Hello everyone, although this is my first post I have been lurking around here for the past couple of months. I have been reading the posts on here which have had some great conversations, advice, and encouragement to all those who attempt these exams. So now that I have successfully taken and passed the BSCI exam this morning on my first try, I thought I would add what I could to the community.
I passed with an 869. Could have been better if I didn't accidentally skip answering the other 2 questions out of a 3 question testlet (Doh!
), but I am happy nonetheless though and can now really enjoy the holidays
. Was definitely a difficult test though, don't downplay this one. When you think you have studied enough, study some more.
Now onto what I used to prepare....... ****, ****, and more ****! JK
, I did it legit.
I actually took this through the Cisco Net Academy through UW-Stout, so it also counts as credit towards my BS degree. Downside is it's a full semester course, so it will take me a little longer to fully complete my CCNP. The plus side is however that with my tuition it included a voucher to take the exam for free, plus 4 months of unlimited remote lab use that consists of 2800 series routers. Other than that I just used the curriculum from the cisco academy, the BSCI portable command guide, and the BSCI exam cert guide (I didn't find much value in this book). I thought the material through the academy was really good, covered everything in great detail (read through this twice). Also the quizzes that are provided in the academy are very helpful, they are a lot closer to what you see on the exam than the CD's provided with the exam cert guides have.
That's about all I have to say about that, hopefully I didn't rant too much. Now time to enjoy the holidays and start up on BCMSN and CCNA:Voice next semester. Happy holidays everyone
