From: Ryan (ryan95842@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Mar 29 2007 - 14:28:37 ART
1) 6 years ISP work experience (lot's of FR/OSPF/BGP/switching/QoS/Security)
2) Lots of reading (mostly ciscopress books)
3) Last 6 months of lab prep using InternetExpert COD and lab workbook, and
also NMC's COD's (FR/IPv6)
- 2-4 hours a night plus 8-12 on weekends for the last 6 months spent
either watching COD's, reading books, or doing practice labs
-Ryan
On 3/29/07, Bryan F <cciebfetzer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ryan,
> What has your preparation for the exam up to this point consisted of?
>
> Bryan F
>
> On 3/29/07, Ryan <ryan95842@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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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