From: D.H. Williams (draythw@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Aug 31 2006 - 00:37:05 ART
Guilty as charged. That's the funny thing, I was ripped, roaring, and ready
to really get back going for my Sept date. I just did the reread to really
gage if there was going to be any changes in sections I thought I did better
in (cough, cough, IGP, cough). I didn't do it expecting that to happen.
Just a very strange, surreal feeling, as mentioned. I mean, it was getting
to the point where I was seriously considering using your $100 dollar bill
trick you joked about on the CoD (which seriously had me crying when I heard
it). You know, the "Ben Franklin is having issues with BGP." Oh, well;
maybe if I do another track later on ...
On 8/30/06, Brian Dennis <bdennis@internetworkexpert.com> wrote:
>
> Congratulations! So I guess it was you that someone from sales this
> morning was asking me about refunding a couple mock labs since you passed on
> a regrade ;-)
>
> Brian Dennis, CCIE #2210 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security)
> bdennis@internetworkexpert.com
>
> Internetwork Expert, Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> D.H. Williams
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 1:27 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Passed after Reread!
>
> A excitingly strange day, today ...
>
> A bit of background on myself and my situation. I sat for my 4th attempt
> in July at RTP. On both my 3rd and 4th attempts I felt very comfortable,
> finishing both those labs about 45 minutes after lunch, only to come home
> and find that I had not passed. There are people reading this right now who
> I know can completely relate. So, this last time, I decided what the heck,
> and ordered a reread on my lab. That was over a month ago.
>
> I'm not kidding, about an hour before my Mock lab today, I get an email
> from Cisco stating that after the reread, I had in fact passed the
> lab. Please understand, my score report was very, very close to passing to
> begin with, and getting into whether or not you should do a reread has been
> discussed on numerous occasions on this board. I don't want to waste more
> space here, so anybody who has any questions about the reread and whether or
> not they should do one, you guys have my email, please contact me off-board
> so as to not fill up the board on discussion that is really dependent on
> your individual situation. But, I have to admit, it is a bit surreal waking
> up today to find that I do have my number.
>
> The purpose of the email is to thank a few people as quickly as possible,
> and get on. In no particular order (and I'm not paid or affilated in anyway
> with companies below):
>
> - NMC (Val, Bruce, and Bob): first instructors I had, everything before
> them was self study (Cisco Press). These guys do give you a complete eye
> opener to the nuances of the lab. And there labs are incredibly tough (and
> I mean that in a good way). The tech library I would consider to be the
> core of my study, and actually used it as my main reference once I was
> comfortable with the DocCD and knew where things were located there. QoS
> and Multicast sections really made the light bulb over my head explode on
> occasions. Just a really good company that has been doing what they do for
> awhile, and it shows.
>
> - InternetworkExpert (Brians and Petr): very comprehensive, and
> well-though out workbook. The way it builds upon itself is fantastic, and
> really worked for me because of the structure approach. From a self-study
> perspective, it honestly doesn't get much better than these guys. CoD is
> excellent as well, I probably watched the whole two week recording 4
> times. Helps fill in some holes you might not know you had. And, as we all
> know, Petr does a fantastic job answering questions on this board.
>
> - IPExpert: I didn't know about these guys until late (I joined
> Groupstudy only a few months ago), but after reading Scott's answers on this
> board and how helpful he was, I opted to get the Audio series. It is really
> excellent. I'm based out of Birmingham, and I opted to drive to RTP (about
> 7.5 hours) and listened to it the whole way there. I highly recommended
> doing something like this a few days before the lab, and putting aside doing
> any configs. Really helped me clear my head and sharpen up on a few misc.
> topics.
>
> One other person I would like to thank is Anthony Sequeira. I contacted
> him after my last attempt when I was feeling very frustrated, and he gave me
> excellent advice on how to pickup and keep going. I highly recommend
> searching for his post of when he passed his lab, as he gives a good run
> down of each attempt and what he did. Very good motiviation if you are
> feeling frustrated.
>
> That's about it; been just a really surreal day.
>
> D.H.
> CCIE#16790
>
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