From: Harris, Joe F (Joe_Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Mar 07 2002 - 19:54:38 GMT-3
Roy,
I agree very much with your testing methodology. When I was studying for my
lab, I knew that I had firm grasp of the technology involved however the
time crunch was something that I never trained for and it took me by
suprise, granted I took the two day format but the time crunch was still
tough. So (This part is not a joke at all) one day while at Wal-mart with my
wife we came across the kitchen section and right there in the middle of
isle 14 a big light went off in my head. There sitting on the shelf before
my eyes was my answer to passing the lab, a clock timer one of those old
style ones with the front facing rotating knob that makes those damn tick
tick tick noises every second and when the time is up it gives off that
alarm clock buzzing noise. I used that clock to test not only my "speed" as
it related to configuring the technology but also to judge my thoroughness
for the technology I just configured. (I will here that tick tick tick noise
in my head for the rest of my life) For instance, if I was configuring ISDN
I would set the clock timer to 15 mins, If I did not have ISDN configured
before the timer expired I would clear everything and start over. I did the
same thing for every technology I was testing and as I got to where I could
configure things within the time I alloted myself, I would bring the timer
down a few mins to say 12 mins. This helped exponentially. It's funny how
sometimes the lights "finally come on"....
-Joe Harris
-----Original Message-----
From: roy bustos [mailto:roybustos@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 1:31 PM
To: Spio Wagus
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: CCIE 8898
I was wondering why I failed so I gathered what everybody who passed said,
I asked my genuis sister who got 40 mistakes in her SAT(1560/1600), she said
to be the best you have to train yourself not think that much in doing
something.
I did what everybody who passed said.
Everybody knows what books to read, RFC to read, CCO, just make sure you
understand them really well months before the lab.
After that I concentrated on a lot of hands on, make sure you are able to do
the CORE topics correctly without much thinking.
Make sure you are able to find whatever you need in mere seconds using the
CDROM.
I don't type fast but I still managed to finish early.
Roy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Spio Wagus" <jmenz24@speakeasy.org>
To: "roy bustos" <roybustos@hotmail.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 12:30 AM
Subject: RE: CCIE 8898
> Hey
> Congratulation for this feat!!! Wow!!! How did you prepare apart from the
> obvious?
> Great job done buddy
> wagus
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> roy bustos
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 7:52 AM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Cc: bobby.mann@roundheaven.com
> Subject: CCIE 8898
>
>
> Hello Everyone!
> I finally passed the CCIE lab today at San Jose! It was a long day, at
> lunchtime I had one page left to do, at around 2 I started rechecking
> everything. Cathy was the main proctor that day, both of the proctors were
> really helpfull on clearing issues. I got my number four hours after the
> exam! Whew!
>
> Thanks to everyone on this list for all your help, and good luck test
> takers!
>
> Roy Bustos
> CCIE 8898
> MCSE CNE
>
>
>
>
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