From: Ali Sheeraz Mehdi (ali.mehdi@atosorigin-me.com)
Date: Sat Jan 27 2007 - 07:56:53 ART
Hi Deji,
This is not the time to give-up. Just compose yourself, take some time, fill
in the knowledge gaps (you are the better judge of yourself) and do Mock
Labs or CCIE Assessor lab to regain confidence and try to give an attempt
again, I am sure you will succeed this time.
Best Regards
Ali Sheeraz Mehdi
CCIE (R&S) # 17346
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Nick
Griffin
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 6:07 AM
To: deji500@hotmail.com
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Failed my first attempt in Brussels today
I nearly walked out on my first, and my third attempt. The best thing you
can do is continuously put yourself in similar conditions. I've found the
best way to do this is to purchase mock labs, or the CCIE assessor. This
really gives you the same feelings as the real deal, but at a cheaper cost.
When your running into issues with things remember to keep moving. Grab the
stuff you know the answer to, and then come back. When you get stuck on
something, and you've finished numerous other tasks this will make things
much easier at the end. As BD says, you have to have a game plan and stick
to it. Unfortunately for some of us, it takes a few trips to get the process
refined, if you try to hurry things too much. If you felt pretty comfortable
about everything they asked you, take another 1.5-2 months to study and take
it again. It helps to get right back on.
HTH
Nick Griffin
On 1/26/07, deji500@hotmail.com <deji500@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi GS,
>
> I attempted my first lab today and I did not pass. I know for a fact that
> I could have passed it because I was well prepared and I could have
> configured all the requirements. So why did i fail. I got confused with
the
> BGP AS numbers until the proctor corrected me. I had finished the BGP
> section when i was corrected. I had to re-configure my BGP all over again.
I
> not only lost time but I lost my composure. I panicked because i realised
> that I couldn't finish all the tasks. I almost got up to walk out but I
> stayed to finish. I was able complete about 75% of my tasks but I made a
> lot of mistakes and I couldn't verify my configs.
>
> While I did very well in my switching and IGP, i did poorly in the
> remaining sections because of time pressure and lack of
> composure(understandably).
> Now I am so dejected, i can't even think about doing it again. I am
> writing about my experience because my wife suggested it might make me
feel
> lighter. Has anyone else experienced the same before. How do i pick myself
> up? Is multicast dependent on something else because I am almost certain i
> configured it correctly but i still got 0%. That was one section that i
did
> under pressure but still felt that i did ok until i got my score.
>
> Before i forget, the confusion in BGP was down to my rack number. The
> proctor was nice and helpful.
>
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