From: Mike Calhoon (mcalhoon27@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Oct 07 2004 - 17:56:20 GMT-3
You can get an exact score if you take the time to memorize how many points
each section has before leaving the exam room at the end of the day. Once
you have those just do the algebra to get your score. That's what I did
during my 3rd and 4th attempts. Got a 70 and 62 respectively. I wish I did
that for my first two attempts so I would have more to compare with...
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of John
Matus
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 2:46 PM
To: Eric Cables
Cc: lab
Subject: Re: failed 1st attemp with dignity
eric,
you raise a good point about the percentages. i did just add up the
sections and divide by x.
but the what i said about the proctor is absolutely true. he told me he
didn't have time to answer all of my <huffy-puff-puff, roll-the-eyes, sigh>
questions. i was really shocked and almost confronted him about it but
decided to just focus on my exam, but i was really disappointed with him. a
formal complaint is a definite consideration.
Regards,
John D. Matus
MCSE, CCNP
Office: 818-782-2061
Cell: 818-430-8372
jmatus@pacbell.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Cables" <ecables@gmail.com>
To: "John Matus" <jmatus@pacbell.net>
Cc: "lab" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: failed 1st attemp with dignity
> John,
>
> Sorry to hear about your failure, but I am very surprised and a bit
> hesitant to believe you got that kind of a response from a proctor.
> You are exactly right, they are there to assist you, and if you did
> receive that kind of response you should file a formal complaint.
>
> Also, how do you know you scored 67%? You can't just add up all the
> percentages in your score report, and divide by the number of topics,
> because each topic isn't worth an equal # of points. For example:
>
> BGP = 100% (15/15 points)
> Multicast = 33% (1/3 points)
> IGP = 60% (6/10 points)
>
> Assuming the above, by just adding/dividing the percentages you'd get
> a 64.3%, but in actuality you really got 78.5% (22/28).
>
> Better luck next time!
>
> On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 09:57:53 -0700, John Matus <jmatus@pacbell.net> wrote:
>> well, i just got back from san jose and had my score report waiting for
>> me. i
>> was very hopeful. there were only 8 points worth of section that i knew
>> i
>> didn't get but i was sure that the rest of it was kosher. i scored a 67%
>> overall. i was very apprehensive about taking the test but had done
>> enough
>> practice and bootcamping and was reaching a point of diminished returns
>> on the
>> studying. all and all, i felt that despite my scoring, i actually
>> performed
>> rather well and happy with that. unfortunately cisco's grading style for
>> section is the old 'all-or-nada' approach and one misinterpretation of a
>> question can lead to disastrous results.
>>
>> i did have a very bad experience with the proctor, tom, whom i had heard
>> was a
>> pretty nice guy, but who [today] was very irritable and huffy. i asked
>> him
>> for clarification on 4 tasks b/c they were vague and didn't say "you
>> can't do
>> this" and i just wanted to make sure it was 'ok' to do the stuff that it
>> didn't say you couldn't. at one point he said to me "i don't have time
>> for to
>> ask me all these questions (huffy puffy). i thought to myself 'what the
>> @#$%
>> do you think you're here for then?' heaven knows that the tests are
>> 'just a
>> bit' ambiguous and if they weren't everyone would be ccie's! i was told
>> that
>> the proctors were friendly and willing to answer question. i guess this
>> blows
>> a whole in that theory (and no, i was not fishing for answers)
>>
>> so i'll take a short break, regroup and try again in a month [i guess].
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> John D. Matus
>> MCSE, CCNP
>> Office: 818-782-2061
>> Cell: 818-430-8372
>> jmatus@pacbell.net
>>
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> Eric Cables
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