Recommended Study Plan

This is going to be my personal opinion, everyone has different study routines, but in the end what counts is that you have gone through all the materials that are going to be covered on the exam.

Of course it also depends if you are studing by yourself or if you are attending a cisco course in the academy.

First of all I would say... Ask yourself why are you studing and why do you want to get the certification. If  you dont have a job, and are looking for one, just like me, it is a good reason to prove yourself that you can achieve goals. Achieving goals gives you self-confidence and being able to  maintain a study routine also proves that you are constant and have discipline.

Second, if you are sure you want to go for it. Make a study plan, it is very easy, just say for example, I will read a chapter each day, or a will read a chapter every two days, depending on the time available. But the important thing is that you advance in your studies.

Make a summary of each chapter, this will help you reread the topics and understand things that you didint see the first time. I know it sounds boring but sometimes rereading chapters even if it is just to do a quick summary it will help you remember things.

Also, dont do the exam if you dont feel you are ready, do it when you feel you've gone through everything and when you are able to answer questions quite quickly, just like if you were a router switching questions one after the next one :). Of course some of them are going to be discarded.

Yeah. well, I dont know if I am really the best person to give advice about exams. Personally I have done two cisco tests in my life, and I passed both of them the first time. I dont have a high level of certification , but I know I want a job and if this can help me get one, then I am going for it.

By the way, I'll be taking my ICND2 this Thursday, hope it goes well!!