I passed...ICND2...YEAH!!!!

davidspirovalentine

Thanks one and all!!! I passed the ICND2 this morning with a 945/1000 and am very pleased with my result... Now I am a CCNA (obviously)... Thanks Guys!!!

On to the MCSE...

I will miss this forum... (david wipes away his tears with his score report)...

See you all again in the CCNP forums in about 6 months!!!

Regards,
David

human151

Congratulations.

welcome to the club

mikej412

davidspirovalentine wrote: »

I passed

Congratulations!!

davidspirovalentine wrote: »

I will miss this forum...

No need to miss the forum -- you can still come back and visit (and answer questions to help the noobs) when you need a study break from the MCSE!

Good Luck with your MCSE studies!!

wastedtime

Congratz, on completing your CCNA and good luck on MCSE.

davidspirovalentine

human151- You dont know how good I feel!!! Thanks glad to be a part of it!!!

mikej412- Of course I will be back!!! The ccna-ccent forum is my homepage and I check out the latest posts and reply to the ones I can... That wont change... I meant, missing the forum in the way that I have asked all the questions that I needed too...i sadly wont post new topics for a while... But I will ALWAYS be answering other noob posts because I know how it feels when a certified person tells you that you can do it!!! Thanks heaps Mike!!!

wastedtime- I will need alot of luck for the MCSE... I hear the 70-291 is a killer aka the beast, however I hope it all goes okay...Thanks!!!

Regards,
David

7255carl

great news, congrats on the pass, good luck with the MCSE

ziggi138

Congrats on the pass.

billscott92787

Congrats on the pass man. Awesome score. Good luck on your MCSE and future CCNP studies.

dave151

Well done and good luck with the MCSE

ncsugrad2002

Quick question.. I'm sure I could find the answer via google in about 2 minutes

But how much does it typically costs to take all of the test(s) required for MCSE? I've never done much research on it.

Oh, and congrats!

GAngel

ncsugrad2002 wrote: »

Quick question.. I'm sure I could find the answer via google in about 2 minutes

But how much does it typically costs to take all of the test(s) required for MCSE? I've never done much research on it.

Oh, and congrats!

7 exams at $150usd if you only do MS electives.

davidspirovalentine

GAngel wrote: »

7 exams at $150usd if you only do MS electives.

I can confirm the above...

It is expensive but I think it pays itself back in a reasonably short period of time (not the case with some IT certification exams)...

Why, you interested?

ncsugrad2002

davidspirovalentine wrote: »

I can confirm the above...

It is expensive but I think it pays itself back in a reasonably short period of time (not the case with some IT certification exams)...

Why, you interested?

Yep..well, slightly. I need to go ahead and take the CCNA though first. I've been ready for it for months now and just haven't had the $$ to spend to go take the test

I need to quit buying lab equipment and spend some $$ on the test instead,

thenjduke

Good luck and see you in six months as well in CCNP. I have MCSE so plan on CCNA and then CCNP/

MikeO5422

Great score. You should be very proud! Good luck on those damn MS exams!

davidspirovalentine

MikeO5422 wrote: »

Great score. You should be very proud! Good luck on those damn MS exams!

Damn MS exams is right!!! The questions look like they were written by lawyers!!! They are soooo long...I love cisco exams, there is no grey area you either know it or you dont!!! Thanks.

ncsugrad2002- Knock out your CCNA and lets get MCSA together!

thenjduke- yep will see you in ccnp!!! How long did your mcse take ya?

ncsugrad2002

davidspirovalentine wrote: »

Damn MS exams is right!!! The questions look like they were written by lawyers!!! They are soooo long...I love cisco exams, there is no grey area you either know it or you dont!!! Thanks.

ncsugrad2002- Knock out your CCNA and lets get MCSA together!

thenjduke- yep will see you in ccnp!!! How long did your mcse take ya?

Haha, I was actually watching the CBT Nugget videos the other day and Jeremy was talking about being asked to write books/practice questions for both Cisco and MS exams. He said on the Cisco exams they asked for the most straight forward, black/white type questions where you either knew it or didn't. On Microsoft exams he said publishers asked for the craziest double negative, confusing ways of asking questions.

Typical Microsoft.

trackit

having taken the MCSE 2003 track, i would say its not THAT bad yeah, MS questions were longer etc, but i almost never had problems understanding the question (and i didnt fail any of the MCSE exams)

tenrou

MS exams require a lower score to pass so while the questions can sometimes be a little bit muddier than the Cisco questions they offer a bit more slack in getting more questions wrong and still passing.