From: anthony.sequeira@thomson.com
Date: Thu Jun 07 2007 - 11:33:10 ART
Yeah - I have posted this before and I want to throw it out there
again...why did it take me (an obvious genius ;-)) 5 times to pass?
Here are some of the reasons:
1) I had a bunch of disposable cash at the time and became "addicted" to
trying the lab whether I was ready or not. Let's call it the Brute Force
method. P.S. My employer at the time paid for two of the attempts. The
first and the last.
2) I dragged my feet on truly addressing my weak areas. I really enjoyed
studying certain areas (IGPs), but detested others (Multicast). As a
result of my feelings, I did not study Multicast like I should.
3) I failed to embrace many of the tips shared on this group. For
example, on one of the attempts I did not sleep at all the night before.
4) I am not good at this type of an exam.
There are other reasons, but I will stop there for now. Don't let these
things happen to you!
Anthony J. Sequeira
#15626
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Duncanson [mailto:gary.duncanson@googlemail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 10:01 AM
To: Sequeira, Anthony (NETg)
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: 2nd Attempt Curse
A friend of mine passed at the 5th attempt. A good engineer. Nothing to
be
ashamed of that. Depends what you get on the day often times. No one
knows
it all.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: <anthony.sequeira@thomson.com>
To: <smorris@ipexpert.com>; <eric_dobyns@yahoo.com>;
<ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 2:25 AM
Subject: RE: 2nd Attempt Curse
> "The level of "easy" or "hard" is certainly relative..." Yes indeed -
if
> you happen to draw topics X, Y, and Z in section Q and you are weak in
> those areas - you will think it is the hardest test imaginable.
>
> After passing on the fifth attempt - I firmly believe there is
> absolutely NOTHING to the rumors you heard.
>
> Anthony J. Sequeira
> #15626
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
Of
> Scott Morris
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 8:56 PM
> To: 'Eric Dobyns'; 'Cisco certification'
> Subject: RE: 2nd Attempt Curse
>
> And here I thought it was that the second one was supposed to be
easier!
> (I passed second time)
>
> The level of "easy" or "hard" is certainly relative... And keep in
mind
> that most people who fail the exam come out thinking it was "hard".
> Most
> who pass come out thinking it was "fair and balanced".
>
> ;)
>
>
> Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713,
> JNCIE
> #153, CISSP, et al.
> CCSI/JNCI-M/JNCI-J
> VP - Technical Training - IPexpert, Inc.
> IPexpert Sr. Technical Instructor
>
> A Cisco Learning Partner - We Accept Learning Credits!
>
> smorris@ipexpert.com
>
> Telephone: +1.810.326.1444
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
Of
> Eric
> Dobyns
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 8:47 PM
> To: 'Cisco certification'
> Subject: 2nd Attempt Curse
>
> Any truth to the rumour that Cisco gives the hardest test for those
who
> are
> on their 2nd attempt? I've heard the throw a relatively easy test out
> first, which people usually fail for poor time management, and then
> throw
> the hardest out on the 2nd attempt, which is why those that pass are
> usually
> on their 3rd or 4th try. Anyone else agree/disagree?
>
>
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