I've been talking with my dad and he wants me to take (or better yet to complete) an MCP cert by the time I graduate (August 2006).

Though I surf SF and like to read about tweaking, fixing, general news about hardware, software etc etc. I don't know if I'm ready to take the MCP exam.
My only experience is mostly what is said here in SF, don't have any employee experience just as a freelance as fixing 3-8 computers in a location.

I haven't really played with any Windows Server OS so I can't say I know how to setup an Active Directory and IIS in 2 hours (don't know if it's possible just making up a number).

What can I expect from a MCP test? It's been years I've used DOS, just know some basic commands that I use in command prompt. I've never changed an I/O or IRQ.

So the real question is when do I know I'm ready to take (or prepare) myself an MCP cert?

Any feedback is appreciated