From: Ryan (ryan95842@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Mar 29 2007 - 13:43:53 ART
Thank you all for your comments,
I spent all day in evaluation and over thinking what I configured and what
they had asked for...
My scores do not merit a re-grade. According to the scores, I clearly missed
the mark. But why?
As some have mentioned, attention to detail. I've been able to account for
several lost points because of just not doing what they asked. ACL subnet
mask not precise enough, etc. Sure the config worked, but it wasn't exactly
what they asked for. Several questions I should have gotten more
clarification on, such as the conflicting naming convention directions (this
question pisses me off...)....some just not enough configuration or I must
have missed read something or ignored some important phrase (one question in
particular is bothering me. It mentioned something which had nothing to do
with the configuration option I was asked configure...I must find out what
that means)
Bottom line is I failed because I did not meet all the requirements. I think
I can say I failed mostly because of attention to detail and reading
comprehension. A tough pill to swallow. There ares still several missed
points that I have no idea why.
So at this point, my spirits are back up (a little) and I have an idea what
I need to focus on. Instead of taking practice labs, I'm going to the
learning annex to learn how to read. (just kidding).
Seriously though, I'm going to reschedule and try again in two months. I'm
going to spend that two months combing over the Doc CD and focusing on
details.
Not sure what else I can do...
Again, thank you all for your support and encouragement.
-Ryan
On 3/29/07, Digital Yemeni <digital.yemeni@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Duncan,
> while you made me really laugh i also urge you not to put the salt on the
> guy's wound! ;-)
>
> On 3/29/07, Duncan Maccubbin <duncan.maccubbin@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > "I'm extremely frustrated right now because I walked out believing I had
> > nailed it, yet I some how failed and I have no idea what went wrong."
> >
> > If I had a nickel for every time I have seen this :). The devil is in
> the
> > details.
> >
> > "Could I have gotten someone else's score report?"
> >
> > Best case of denial ever! :).
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > >From: Ryan <ryan95842@gmail.com>
> > >Sent: Mar 28, 2007 7:06 PM
> > >To: Cisco certification <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > >Subject: Frustrating - failed 1st attempt
> > >
> > >I failed my 1st attempt yesterday at San Jose.
> > >
> > >I'm extremely frustrated right now because I walked out believing I had
> > >nailed it, yet I some how failed and I have no idea what went wrong.
> > >
> > >I arrived 2 days head of time and got a great night's sleep before the
> > lab.
> > >I finished the lab in about 5 hours and verified my configurations over
> > the
> > >remaining three hours. Found a few minor issues and did some tweaking.
> I
> > >asked the proctors for clarification on almost every question (Proctors
> > were
> > >great and very patient) and got good feedback regarding the questions.
> > >Reloaded the routers and checked everything again. I left with
> everything
> > >working (except for 3pts of IP service which I intentionally did not
> do)
> > and
> > >feeling like I had just kicked the lab's ass.
> > >
> > >Then this morning I wake up to a score report that says I failed.
> What's
> > >worse is I have no idea what I could have done wrong. There was nothing
> > on
> > >the test that was difficult or I was not very familiar with. I even
> > verified
> > >several config's right from the doc CD where the command description
> read
> > >almost verbatim what they were asking.
> > >
> > >Could I have gotten someone else's score report?
> > >
> > >I'm sure many have thought the same thing. I'm just really frustrated
> as
> > I
> > >don't know what I did wrong and I have no idea how to prepare for my
> next
> > >attempt?
> > >
> > >Time management was not an issue, stress was not an issue, technology
> was
> > >not an issue, and I'm pretty sure question interpretation was not an
> > issue.
> > >Obviously there was some issue, but how do I find it? How do I found
> out
> > >what I did wrong so I can correct it? Maybe technology was an issue.
> > Maybe I
> > >needed more configuration or they were looking for a specific solution.
> > How
> > >could I know?
> > >
> > >Aaaaaghghgh!!!!
> > >
> > >Sorry for the whining...I'm just really frustrated...
> > >
> > >
> > >-Ryan
> > >
> > >(going to try to reconstruct the lab from memory and see if I can
> > determine
> > >where I went wrong)
> > >
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>
> --
> Best Regards!
> Digital, CCIE# to be assigned by Cisco when it collects enough $$ out of
> me!
> :p
>
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