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| mngome 2000-08-07, 7:51 pm |
| i am a 17yr old female just passed the A+ Core Exam and will be takind the DOS portion soon. I plan on attending college, Computer Science, but I do not know if I should attend classes for MCSE or do self study.Any advice, please.
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| You might try a little bit of both, www.leapit.com offers free on line courses in a variety of subjects. | |
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| mngome
No need of hurry getting MCSE. You still young. Wait until you decide your major in college, many people changing their mind after they get into the college.
My suggestion is wait until you are junior if you still in CS or IS major. Then take the MCSE. You can always do self study.
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| Kasor hit it on the nose. Go to college first and then decide which direction to go. It may not seem like it, but your degree will carry you much farther, especially with a certification, than just a certification or two. Find a niche first. Decide on how you want to contribute to the IT industry and go from there. Believe me, there will be enough time to get certified after college. | |
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| I would agree with the previous posts, unless your planning on being a network admin. while you attend college, I'd wait on the MCSE. By the time you enter the field full time the next MCSE track may be retiring anyway.
If you have some extra time to study towards a certification, try the other CompTIA certs.: Network+, i-Net+, and, even, Certified Document Imaging Architech. And CompTIA will have a Server+ and Linux+ cert. available, probably, by the time you finish all the current exams. The CompTIA certs. give you a basic, broad exposure to many aspects of IT; the exposure will help you don't retire, and the variety of exams could with your classes and your ultimate career choice. There is, or will be, a wide variety of self-study material available for
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| I agree with darthw. Depending on what direction you want to go, check with the college to see if they allow certification to count as course credit. Some colleges and universities recognize some certifications to count for a particular course. You probably can ask your academic advisor or department head/dean. |
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