Should I do a course or homestudy?

Oh man! Ad-blocking software has been detected! :'(

This website is run by the community, for the community... and it needs advertisements in order to keep running. Blocking our ads means your killing our stats!
Please disable your ad-block, or become a premium member to hide all advertisements and this notice.

Hi there,

I was pointed to this site by the almighty google, and thought I'd ask a few questions.

Firstly Is the format of the test multiple choice like the practice questions on the CompTIA website?

Secondly, should I go on a proper course, or simply buy the course materials and learn myself? I am very familiar with computers, having been building them since I was 14 (I'm 18 now). I am also allways the first point of call for anyone with a computer problem in my family/friends.

I passed all of the practice questions on the CompTIA website with 8/10 or higher in all 4 of the mini tests (without any revision or work, just clicked out of interest).

So which do you think? If I put the effort in am I likely to succeed with un-tutored learning?
More about me: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ajhayter
From
Aj

 

what Ken said

 

All i can say is you may get the course free of charge in portsmouth,under 19s get great college benefits.The next teaching seesion is during september i think,the last one began in january.

I can tell you from my own experience the college course in Portsmouth is hard to beat for thoroughness and teaching of the A+.

They do 100 hours of training,20 to 30 hours is hands on training with hardware.

If you can get this all free of charge,or discounted it would be worthwhile.

There will be parts of the A+ i think you'll never have come across yet,as they teach you how to work for companies,the rules are obviously different from fixing up a pc for a neighbour.

It's that side i think which will surprise you the most.

I could also build pcs years before i started on the A+,but the course is way beyond just building a pc,i ended up spending more than 200 hours on the A+ ,even with years of experience of building and fixing pcs behind me.

 

Personally I learn better self studying because I can do everything at my own pace.

 

I did self-study and it worked beautifully for me. However, the materials I learned from went over a lot of detail - pin-outs, CPU specs, bandwidth/specs of SCSI drives, etc - that I was never asked about in the exam. From that I can conclude that it's probably best to learn from people who have already taken the exams if possible.

 

A course is more than likely going to be more enjoyable than self study and i you really learn new things best when you discuss the with others.