From: Ian Blaney (ian.blaney@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Jun 08 2007 - 05:51:49 ART
Chika
Good attitude. The most important thing is not to give up. Keep chipping
away and believe me you will get there. I'm sure it has been said many times
before but try focus on your weak areas. Deep down I am sure you know what
they are.
I have been in the same boat as I'm sure many others have. The world
collapsed around me when I saw the fail word after I was so sure that I had
nailed it. It makes it all the sweeter the next time round when you see the
pass word. Anyway, the CCIE would not have the same respect if everyone
passed it first time round.
Ian
On 6/8/07, chika acha <achachika@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Was hoping i was only gonna post this when i pass,...but i'm left with no
> choice. I went in for my lab on the 24th of may, 2007. Before then, i had
> studied pretty hard....for over 11/12 months. My first 6 months of
> studies,
> i was doing an average of 14-18hrs a day (stopped working)...and at that
> point, it seemed like the more i studied the harder it became....but after
> a
> while, i got really used to the feeling, and started working 7 months
> later.
> Before i went it, i met some guys that had theirs lined up as well,..so we
> studied extensively for over 5 weeks........doing and average of 4/5 hrs a
> day, while i still carved out time to study on my own. A week to my exam,
> i
> was feeling realy nervous, but in the same vein, i was fired up....cos my
> knowledge of the core topics were spot-on....(so i thot). I traveled to
> Brussels with nothing but my little note that i've had for over
> 10months....no laptop...nothing. Trust me, i was pretty nervous that
> night,
> that i found it hard to sleep. But when i got to Cisco Systems, the
> atmosphere wasn't really that bad. When i started my lab, i seemed pretty
> tense,...but after a few hours, i was on top of my game........everything
> seemed to work pretty well.......the questions were just plain english,
> that
> i wondered y it was. I had some issues before lunch, but i was able to
> think
> them thru during lunch, and i finally got them working.....truth is....I
> THOT I NAILED IT! Came out feeling really confident...only for me to get
> home and BAMM!!!! I was down for the count.....i failed!! I said to
> myself....."wot did i do wrong? what else can i provide for cisco to make
> me
> a CCIE?" at that point, i thot it was just too impossible to to make CCIE.
> I
> almost lost hope doing it again, but man..........i dont want to believe
> at
> this stage that cisco just tries to be calous to some people...if that be
> the case, then we'd rightly say cisco has got it's preference....and i
> dont
> want to believe that. I'm going in on the 17th of July for as second
> round........and it doesnt end there. I know i should save this till i
> make
> CCIE, but i'll go ahead anyway.........thanks Brians for your wonderful
> CoD
> and IE workbooks.
>
> On 6/7/07, anthony.sequeira@thomson.com <anthony.sequeira@thomson.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> > > Fax: +1.810.454.0130
> > > http://www.ipexpert.com
> > >
> > >
> > > -----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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