Graduated five days ago, but I guess the grind truly never stops, huh?
Funny story about this certification: one of the big draws of my now-alma mater's IT degree programs is that they include several well-regarded industry certifications that go a long way toward validating practical knowledge, and look good on a resume. Tuition is a flat rate per six-month term, and the costs of these certification exams–and one retake, if necessary–are covered by the university. (Up to five attempts are possible, but any attempt beyond the second comes out of the student's pocket.)
Anyway... this particular one USED TO be part of the program that I just completed. Apparently so many students were failing their first attempt–requiring the school to pay the exam org for the first retake–that they said "you know what, we're gonna make our own in-house exam for this class and if you pass that, we'll GIVE you the option of taking the certification exam (ONCE!) on us."
So now that I'm done, I'm taking that option. (And the in-house exam for this was really easy, at least for me. I took and passed it while taking a break from writing a paper for another class, and never even had to look at the course materials.)
