This past week has been crazy because I’ve been very busy doing homework for the five classes that I’m taking at BSU and did not study as much as I would have liked for my ICND1 exam. This morning I decided to wake up at 4:00am and brush up on a few topics before my exam at 9:00 am. So 1 Monster, 2 sausage McMuffins, 1 Egg McMuffin, 2 glasses of water, 1 flax seed pill, 1 500mg Vitamin C and 4 hours of focused study time I decided to go take my test about an hour early.

I actually felt really good while taking the test and felt like I knew most of the questions. I almost missed one of the labs because I didn’t scroll down on the instructions box at first. Honestly I think they should change it because just the way it is designed it seems like you don’t need to scroll and so you end up missing like 4 more things that you need to do. There were a couple of questions that I wasn’t sure about. Like I had them narrowed down to 2 answers, but I could have sat there for hours not knowing which one to choose, so I just picked one and moved on because I didn’t want to run out of time like I did the first time I took it.

I finished this time with 15 minutes to spare. Of course you can’t go back and look at your answers so the test just ends once you answer the last question. And then it just sits there and loads and loads. I’m leaned back in my chair with my hands behind my head with my heart racing harder and harder as the computer takes forever to load the next screen. My mind at this point is of course is worrying about what if I didn’t pass and about how big of a failure I would be not being able to pass the ICND1 exam in two attempts. I also was thinking about how would I get another $125 dollars to take the exam again because there is no way I’m giving up at this point. And then the next screen finally flashes up. It said that I…..It was actually just a bunch of legal stuff from Cisco with a next button at the bottom of the screen. So I very anxiously clicked it and the next screen flashed up very quickly telling me that I PASSED!!!! Yay!! I did it after 33 days and it is the best feeling ever to have. Not just that I’m Cisco Certified now, but the fact that I set a goal and achieved it!

I am now a Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician! Now I need to go study for my calculus test that I have tomorrow.

So what is next on my agenda? Well besides doing well in all my classes this semester, I’m going to finish my study guide so that I can help other people pass the ICND1 Exam in a much more organized and better written manner than my blog does. I will also probably start studying for my ICND2 Exam so that I can get my CCNA. I eventually want to get my CCIE, so I might as well keep heading down the path while I have the momentum.

Thanks everyone for your support and good luck to everyone who is preparing for their Cisco Exams! It’s will worth all the hard work.

-Blake, CCENT

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