From: Joel Amao (femmy79@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Nov 26 2007 - 16:56:07 ART
Congrats.....very well done !!
Joel AmaoCCIE#18128
> Subject: #19413> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:26:47 -0500> From:
slee@packet360.com> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com> > Well, after 8 months and 4
attempts I finally passed on 11/21. I found> out Thanksgiving morning and it
was the best Thanksgiving I ever had. I> passed the written in January and
spent the next couple months putting> together a home lab. I really started
studying in April and took my> first attempt in mid May. I came really close
to passing with about 75> points. I thought sweet I will nail it on my second
attempt, well not so> much. I took it again in June and failed miserable not
even 50%. So I> really buckled down and got after it and took it again in
August. Well I> got about the same score as my second attempt. So I really
started> doubting it and took a few weeks off to regroup. So after the summer
was> over I got back after it and had an October date scheduled, but my wife>
broke her leg and I had to take care of her and the kids for a few weeks>
until she got back on her feet. So I rescheduled for Nov. I was thinking> if I
don't get it this time I am going to have to take a break. All the> studying
was really starting to affect my family life as Daddy was> locked in the
office every evening and all weekend. > > What got me the entire time was
question interpretation. I felt like I> knew the material the entire time and
had a good base of knowledge. My> problem I think was question interpretation.
On my 4th attempt it was> like I could see through the vague wording and
finally understood what> they wanted. I only asked the proctor 2 questions as
I found it pretty> clear.> > To all those that are struggling with this I hear
ya. But just know if> you stick with it you can pass.> > What I used to pass:>
> - 10 years experience designing and implementing Cisco networks for> various
Fortune 100 companies.> > - Internetwork Expert V4.0 workbook and the Advanced
Technologies VOD> and the 5 day bootcamp VOD. These are really great products
and I> learned immensely from them. I would highly recommend their material
for> learning the technologies.> > - NMC CheckIt labs. I think these are most
closely aligned with what the> real lab is like. The wording and vaguearies
are very close to how Cisco> does it. It would recommend this to people who
are close to their date> and want a good lesson on question interpretation.> >
- The Cisco Press CCIE R&S book. Good for the written and has some good>
tables for reference.> > - I built my own home lab made to the IEWB V4.0
format. I decided I> wanted my own lab that I could use anytime I had time to
study and> didn't want to deal with rack rentals or dealing with all the
Dynamips> issues.> > - Finally but definitely not least was my wife. She
supported me through> the tough times and entertained two kids every evening
and every weekend> for about 8 months straight. I could not have done it
without her.> > > Steve> #19413> >
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