From: loke (loke14@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Jan 30 2006 - 01:57:13 GMT-3
Congradulations, your email is inspiring. I wish to pass the first time.
Nick
On 1/29/06, Schulz, Dave <DSchulz@dpsciences.com> wrote:
>
> congrats, Peter!
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> To: Cisco certification
> Sent: 1/29/2006 5:01 PM
> Subject: Passed on Thur 26th Jan
>
> Hi there,
>
> Just sending out a note of thanks to all who contribute to this list. I
> passed the lab on Thursday last (26th) in Brussels.
> Have been doing a bit of celebrating since so thats why i'm only getting
> to
> this now :-))
>
> I think my biggest thank you has to go out to Globalknowledge and my
> instructor in particular, Tom Lijnse, for providing the excellent
> training
> course I attended last year.
> It was the CCIE Netgun programme and it was absolutely fantastic. I
> would
> highly recommend it to anyone and this course is a big part of the
> reason I
> got this the first time round. I had to put in a lot of hours between
> course
> weeks and afterwards but it laid a solid foundation to build upon and I
> think, for me at least, it was the perfect way to do it. There was more
> emphasis on learning the technologies than passing the lab. You can
> check it
> out at:
>
> http://www.globalknowledge.net/NetGun_Programme_CI_CCIE_1360.html
>
> The Netgun programme focused on separate technologies for the most part
> and
> then tied everything together at the end and this was the way I based my
> studies after the course finished last October.
>
> I never used any of the popular workbooks discussed on this forum (which
> I
> thought may be something to be concerned about before the exam but that
> wasn't the case) but instead, I took a technology and tried to learn the
> detail behind it before completing full labs. This was a much better
> method
> of study for me but everyone has their own way to do it.
> I never did a full 8 hour lab until the week before the real thing and
> found
> out that my strategy was completely wrong and I wasted too much time
> messing
> around with a question worth a couple of points instead of just moving
> on
> and coming back to it later. In order to improve my lab strategy (I had
> heard people say that this is as important as knowing your stuff, I
> agree
> 100%) I booked a CheckiT lab from NMC on the weekend before the lab and
> found that I still had some brushing up to do so decided to book a
> second
> CheckiT on Tuesday 24th. NMC had no rack space left as they were all
> booked
> up but Indy in NMC was absolutely fantastic and managed to get a rack
> together specifically for me and I did the second CheckiT and was very
> happy
> with the way it went.
>
> I thought the CheckiT labs are a fantastic way to guage your knowledge
> of
> the material aswell as ensuring that you have the right strategy. I
> found
> them a massive help for the real thing as I was totally relaxed during
> the
> real lab due to sorting out my strategy with them. Indy and the staff at
> NMC
> couldn't have been better and I would highly recommend them.
>
> I wanted to make sure I was a relaxed as possible for the lab so I knew
> that
> a good night sleep the night before was key. To make sure I slept, I got
> the
> earliest flight from Ireland to Brussels I could get which meant I had
> to
> leave home at 3AM to head for the Airport. I was in Brussels at 10:30 AM
> and
> by 3PM I was trying to stay awake. I went to bed at 9PM and slept better
> than I had for about a year (my two young kids may have been some of the
> reason for this!!) and got up at 5:30AM.
>
> I made sure I got an excellent breakfast to put me in the right road and
> headed over to Cisco at 7AM.
> Met a few other guys and waited for the proctor, Eric, who I have to say
> was
> absolutely excellent on the day. I did happen to ask "one or two"
> questions
> on the day but Eric made sure that my questions were answered as far as
> he
> could and this made the whole thing more relaxing too.
>
> When the lab started, I never touched the keyboard for the first hour. I
> drew out my own diagrams and made a few notes and then read the exam
> twice
> to see which parts were linked to which. When I finished reading it I
> was
> feeling fairly good as I though I could get through it OK if I just
> stuck to
> my preplanned strategy.
> I was a bit behind where I wanted to be at lunch but made this up during
> the
> first hour back after lunch and finished with about and hour and a half
> to
> spare. I rechecked things a few times and corrected a few of those silly
> errors that seem to creep in from time to time and then did a bit of
> additional testing to make sure the requirements of the tasks were being
> met. I reloaded the kit about three times throughout the day. Once at
> lunch,
> when I was finished after my first pass and then after the additional
> checking and testing, followed by another bit of checking.
>
> I didn't really know what to think when it was all over. I felt good
> about
> the exam but had heard so many times of people who thought they
> definately
> passed it, but didn't so I tried to keep myself calm without much
> success I
> have to say. I was more nervous after the exam than I have been since I
> started studying for this. Luckily I was put out of my misery at 10PM
> that
> night. The infamous email arrived and I opened it. I then seemed to
> completely forget how to use a computer as it took me about 3 minutes to
> log
> onto the cisco site (which was a lifetime in the circumstances). The
> page
> appeared and then I seemed to loose the ability to read as all I could
> see
> was a fuzzy web page and then it emerged from the page. The magic number
> 15722. I couldn't believe it (so checked about 10 more times).
>
> Anyway, apologies for the long email but I just want to make the point
> that
> a study plan for this doesn't have to be the same as anyone elses, as
> what
> works for one may not work for another.
>
> Using the question mark on my lab at home along with the doc cd was one
> of
> the best study aids I had. When I was configuring things that were
> standard
> I would just start looking at options with teh question mark and then
> finding out the detail on the doc cd.
>
> This group has been absolutely excellent for me so thanks to those who
> ask
> the questions as well as answer them.
> I've rambled on a bit here but emails like this helped me along the way
> so I
> hope it may provide some sort of help to someone.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pete
>
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