Uni and certs...

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Hey, i applied for an academy called 'Zenos' in December, if your not familiar with it:

Its an academy offering a 5 month intesive course followed by a 12 month work & training course.
At the end of the course you should have achived: MCDST, Adv. Diploma for IT Practitioners, N+, MCSA, Adv. Apprenticeship Cert.

Anyway, im not sure if ive used the correct section of the forum, but my question is:

Is there any way of entering university with the above qualifications?

btw. : Im currently in my last year at school, thats why ive applied for Zenos now as i dont want to go the college root for various personal reasons.

Thx

 

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Firstly, what sort of guarantee do you have that you'll have got *any* of those certifications? Secondly, I doubt that a university would recognise any of the above until you were a 'mature student' with years of experience and several more.

How much did you spend on this, by the way?

Edit: Forgive my cynicism, I've looked at the site, and the programme they offer seems to be reasonably sound. However, I think that it's going to be a really steep climb from 0 - *all of those certs*. Really steep. I can see you maybe getting the MCDST, but not MCSA. The others tend not to be as recognised as Microsoft/CompTIA at entry level.

Good luck and all, but try to keep a realistic view of what you're going to come out with. Also, grab yourself some books or such, and start studying some of the A+ material. It'll give you what you need to 'hit the ground running'.

 

hmm..
1) i never said id done the qualifications, i only stated the qualifications that i could possibly gain throughout the course.

2) I havnt spent or will spend anything.. its a free to join academy for 16-18/19 year olds
3) i didnt really see any point to your reply.. my question was if : MCDST, MCSA, N+, AAC, ADITP give any UCAS points or enable university entry.

 

I agree. Universities will usually look for the general qualifications gained from College or 6th Form's (A Levels, BTEC's etc) . They do occasionally let people in (mature students) who have equivilant experience.
It would depend on the university though.

 

I'm sure this came up recently on the forums.

Do a search and I'm sure you'll find the discussion.

 

finally a decent reply.. thanks for the information ken

&& to mattstevenson: ok thx for editing your reply.. && thanks for the good look and the advice , very helpfull.

 

When I went to uni I never saw anything about certs giving UCAS points and I doubt that has changed.

There is a thread on Zenos on CF use the search feature and you'll find it.

Personally I think you'd do better by going to college.

Good luck.

 

Hi, I know it's been mentioned already - a couple of universities Thames Valley University being one of them will consider applications based on professional/technical skills, they may ask you to take a introduction year, it's a HND intro to the course to get you up to speed. Although, as already mentioned work experience in the industry and the certs would also get you in.