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Dan Bender wrote:

> Yeah it isn't that easy, it does take work.  I agree, its funny to hear and
> see
> the amount of people who want to take this track of courses.  When in
> reality 80 percent fail the first exam more than once? Or something like
> this, not sure exact figures.  There were a couple of exams I sweated on,
> but most of them were too easy I thought.   But this is mostly due to
> microsoft's
> ambigous ways. Ah well. I have heard of this one guy he cheated 4 times, and
> all
> four times he failed.  Meanwhile the testing center knew he was cheating,
> cause they
> watch you, and called sylvan prometric.  They asked "what should we do"?
> Sylvan
> was like, "don't say anything when he fails, but when he does finally pass
> bust em"
> I thought this was great! Anyways the 5th time he took it, sure enough he
> wipped
> out some sort of cheating card or something, and they caught him, he was
> pissed
> needless to say, and I do believe he stopped pursuing his MCSE after that
> point.
> Can you believe it? Someone who fails a exam more than once in my book
> should
> pack their bags. Man, I tell ya.
>
> Dan
> MCSE

The exam center, where I take the test, told me the average failure rate is 75%.
So, you're pretty close. That doesn't make it sound like an easy exam. I know an
MCSE, who took Enterprise exam four times before he past it and he has close to
ten years experience. I don't even have that many month of experiences and I
past the same exam on the second try. I should've past at the first time, but I
was surprised how easy it is and took it lightly. I went back two days later and
had no problems passing it. I'm still beating up myself for that. Yeah, I have
to agree with you, some of the exams are easy. That makes cheating unnecessary
in my book. If I would cheat and get away with it, it still works against me
anyway. Once I'm working, there's no cheating and people would realize in hurry,
that I'm just a fake. That's not how I want to be. I rather be prepared for the
exam and for the field. So far, I have no problems with applying the knowledge
on the field. The problem is the scope of the knowledge, at the moment. Luckily,
I'm working with people who are very understanding and I'm very thankful for
that. I'm a lot tougher on myself, than they are.
One aspect of the getting certified is the way people do it. I have a main job,
which has no relation to network field. My part time job is in the field.
Working 10-12 hours a day and studying for the exam and having a family is not
easy. I'm not looking for sympathy, or anything like that. What I'm trying to
tell you is I really want this and I'm like a sponge. Soaking up anything
realated to the network field. Even this discussion gives me direction on what I
should do. It's too bad the day is only 24 hours <G>.