From: Josh Hartnett (iloveit2x@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Jun 25 2002 - 16:25:59 GMT-3
I second that! I didn't want to say anything but since
I am not the only one feeling this way I must say
something. Half the people taking the test at my
attempt were Cisco personnel. One of the test takers
filled in for the proctor when he was away. Huh? How
could you take the test and then also answer other's
questions about the test? I was very confused to say
the least. Oh well....I can always work at the town
mill.
>From: "Paul" <sixfooter777@btopenworld.com>
>Reply-To: "Paul" <sixfooter777@btopenworld.com>
>To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Subject: My lab experience
>Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:53:00 +0100
>
>I took my lab yesterday in Brussels. It was my first
go and unfortunately I
>didn't make it thru. However I think it's a good
thing for hopefully some of
>you who are awaiting you lab date and also myself to
say a few words about
>the lab itself.
>
>Like other posts I have read, the lab is very much
doable and yes time is a
>factor but not as much as you might think. I
personally had a couple of
>hours spare to revisit a few things and find a few
more mistakes I had made.
>
>The test itself is more about not what they ask you
to do but what they
>don't ask you to do and apparently as long as you
don't do something they
>forbid you to do and it works then that's fine.
>
>The proctor I had in Brussels was a good guy and had
a good attitude which
>was "there's your booklet, get on with it" and they
left you alone which was
>fine.
>
>Now my whinge. The scoring on the exam is in points
and there are sections.
>The results you get for each section are in
percentages. OK, you can roughly
>convert points into percentages but to me, the whole
marking system is a big
>grey area and one that Cisco really need to address.
On the 2-day lab I
>would have had some idea on where I would have gone
wrong. Now, I am totally
>in the dark. For example, I thought I'd got the Dial
section 100 per cent
>but I get 60 per cent. Why ? I will never know. Show
me any book or
>experiences that will help me here. It seems that
another factor in the lab
>exam is insider knowledge and that is wrong. With the
majority of candidates
>I suspect financing their lab exam privately and
without the help of
>expensive training sources ( just by private lab
practice ), many of us are
>at a disservice.
>
>I hate to say it but it seems the CCIE is more about
who you know than what
>you know and that's why I won't probably continue on
this path because I
>don't have deep pockets but for all of you that
aspire, good luck.
>
>Paul.
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