college

[JacobM5727]

ive decided to see about college
acc; arapahoe community college
today i went and did my financial aid application, and actually school application or whatever.. tomorrow i will take their placement test, and monday i should know if its gonna happen

ive decided to take their computer network tech course
it gives an associate of applied science, and a cisco certified network associate certificate, i believe

its a two year thing.. no math (woohoo)

i will let you know how it goes

should make shahani happy

[Mike]

Congrats and good luck.
Ohh no math? Maybe I should do that then!

[daveleau]

Great!

While I would recommend a Bachelors degree over an associate or cert for better job opportunities, college of any kind is bound to help you in your carreer. Stick with it and enjoy! You will do well!

Dave

[JacobM5727]

after this i can switch to a real college for a bachelors, ect
but that would take math lol

[JacobM5727]

today i took the cpt (placement) test
i did surprisingly well

Section: Score | Percentile
Reading Comprehension: 99 | 80
Sentance Skills: 95 | 64
Arithmetic: 81 | 72
Elementry Algebra: 32 |38

with those scores, im pretty sure i will get to do my computer classes

im pretty happy today

[NeoStarO1]

Originally posted by JacobM5727
iits a two year thing.. no math (woohoo)

Hi jacobM.
congrats on deciding to go to college. that is cool !!!!


On the math thingy, um I don't want to burst your bubble but most 2 year degrees have some general ed requirements and math is one of them as well as english.


All that aside, Congrats!!!

[JacobM5727]

heres the list of classes for it
there are some general ed ones.. but no math ones

Major courses:
CIS 110 Introduction to PC operating systems
CIS 112 Introduction to windows
CIS 113 Advanced windows
CIS 118 Introduction to PC applications
CIS 171 Computer technology 1
CIS 172 Computer technology 2
CIS 200 Introduction to network concepts* OR
NET 105 Network technologies*
NET 110 Network cabling*
NET 115 Local area networks*
NET 120 Wide area connectivity*
NET 125 Network architectures*
NET 130 Network devices*
NET 140 Network hardware: A+
NET 170 Network analysis and design
NET 180 Network interoperability
CIS 290 Cooperative education - Careert training
*Not required for students selecting the Cisco Network Admin Track i am doing this

General education Courses:
BUS 115 Introduction to business
ENG 131 Technical Writing
MAN 226 Principles of management
SPE 115 Public Speaking

Elective Courses (choose two):
CIS 115 Introduction to computer information
CIS 185 Wireless network administation
CSC 160 Computer science 1 (java)
ELT 100 Basic electronics
MAR 216 Principles of marketing
PSY 116 Stress management lol
SPE 225 Organizational communications

of those pick two i think i will take:
CIS 185 Wireless network administation
and
ELT 100 Basic electronics

Courses for Cisco Track:
CIS 206 Cisco network technology
CIS 207 Cisco router theory and router technology
CIS 208 Cisco advanced routing and switching
CIS 209 Cisco network project

[willy_ph]

Congrats Jacob. Might have to work a bit on sentence structure, eh? Ahh well. Congrats and good luck.

[originel]

that sounds really cool...congrats man!

but hey if you don't go for your bachelors you'll be missing out on so many FUN courses like these that i have to take:
Calculus 1-3
differential equations
linear algebra
discrete mathematics
theory of automata

c'mon...don't they just sounds like a blast man!

[NeoStarO1]

Well cool on going to college.

ygpm jacob