From: Farrukh Haroon (farrukhharoon@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Jan 30 2006 - 02:58:16 GMT-3
congratulations and nice thoughts in your email
On 1/30/06, loke <loke14@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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