From: Dong Lin (dlin22@comcast.net)
Date: Wed Apr 21 2004 - 01:18:23 GMT-3
Looks like you got your math is wrong. .003% means 3 out of 100,000, not 3
out of 1000. According to current rate, we may have to wait for at least 45
years to have 100,000 CCIE. Of course, it also has to assume all CCIE never
die :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Lijewski" <bill@eccie.com>
To: "'Carlos Marchini'" <cmarchini@signetdiagnostic.com>;
<ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 5:25 PM
Subject: RE: CCIE Lab Grading [bcc][faked-from]
> I don't know exactly how the exam is graded - I have ideas but nothing
> concrete. However there is one statistic that leads me to believe that
> the labs are graded very carefully and thoroughly. That statistic is
> that only .003% of the individuals that have their exams rescored end up
> having their grade changed to passing. That's not 30 out of 100, it's
> not 3 out of 100, its 3 out of 1000! So the person you know that had
> their grade changed is the exception, not the rule.
>
> - Bill Lijewski
> CCIE#8642
> Network Learning Inc
> 5 Day R&S CCIE Bootcamp Instructor
> bill@eccie.com
> www.ccbootcamp.com (Cisco Training)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Carlos Marchini
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 1:54 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: CCIE Lab Grading [bcc][faked-from]
> Importance: Low
>
> I heard that that the CCIE lab exams are being graded remotely from
> India by
> running scripts and if the scripts gives a low enough score they dont
> even
> bother checking the test manually. Now there is no way to really know
> if
> this is true but It would not surprise me because I always receive my
> lab
> score late at night.
>
> I know some one that got the test regarded and pass the lab exam. It
> just
> makes me wonder just how reliable the grading is. It bothers me that we
> pay
> $1250 for a test an we can not even be assure that it will be graded to
> the
> highest standards.
>
> I am going for my third attempt and hopefully it will be my last and may
> have the test regarded if I dont pass.
>
> Does anyone know truth about how Cisco grades the test and how reliable
> the
> grading is? Or does Cisco keep this information confidential?
>
> Has anyone had his or her test regarded?
>
> Any comments?
>
>
> Carlos A. Marchini
> Email - cmarchini@signetdiagnostic.com
>
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