So I somehow got it in my head that I was taking the CIW exam on the 28th of September, I had it on my calendar at home, I told my Mentor at school, my wife, my friends… everybody! So imagine my surprise when I logged in to my computer at work on the 25th, and a message popped up saying “CIW Foundations Exam: 9:30 AM”.
What!? Today? Oh crap! So I’m sitting at work, 30 minutes away from the test center and the task is due in the next 15 minutes! So I start calling: the testing center, Prometric, my wife, etc. At first I was thinking I would try to reschedule, but something inside me said “Dude, you’ll be fine, just go take the test”.
So I hopped in my car and drove to the testing center. It took them about 10 minutes to get everything prepared and get the test loaded on the computer. I sat down and clicked start.
The next thing I know, I’m through 85 questions in about 30 minutes. I clicked submit and I see that wonderful message I never get tired of seeing “Congratulations!…”
So I passed with an 85%, it’s not a perfect score, but it’s then I blew the curve out of the water! You only need 54% to pass, glad I didn’t go that low though.
The parts I missed were mostly concerning the web development stuff, but I’m not a web developer, so it doesn’t really affect me, my study program, or my career, so I’m good.
Now I’m getting ready to take the 2 part CompTIA A+ IT Technician Exam in the next couple of weeks. Then I’m adding the CompTIA Project+ exam to my to my program for the semester. Once that’s done I will have knocked out 18 credit towards my degree program in one semester. moving my projected graduation date up to January 2011, a short 16 months away! If I can knock out a Bachelors in what will then be 19 months, that would be VERY cool. I could be in graduate school before my 42nd birthday and probably have my MBA in Information Technology Management before I’m 45. That’s what I’m talking about!