From: Erick B. (erickbe@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Feb 16 2003 - 14:34:06 GMT-3
When I tried to squeeze some info out of them, they
told me the CCIE lab was there to certify and not to
train. I'm not going to put anymore of my own money
into this test or cisco. Why should someone have to
pay $250 for a rescore on a test that was graded wrong
in the first place?? I even asked for a refund of the
$250 because the rescore matched where I said the
mistakes were. I'm still confident I passed my last
test and got ripped. The 1 day scoring format isn't
good at all. I've asked they add a 1-line comment to
each section so some of the feedback/interaction
returns that was in the 2 day debrief with proctor.
For $1250 (or $1500) one should learn something from
their attempt. The current situation you're just
throwing $ down the toilet.
--- Richard Young <cc_young@pacbell.net> wrote:
> This is a great Idea, However by purchasing a
> rescore you will only delay the agony of getting a
> final answer for 3 weeks or so, and you will not be
> given an answer as to what you did wrong on the lab.
> The rescore will tell you NOTHING about what you
> did wrong other than the report in the same format
> you got in your score report. They will not even
> tell you if you gained a few additional points. The
> answer wil be either yes you passed, or no
> you did not. They will not even answer a specific
> question you ask with a response something like:
>
> We are not in a position to give you an answer. If
> you want the answer to your question please refer to
> the documentation CD.
>
> The official policy is not to give ANYTHING out.
> IMHO
>
>
> "Logan, Harold" wrote:
>
> > This is something a lot of people, incluing
> myself, have found to be pretty frustrating,
> specifically that you don't find out what you did
> wrong, even if you pay for a rescore. At Networkers
> in San Diego, Parkhurst addressed the issue, and his
> answer to it was that the CCIE program is a testing
> program, not a training program. I don't know about
> you guys, but to me it'd be worth $250, even $500
> easily to find out what I did wrong on the lab.
> >
> > Since the labs are rotated out every thirty days,
> I don't see why they couldn't release this info
> thirty days after a lab attempt. Of course, I'm sure
> some schmuck somewhere would start collecting them
> and selling them or posting them somewhere.
> >
> > Ok, I'm done ranting.
> >
> > Hal
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Chuck Church
> [mailto:ccie8776@rochester.rr.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 9:36 AM
> > > To: Colin Barber; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > > Subject: Re: Surprising score report
> > >
> > >
> > > Not true. In my final attempt, I did something
> a certain way
> > > involving a
> > > routing protocol to meet a requirement. There
> was also
> > > another way to do
> > > it, which I realized after I'd done it my way,
> which worked.
> > > I had enough
> > > doubt in my mind about which way was better so I
> asked the
> > > proctor. I told
> > > him there were at least two ways to solve it,
> and I did it
> > > this way. I was
> > > told that they were really looking for the other
> way. I
> > > asked if I'd get
> > > the points for doing it my way. His response
> was 'possibly'.
> > > I'm not much
> > > of a gambler, so I redid it. So with 45 minutes
> left, I
> > > started changing
> > > this and watched as my IGP, EGPs, and everything
> on top of that broke.
> > > Pretty scary. But the change worked and
> everything
> > > straightened out. Had
> > > this been the two day lab, I would have argued
> the next day
> > > about doing it
> > > my way, but with the 1 day format, you don't
> have that
> > > luxury. Remember,
> > > 'correct' in the lab is in the eyes of the
> proctor, not you!
> > >
> > > Chuck Church
> > > CCIE #8776, MCNE, MCSE
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Colin Barber"
> <Colin.Barber@telewest.co.uk>
> > > To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 8:41 AM
> > > Subject: RE: Surprising score report
> > >
> > >
> > > > There may be multiple ways of doing a task and
> there are
> > > all correct.
> > > There
> > > > is no Cisco way. You just have to meet the
> objectives exactly
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Richard Young
> [mailto:cc_young@pacbell.net]
> > > > Sent: 10 February 2003 23:03
> > > > To: Dimitris Vassilopoulos
> > > > Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > > > Subject: Re: Surprising score report
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I did the same.
> > > > I recommend forgetting the rescore. The CCIE
> team is very
> > > inflexible in
> > > > their rescores in my opinion. You also will
> not get an
> > > explanation as
> > > > to why you did not get points. Remember that
> there are many ways of
> > > > doing a task in an exam, but the only way that
> counts is
> > > the Cisco way.
> > > > It will cost you $250 and you are better off
> going back to
> > > the books and
> > > > spending the money on more rack time to
> prepare for your next test.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Dimitris Vassilopoulos wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello all,
> > > > >
> > > > > Has anyone experience a confidence of
> passing the lab right after
> > > > > leaving the center
> > > > > while the received score report showed a
> failure at about 50%????
> > > > >
> > > > > If so, do you know someone who requested a
> re-open? What happened
> > > > > afterwards?
> > > > >
> > > > > Any input is welcomed.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Dimitris
> > > > > .
> > > > .
> > > >
> > >
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