I'm gonna freakin pass 70-290 this time!!!

Because the 3rd time is supposedly the charm lol.

Well, I've just started studying again. I'm trying a completely different route this time around. I'm studying 1 hour per night for 1 week. Then I'm going to ramp it up to 2 hours a night 1 hour for a practice test, then 1 hour for studying. I'm figuring that in 3 weeks, I should be able to retake the test.

The first time I took the test, I was a bit over confident. I'm a network admin and I've been around server 2k3 since it's inception. I work with server 2k3 servers daily. So I figured I could walk in and pass. Boy was I wrong. I got a 651.

The second time, I actually studied for 2 weeks. I pretty much crammed and took a ton of practice tests. Incredibly, I did worse with a ~620. Not sure what happened.

This time, I'm starting over and doing things the "right" way. Hopefully by mid November, I should be ready to pass this test. Then I can get started on the beast (70-291).

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Comments

leefdaddy

Awesome man, way to stick with it! Congrats!

94jedi

Reseven wrote: »

Congratz!!!

The force was strong with you!

Thanks! At this rate, I'll pass the beast in about 6 tries lol.

krauser

94jedi wrote: »

Thanks! At this rate, I'll pass the beast in about 6 tries lol.

Don't say that, you're cursing yourself. Use the MS book properly, and you will pass in a single shot.

Good Luck

earweed

krauser wrote: »

Don't say that, you're cursing yourself. Use the MS book properly, and you will pass in a single shot.

Good Luck

Use the MS Press book and lab like crazy and you'll knock it out of the park. Give up that examcram as it's gonna fail you every time.
Good Luck

poriggity

MS press for the win!
Scott

Mojo_666

Well done, I use MS Press books and nuggets for all my studies.

someeh

94jedi wrote: »

Thanks! At this rate, I'll pass the beast in about 6 tries lol.

Don't feel bad dude.. I'm going on my 4th try with the 290 lol.

Gaber

Nicely done mate, I admire your dedication for not letting the exam get the better of you - with that winning attitude I am sure you will blast 291!

94jedi

Gaber wrote: »

Nicely done mate, I admire your dedication for not letting the exam get the better of you - with that winning attitude I am sure you will blast 291!

thanks bud! I think I'm going to start studying for 291 in a week or so.