From: sovan parida (sovanp@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sat Jul 20 2002 - 07:05:32 GMT-3
Hi Group,
I am really scared now. I booked my LAB at
johannesburg this morning and my lab date is 20th of
August. Now I want to cancel this and book elsewhere.
If any one can enlighten me about the cancellation
procedure after payment is made.
Thanks and regards.
Sovan
--- George Stylianou <georges@is.co.za> wrote:
> I sent an email to the CCIE program administrators
> today detailing my
> experience. I also completed the CCIE survey and
> inserted my comments. I got
> email responses back from Lorne and Mike at cisco
> informing me that they are
> going to look into and address the issue and
> feedback to me.
>
> It really wasn't about whether I failed or passed -
> its just about fairness,
> professionalism and 'integrity' (as cisco would put
> it) and ofcourse getting
> your $1250 worth (which works out to R14,000 in
> south africa).
>
> I had started typing the message to cisco even
> before I got my result -
> which just added to my dissappointment.
>
> If I could write the exam at a decent testing centre
> tomorrow I would as I
> feel that I was very prepared for the exam.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Emmanuel Oppong [mailto:e-oppong@attbi.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 21:50
> To: George Stylianou; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: lab attempt in johannesburg
>
>
> Demand a refund! This is auwful.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupttudy.com
> [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> George Stylianou
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 8:33 AM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: lab attempt in johannesburg
>
>
> hi All,
>
> I took the lab yesterday in johannesburg (1st
> attempt) and unfortunately
> didnt make it.
>
> Taking the lab in johannesburg was a big mistake and
> definately wouldnt
> recommend it.
>
> - The lab is done remotely to equipment in brussels
> - The line went down about 5 times during my exam
> - There is no onsite proctor and you have to call
> brussels for clarity on
> any questions.
> - I tried calling 3 times and only got through once.
> The other 2 times the
> proctors phone went to voice mail.
>
> I lost about 30-45min with the above issues and was
> unable to finish certain
> sections before time was up.
>
> Also, the pc that i was working at didnt work
> initially - They were kind
> enough to give me the 20min back for that.
>
> I felt quite confident after the exam that i was
> going to make it but got
> the bad news this morning. Im thinking of a remark
> as i disagree with the
> grading i got for certain sections.
>
> Now the problem is the 4 week wait period as well as
> the LONG wait for
> another lab seat.
>
> One more thing, if Cisco is really interested in the
> integrity of the exam
> that should pay more attention to the lab facilities
> and make sure they
> check ID - I wasnt asked for ID yesterday. The pc I
> was working on was
> extremely slow and twice gave runtime errors and
> closed all applications i
> was working on.
>
> I guess it's back to the rack time.
>
> regards,
> George
>
>
>
>
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