From: Darby Weaver (darbyweaver@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Mar 05 2007 - 21:31:22 ART
And who can tell you any better than the man
himself...
unless Val aka Mr. CheckIT is around...
:)
--- Andrew Bruce Caslow <abcaslow@netmasterclass.net>
wrote:
> Hi Josh and Sean,
>
> Thanks for the input Josh. Please stop by the office
> sometime when you are
> in the neighborhood.
>
> Sean, regarding your score of 66 for your first
> CHECKiT score, this is a
> sign of strength for a first time CHECKiT user. At
> NMC, we apply a technique
> called "ongoing trended assessment" with our CHECKiT
> labs. When you take a
> CHECKiT lab, we compare your score to a special
> group of CHECKiT users that
> have taken the same lab (or set of labs) and have
> gone on to pass the actual
> CCIE lab. Sean, as a first time CHECKiT user, you
> are trending with this
> special group of CHECKiT users. It is very common
> for a CHECKiT user that
> goes on to pass the actual CCIE lab to post a score
> anywhere from the mid
> 50's to the high 60's for their very first CHECKiT
> lab. And your score is
> right in the middle of this range - actual at the
> higher end of this range.
>
> As the personal comments of your CHECKiT Lab 11
> Report state:
>
> "This is a strong score for your very first CHECKiT
> score. In comparing your
> performance to the group of CHECKiT users that have
> gone on to pass the
> actual CCIE lab, your first CHECKiT score is within
> this group of scores.
> Good Job!!"
>
> If you have not done so, please read all of the
> personalized comments in
> your CHECKiT report. Just log into to your NMC
> portal and you will see these
> comments. They will give you a better idea of how
> you did - and as you will
> see, you did well. Once again, good job!
>
> If you have any questions, please feel free to
> contact me personally. Good
> luck on your actual lab next Tuesday. Remember to
> "Consider all options,
> make no assumptions and spot those issues"!
>
> All the best,
>
> -Bruce Caslow CCIE #3139
> NetMasterClass, LLC
> A Cisco Learning Partner
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > joshua lauer
> > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 6:17 PM
> > To: Sean.Zimmerman@clubcorp.com;
> ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Re: CHECKiT Lab Scoring Realism
> >
> > check it's are tough,
> >
> > they are pretty realistic and worth while to take.
> I took probably over 10
> > of them in the 1.5 years it took me to study for
> the lab, as far as a
> > second
> > job...it's more like a third-job for some.
> Frankly, it kinda sucks..but
> > the
> > payoff is worth it.
> >
> > Josh
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Sean.Zimmerman@clubcorp.com>
> > To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 5:57 PM
> > Subject: CHECKiT Lab Scoring Realism
> >
> >
> > > My 2nd lab attempt is scheduled for
> Tuesday, 3-13. To make myself
> > > feel better, I decided to try an NMC CHECKiT lab
> on Sunday. Now I feel
> > > worse. The amount of work and difficulty seemed
> to be far worse than I
> > > experienced in the real thing. I took the entire
> 9 hours, didn't
> > complete
> > > all of the tasks, and I scored a 66, and now I'm
> a little worried about
> > my
> > > odds of passing on Tuesday.
> > > Is a 66 on CHECKiT lab 11 all that bad,
> and could that translate
> > > to an 80 on the real lab? Or should I cancel all
> of my plans and devote
> > > this final week to nothing but study?
> > > I've found that preparing for the lab is
> a 2nd full-time job, and
> > > it has negatively affected every portion of my
> life. I'd really like the
> > > 2nd attempt a success.
> > >
> > >
>
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