From: Pete Kowalsky (pkowalsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Jan 17 2001 - 14:55:21 GMT-3
I definitely agree -- BUT, make SURE you're not going to do what I did,
and take the course 3.5 months before your lab. That was WAY too early in
the game for me -- I got a healthy reality check from the course at that
time, but I got tied up with client junk afterwards, forgot what new stuff I
experienced, and did not pass my lab the first time (waah, waaah, waaaah).
IF I could do it over again, and even forget what I now know about the CCIE
Lab in Halifax, I would take ECP1 no more than 6 weeks before my lab date.
I felt it was a HIGHLY accurate representation of what I experienced in the
lab. With the deletions of certain topics from the lab, the ECP1 course has
been changed, and I've actually thought about going back to take it again
before my second lab attempt in late March... Bottom line tho -- PRACTICE,
PRACTICE, PRACTICE!! BTW, the Broadwing CCIE Lab here in Reston was an
exceptionally useful experience -- I also highly recommend that if you
can...
Hope this helps at least a little!
Pete Kowalsky
CCNP, CNE, MCSE
The Allied Group, Inc.
Reston, VA
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Wolsefer" <wolsefer@anvil.prexar.com>
To: "Roddie Hasan" <roddie@krweb.net>
Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 12:25 PM
Subject: RE: ECP1 in the home-stretch..
> Bruce told me that I should take the course about six weeks to two months
> prior to the lab so that I would have time to practice the things I
learned.
> After following Bruce's advice, I definitely agree. You cannot help but
> learn a lot and especially where your weak areas are. Unless you are a
type
> 4 candidate, and they are rare, then you need some time to practice. This
> advice might change if you have been to the lab already. In that case,
> perhaps a shorter time before your lab would be ok. All I know is that
> Bruce's class helped me an awful lot. It also helps to be with others
> striving for the same goal you are.
>
> Regards,
>
> David Wolsefer, CCIE #5858
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> Roddie Hasan
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 5:52 AM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: ECP1 in the home-stretch..
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've got about 125 days left until my lab in SJ and I am considering
> taking Caslow's ECP1 course sometime between now and then. I have heard
> enough praise about the course to know that it's worth taking, my question
> is related to timing.
>
> My first thought was to take the course the immediate week before the lab
> exam (May 14-18), and then just index the doc CD over the weekend and take
> the exam on the 22nd. I was told that this might not be a great idea as I
> would need at least two weeks after ECP1 to absorb it properly.
>
> My plan was to be essentially ready for the lab by the time I hit SJ and
> to use ECP1 as momentum and rhythm going into the lab (as well as to
> pick-up the things that I can't practice at home [ATM and Voice]).
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Roddie
> --
> <>> Roddie Hasan CCNP, CCDP, SCSA, MCSE - roddie@krweb.net
> <>> TSC - Sprint e-Solutions - Dallas, Texas
>
>
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