From: Swaroop Potdar (swarooppotdar@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Sep 17 2006 - 07:04:46 ART
Hey Man Indeed a Touching Victory over the demon with 9 routers,2 switches.
Cheers!! All the best.....
Swaroop.
>From: "Gianpietro Lavado" <gianpietro1@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Gianpietro Lavado" <gianpietro1@gmail.com>
>To: "Cisco certification" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Subject: First 5 digits going to Peru :)
>Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:56:38 -0500
>
>Hello all!
>
> Finally, after my 3rd attempt, and thanks to God, yesterday I got my
>R&S number. I would like to share some of my experience with you.
>
> Just before my first attempt at Brazil I thought I was ready, and indeed
>I
>came very close to passing (so close that I asked for a reread, well, you
>know the result). I think this time I did not paid enough attention to the
>questions. Other thing I did not do this time was getting more help from
>the proctor, everytime I were ALMOST sure of what they asked me for, it was
>enough for me (wrong!!).
>
> After one month and a half, I went to my second attempt at RTP. A very
>nice place and all, I thought I had performed well enough in the exam; but
>I
>obtained a lower score than in my first attempt! imagine the frustration...
>This time I paid more attention to the wording, but, analyzing later, I
>think that I might have had a problem with connectivity somewhere after an
>important change I made in the last minutes, maybe that brought me down :S
> Also, I don't not why, again, I did not asked much help from the
>proctors!
>still wondering why :(
>
> My third attempt (at Brazil again) was not easier, but I did not made the
>previous mistakes this time, I read carefully each task and considered the
>proctor my friend. At this point I can recommend you some tips for the lab
>that worked for me: Read carefully each task before starting the lab; use
>TCLSH and macros for testing connectivity faster; arrive with an strategy
>(practice it before, have an order for doing things); the redraw of the
>topology is very important too; feel comfortable asking the proctor if you
>are not sure what they are asking for (important); keep track of the
>complete and incomplete tasks as you go; finally, do what they ask.
>
> The material I used and found very useful in my last-stage preparation
>was:
> - Before 1st attempt: IE workbook v3.0 vol 1 & 2, IE Class on Demand and
>IE mock lab.
> - Before 2nd attempt: NMC CheckITs, 1 CCIE Assesor lab and GS.
> - Before final attempt: some review labs from IE WB v3.0, 1 NMC CheckIT
>and GS!!
> All these resources were excellent! Also building a lab of my own was
>vital, preparing a course for my colleagues about routing protocols helped
>very much too.
>
>I would like to mention that I wrote most of this mail (including
>everything
>but the last 4 digits of my number) more than one week before the big day.
>That helped me visualize this moment and gain extra confidence for the
>exam :D (this may be another tip)
>
>I am not a regular active participant of this list, but I want to thank you
>all, and very much, for helping me out with your postings. Special thanks
>to the following members of this list (most of them do not have idea of how
>much their postings helped me, most of them do not know me either!): Victor
>Cappuccio (mucha suerte pana, lo vas a lograr!!), Scott Morris, Brian
>Dennis, Brian McGahan, Sabrina Pittarel, Jim Ferens and Anthony Sequeira.
>
>I'll stick around. Best wishes and good luck to all!
>
>Gianpietro Lavado Chiarella
>CCIE R&S #16862
>Lima, Peru
>
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