From: W. Alan Robertson (warobertson@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Sep 24 2003 - 22:13:00 GMT-3
Lee,
Feeling much the way you do about one of my previous attempts, I forked over
yet another $250.00 to get a regrade. That's $250.00 I'm never gonna see
again, and only served to drive up the price of an already expensive
process. On the regrade, no differences were discovered.
If you review Cisco's webpage:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/625/ccie/rs/lab_exam.html
At the bottom, they discuss the Lab Reevaluation process. Important to note
the fine print:
" The result of reread is an updated score report that lists success rates
for each major area. Be aware that the scores may decrease. Exams receive a
Pass mark only when the total exam score exceeds 80%. Before requesting a
reread, consider that historically only 0.3% of rereads have been changed
from Fail to Pass. "
The number that should be jumping off the page is: 0.3% - That's about 1
in 1000.
Save the $250, which is 20% of the cost of your next exam, and let this one
go. Chalk it up as a learning experience.
Alan
#12285
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carter, Lee" <Lee.Carter@CommerceBank.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 4:17 PM
Subject: R&S LAB Re-Grade - Any thoughts / experiences
> Hi all,
>
> I just took my IE lab for the first time and didn't pass. I know the pass
/
> fail ration for first timers is low (very low) but I really felt that I
had
> a good handle on what they asked only going to the DOC CD for 1 question
> (worth 4 points). Everything else I knew. After all that I left the
testing
> center feeling like I was on an unnatural high. But then I saw the bad
news
> that I had failed and that I could re-take the exam in the next 30 days. I
> can think of two things that I had to configure that I used a newer
command
> / configuration to accomplish the task and I don't know if they have an
> automatic grader that was possibly looking for the more common (older
> configurations). If this is the case and I was only say 6 points off then
> that could push me over the edge.
>
> I would like to hear any horror or success stories of people who paid the
> extra 250 for the re-grade and if you think it's worth it or not.
>
> thanks..
> Lee
>
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