution to receive feedback on your own.

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Make your next IStructE past paper count

You've completed the paper. Now find out what you could have done better. Exchange feedback with another candidate, learn from each other's mistakes and use every practice attempt to become a stronger candidate.

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