VCA-DCV I thought you had to take this from an authorized "school"?

So supposedly you can just take their free 2.5 hr course online and then take the cert? I thought you had to go to an authorized college in order to take this course?

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Essendon

That's only for the VCP, not the VCA.

gbdavidx

So the VCA you have to take from an "authorized" school?

atl_libra

You don't have to take any courses. They just recommend one. Just sit the "exam" for VCA.

Essendon

The VCP course you gotta do at an authorized institution. The VCA can be done at home.

gbdavidx

Essendon wrote: »

The VCP course you gotta do at an authorized institution. The VCA can be done at home.

God dammit, people at my school are dumb. I totally thought you had to take this at an authorized institution. What a waste of time this is. Thank you for the clarification. I appreciate it

Essendon

Yeah when the VCA was free, it wasnt so bad. But now full price ($150, I think), it's just not worth it anymore. Study for it, but dont take the test unless your company will pay.

Deathmage

I took it Wednesday night. Only cost me 80 dollars and took me 25 minutes to do it. I use Esxi at home in my lab so the terminology I understand well. Labs are awesome!

Also a college in NC popular on here offers a 8 week course for VCP. I'm doing it in August. Go to the search feature on the main page and search "Stanly" you should be able to find it quick....

JeanM

gbdavidx wrote: »

God dammit, people at my school are dumb. I totally thought you had to take this at an authorized institution. What a waste of time this is. Thank you for the clarification. I appreciate it

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mjnk77

To get your VCP, you will need to take the class from an authorized institution. I went to the local community college that has a "Continuing Education" department that offers a lot of IT classes. My class was 80 hrs. Two nights a week for 3.5 hrs each night in a classroom. It was about 11 weeks. I would strongly recommend looking at similar programs. I really enjoyed the structure of the class and the instructor knew his stuff. Don't do a bootcamp. They're too short and you won't learn much. Good luck!