From: Ali Sheeraz Mehdi (ali.mehdi@atosorigin-me.com)
Date: Tue Apr 17 2007 - 10:03:56 ART
Hi Sean,
It is a bit unfortunate but I know you will succeed in your next attempt. I
have used IE version 3.0 workbook for my preparation and it helped me a lot
in passing the exam.
But in your case I guess it is important to review score report, in which
section(s) you have made mistake(s). If you are close to 80% then it might
be a small mistake which has changed the grade as you know the probability
of making mistakes in 8 hours is much higher, you are better judge of
yourself, if you think that you have covered all areas thoroughly then
concentrate on how good you can finish your lab (TCLs, Macros, Re-reading
tasks with concentration, verification, show outputs, reload of routers,
etc); I can recall my case I had made small mistakes but fortunately I had
40 minutes to verify and I was lucky enough to pick my own mistakes before I
finished right on time.
Although I am big fan of IE but I guess instead of changing the workbook
analyze what went wrong in the lab and how it went wrong so that next time
you play more carefully, it may save your precious time.
HTH
Ali Sheeraz Mehdi
CCIE (R/S) # 17346
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean.Zimmerman@clubcorp.com [mailto:Sean.Zimmerman@clubcorp.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:57 PM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Close but no Cigar
Just found out at 1:00 AM this morning that I failed my third attempt at
San Jose. I'm tempted to submit for a reread, but I'm a little discouraged
by that 0.5% statistic. Yesterday's lab seemed easy, I only had to skip 5
points worth of sections and I finished about an hour early. I really
thought that I'd nailed it. I wasn't certain about a 2 point category, but
it turned out that I got it based on my score report, so based off my
point tracking, I should've scored with a 95%. Less than 80% seemed
impossible.
I'm thinking about trying a different workbook. I'm using IPExpert V9
right now, and I don't have the proctor guide. I've been flying through
(most of) those labs, and my configs match the final configs. Nothing
against IPExpert, but I think it would be good to change the scene just a
little. I attended an IPExpert bootcamp with the infamous and extremely
knowledgeable Scott Morris back in November, and I've heard that you're
supposed to use a different Vendor's workbook than the one providing the
bootcamp. I'm considering IE or NM, anyone have any recommendations? I'm
strongly considering IE because it includes the solutions/proctor guide
and they seem to be listing a lot of CCIE's right now.
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