From: Neil Moore (neil@droopy.com)
Date: Thu Sep 25 2003 - 13:41:36 GMT-3
My two cents..
If there are two(or more) ways to do something go up and ask them.. I found
the proctors quite helpful and because of their clarifications I am sure I
gained points. I must have gone up to them at least 10 times..
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Neil Moore
CCIE #10044 (R&S/Security)
----- Original Message -----
From: "seonghui" <seonghui@vads.com>
To: "'Dan Lockwood'" <dlockwood@shastalink.k12.ca.us>; "'ccie2be'"
<ccie2be@nyc.rr.com>; "'Group Study'" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>; "'Carter,
Lee'" <Lee.Carter@CommerceBank.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 10:46 PM
Subject: RE: R&S LAB Re-Grade - Any thoughts / experiences
> Hi Dan,
>
> I think most of us had the same experience. On my 1st attempt, I walked
out
> the exam center confidently thinking that...'I am gonna be a CCIE!' The
exam
> was tough, but doable. But I was really shocked when I received my
results.
>
> Since you brought up the word 'cisco expects', or I call it the
'cisco-way'
> of answering exam questions, I have been asking around after my 1st
attempt
> if anyone can give me a clue on the right 'way' but to no avail. Maybe
some
> experts on this list can tell me the meaning. I personally felt that,
skills
> from years of working experience in configuring cisco products will
probably
> not applicable to answering the exam questions in the 'cisco way'....that
> can cause you to fail.
>
> I have been using IPExpert WB4.0+5.0. I am quite use to the way IPExpert
> solution in answering question. And if I answer exam questions based on
> IPExpert way, is it acceptable? I am also wondering if attending a ccie
> bootcamp can tell me the 'cisco expects' or 'cisco-way'. Really appreciate
> if someone can shed some lights on this...my next attempt is just around
the
> corner.
>
> regards - SH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> Dan Lockwood
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 4:55 AM
> To: ccie2be; Group Study; Carter, Lee
> Subject: RE: R&S LAB Re-Grade - Any thoughts / experiences
>
>
> Lee,
>
> I would suggest that you save your money and go again. I paid for a
> regrade of my last exam as I was in a similar situation that you
> describe. The response that I got from the proctor after the regrade
> was something to the effect, "We found some differences between your
> attempt and the regrade but they were not significant." My feeling is
> that any points that were not awarded via the grade program are
> important, but I got my updated score sheet and it was identical to the
> first results. I was just furious after that. It made me feel like I
> had been beaten up, kicked while I was down and then had someone
> standing on my face with their boot.
>
> Best of luck with your future attempts, but I wouldn't bother with the
> regrade and rather focus on the answers that Cisco 'expects' to see on
> the exam.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> ccie2be
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 13:43
> To: Group Study; Carter, Lee
> Subject: Re: R&S LAB Re-Grade - Any thoughts / experiences
>
>
> Hi Lee,
>
> Sorry to hear about your unhappy results. A few months back, there were
> extensive discussions here on GS about going for a rescore. If you
> check the achieves, you'll find people of 2 opinions - it's NOT worth
> the money and go for it - if you feel you were really close. Most
> people were of the former point of view. It's a tough call, but
> ultimately you're only the one who can make that cost/benefit decision.
> I hope that if you decide to have a rescore, you post your experience
> here
>
> Best of luck, dt
>
>
> ----- 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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