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MTA Certs?

earonw49earonw49 Member Posts: 190 ■■■□□□□□□□
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Good day to you all!

I was wondering if anyone has obtained their MTA certs. Reason why I am asking is because it says on the MTA website that you have to be a student in order to be able to take the exams, however I read somewhere else that this isn't true. I want to take away the MTA requirements for the WGU IT:Security Requirements and the exams vouchers are cheap, so I want to just get those out of the way.

Thanks
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    ratbuddyratbuddy Member Posts: 665
    Why bother? WGU pays for the exams, so it's not like you'd be saving any money. Just study ahead of time, and let them sponsor the actual tests. Also, you might be able to skip some of the MTAs by taking higher level courses. Ask your enrollment counselor or mentor.
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    adam220891adam220891 Member Posts: 164 ■■■□□□□□□□
    I have taken one. When I completed the Networking Foundations exam, I was given MCP and MTA certificates.

    You do not have to be a student. I took it at a certiport location and provided my license and 25 dollar proctor fee. I purchased the voucher online and assigned it to myself on the certiport website, but brought it to the facility just in case.

    Extremely easy test.
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    earonw49earonw49 Member Posts: 190 ■■■□□□□□□□
    ratbuddy wrote: »
    Why bother? WGU pays for the exams, so it's not like you'd be saving any money. Just study ahead of time, and let them sponsor the actual tests. Also, you might be able to skip some of the MTAs by taking higher level courses. Ask your enrollment counselor or mentor.

    You see I also thought of /considered that point however I don't know of any "higher level courses".

    I also want these certifications to help my current resume. I won't be attending WGU for another semester or two so I can save time in the long run if I just do them now while I am in Nashville where there is a testing center (I am moving away mid next year).

    I will give an enrollment counselor for advice/questions in regards to this.
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    DoubleNNsDoubleNNs Member Posts: 2,015 ■■■■■□□□□□
    I'd go for a full Win 7/8/Server test then. Much cheaper than the CompTIAs, would help a lot in the mean time (I know there were a ton of Win 7 migration postings over the summer, and I'm sure there's still more out there w/ XP hitting end of life in few months), and it might be possible that they can allow you to skip the MTAs.

    But of course, speak to your enrollment adviser about skipping the MTAs 1st.
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