Well...I bombed it...

I'm going to WGU. I had to take my CCNA today. To give you some background, I had to start my course about 3 weeks late because nobody mentioned I had to buy books. I have two kids, stay at home mom, and too many bills...lol. So I finally got the Cisco Press ICND1 and ICND2 books along with Odom's simulator software. Since I got the ebooks, I have no access to the Boson exams they say you need to take. Which they also failed to inform me about when I got the ebooks. My first 6 month term is up at the end of this month so I had to take it now. Enough complaining.

I bombed. I'm not even through the second book yet. I got 592 on the exam. I've never failed a test in my life. This freaking hurts. Now I have a no pass for this class and they gave me the option of putting it as my first course in my new block, or getting Security+ done, then going back to CCNA. What do you guys think I should do here? I'm really lost.

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apena7

Sliznut wrote: »

You're in Orange. By any chance are you with a girl named Cassie? We may know each other.

Nope, I'm afraid not.

earweed

Part of the reason for the disorganization is that the CCNA is a fairly new course. I've heard that the COS is still not really up to par yet and that you are, indeed, kind of on your own with that course.
Just make sure that you get your 12 CUs (at least) for the term and you should be ok.

tech-airman

Sliznut wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback. You mean the CCENT right? WGU doesn't allow that. It's CCNA or nothing. I meant to get the Security+ before the year is up anyway, but I'm really thinking I may be able to nail this and kill both before the year. Just wondering what others who have gone through it think. I hate the idea of stopping and doing Security+, then going back to CCNA but I don't know.

Sliznut,

The CCNA certification will expire exactly 3 years from the date you achieve initial CCNA certification. So that means if you theoretically re-took and passed the 640-802 CCNA certification exam today on 9/26/2010, then your CCNA certification will expire on 9/26/2013, assuming you do nothing to recertify. So from an expiration standpoint, achieving CCNA certification later means the expiration date will be later also. In other words, the CCNA certification will wait for you when you're ready.