From: Mark Lewis (markl11@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Feb 08 2001 - 10:13:42 GMT-3
When I did my lab, there was a guy there who had been doing a 'world tour'
of lab locations trying to pass and he obviously hadn't had much luck
finding the elusive 'easy/easier' location (he failed in Brussels too).
Mark
CCIE#6280 / CCSI#21051
>From: David Ankers <d.ankers@chello.nl>
>Reply-To: David Ankers <d.ankers@chello.nl>
>To: Kevin Baumgartner <kbaumgar@cisco.com>
>CC: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: Re: Where to Sit the lab?
>Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 02:28:32 +0000
>
>The only reason that I would concider taking the IE in an place but the
>closest location is the waiting list. Maybe some proctors are easy to deal
>with that's just because people are different but what happens if you fly
>10,000 miles only to get a proctor that is having a bad day because his cat
>died the night before?
>
>
>
>
>On Thursday 08 February 2001 01:11, you wrote:
> > Have no idea whether it's easier or not at different locations. The
>issue
> > for me
> > and others , is your employer going to pay for you flying halfway around
> > the world to a different CCIE lab site? I work for Cisco and they won't
>pay
> > for doing this. And I a not going to pay thousands of dollars to fly to
> > Brazil to take
> > a lab test there in the "hope" that it's easier there. Which by the way
>I
> > really
> > don't think is that much easier.
> >
> > I would strongly discourage trying to find ways around the testing
>system
> > and trying to find a site that will be easier to pass at.
> > Just spend as much time practicing and studying as possible. If you are
> > ready you will pass no matter where you take the lab. It can be a
>painful
> > process getting there but just take it as a learning experience.
> >
> > Just my two cents ...
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> > At 04:28 PM 2/7/01 -0800, asda fsdaf wrote:
> > >I've heard stuff that it may be easier to sit the R/S
> > >lab in some locations than others e.g. Soth Africa.
> > >Some have said that all locations have standardised
> > >labs, so it makes no difference where u do them.
> > >Others argue that some protectors are nicer/easier to
> > >reason with etc
> > >
> > >Any thoghts please?
> > >
> > >Peter
> > >
> > >
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