From: Nick Shah (nshah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Jul 18 2002 - 01:03:09 GMT-3
Congratulations.
rgds
Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: <andypilcher2@earthlink.net>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 12:34 PM
Subject: CCIE #9699
> Never thought the day would come, but... my turn. Passed yesterday in
RTP.
>
> Let me say that I have essentially been a lurker on this email list for
the
> past several months (since about October last year). I have not really
made
> any contributions, other than the (very) occasional asinine question. But
> even asinine questions make you think, and I think that's the value of
this
> message board. I found it invaluable in my preparation.
>
> I wanted to post the "I got my number" message for two reasons, even
though I
> do not feel like a significant contributor here. The first is to keep
> everyone aprised of the latest number assignment. Not sure why, but that
was
> of interest to me. Second, I wanted to encourage those of you, lurking or
> otherwise, who may feel discouraged by the whole lab exam process. This
was
> my *fifth* attempt. I can't tell you how many times I almost gave up
after
> feeling great about a test only to get the scores back with shock and
dismay
> at the "mistakes" I made. But in the end, the research into why I got
docked
> on any given exam was worth the effort, and that was invaluable almost as
much
> as the certification itself. I now know how to look up answers to
seemingly
> impossible scenarios, and if nothing else, I've learned never to say, "you
> can't do that." So if you've had a few attempts, don't give up...
> perseverance will get you through.
>
> Advice? After every attempt, take an hour or two and do a brain dump to
> notes. You'll forget petty details later, and THAT'S the stuff you need
to
> learn about. And as others here have said, don't spend all night the
night
> before the exam studying. If you don't know it by then, you won't after
one
> night of cramming. Watch a movie. This past Monday night for me, it was
the
> Wingate in-room movie, "Resident Evil." Nice, mindless brain candy. BTW,
> Wingate's a great hotel for RTP-- stayed there 4 times! :}
>
> I'll not bore anybody with study materials used or methodology. It's
similar
> to most everyone else's here. Same books, same practice labs, same time
> logged into Groupstudy archives, etc., etc.
>
> It feels great to be done. Now I'm gonna go get some sleep (not an
original
> sentiment, but just as pertinant). Congratulations to others before me,
and
> good luck and good hunting to those after.
>
> Andy
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