From: Darby Weaver (darbyweaver@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Dec 03 2007 - 14:57:54 ART
Actually you are right Brad. Sadly so...
Don't worry, I'm working on it. I mostly got little
issues and I've been working on them one by one.
About the regrade...
Let's clarify that one a bit.
If you think (I mean KNOW) you did something in an
uncommon manner of configuration - and if you failed
by a small margin i.e. less than 3 points or whatever
that freaky thing you did was worth and or if you know
that that freaky thing was unusual and more points
were on top of it somehow...
Then a re-grade might be right for you.
If you had everything "working" then you might want to
consider what other options were available to you.
Ya might have missed one or two "gotchas".
Trust me here...
--- Brad Ellis <brad@ccbootcamp.com> wrote:
> If you think you were that close, you should ask for
> a re-grade and fork
> out the $250.
>
> No, you should let your mind rest the day prior to
> the exam. I've always
> done that in the past for my lab attempts. It's sort
> of like a Marathon
> runner taking the day off before the big race. It
> lets you prepare
> mentally and physically.
>
> (If Darby spent a third of the time studying that he
> did typing on here,
> he would have pass his lab exam a long time
> ago...just kidding Darby!!!)
> :)
>
> thanks,
> Brad Ellis
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Salau, Yemi
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 8:52 AM
> To: Darby Weaver; Gregory Gombas; Cisco
> certification
> Subject: RE: Do a practice lab the day before?
> Importance: Low
>
> @Derby, Hang on a sec, thought you already got your
> magic number!?
> Kindly let me know how things are going.
>
> @GS, I failed CCIE with 78%, although people tell us
> we can't really
> calculate what we get from the figures on your
> results page. But, I was
> so sure I should have passed and then put in a
> review request which
> turned out to be a total waste of time and worry
> period for me. I even
> wanted to progress a law suit against Cisco for it
> ... I was that
> desperate and confident. The irony of the story is
> that I did 2 Cisco
> Assessor labs a week before the exam, and also
> another 8 hour prep lab a
> day before. Guess what? I still failed!
>
> When I passed, the people around me and myself knew
> I had to, I play in
> a football 11-aside league twice every week, and
> still managed to go for
> trainings!, I was engrossed at several projects at
> work, and was flying
> up and down. I had to leave an IPTV project in
> Scotland to fly back to
> London 2 days before my exam. I remember someone
> telling me on GS that I
> will FAIL if I don't stop worrying about work stuff
> when I was posting
> some Multicast Technology flaws I discovered from
> the RFC and IETFs,
> well maybe not flaws, but would be fantastic if
> someone do something
> about the loophole!
> I spent my last 24hrs processing my Belgian Visa and
> left the embassy
> with it at about 2pm in the afternoon to catch up
> with the Eurostar
> train at 7.00pm, I got to my hotel around 11.58pm
> .... Silly init? I
> forgot my wallet in London and then didn't have any
> cash/card to pay for
> taxi to the hotel, so had to just take the free
> train ride to Diegem.
>
> I must confess, I went through some audio classes,
> but merely to make me
> sleep! And woke up around 6.30am the next day only
> to start browsing the
> online DocDVD.
>
> Well, this is my own story and might not work for
> someone else, remember
> we're all different with different body system and
> reactions to working
> under pressures. One's man meat is another's poison,
> but what I am 100%
> sure of is that, you need more than your last
> 24hours prep work to pass
> the CCIE lab!
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Yemi Salau
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darby Weaver [mailto:darbyweaver@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 4:35 PM
> To: Salau, Yemi; Gregory Gombas; Cisco certification
> Subject: RE: Do a practice lab the day before?
>
> And with that said, how are you going to feel if you
> fail and it is only by a few points on something you
> wanted to see one more time.
>
> Of course, I never sleep before a lab, so I'm a poor
> person to take an opinion from.
>
> My good friend Yemi has passed the lab already -
> and
> many others have said the same thing as well.
>
>
> --- "Salau, Yemi" <yemi.salau@siemens.com> wrote:
>
> > I honestly believe it wouldn't be
> couterproductive.
> > On the other hand, I
> > don't think it will make any difference to your
> > techniques in less than
> > 24hours.
> >
> > In my own candid opinion, If you're going to pass
> > CCIE, it wouldn't be
> > down to what you went through a day before. That
> > will be down to months
> > of prep, skill building, time management and
> ability
> > to work under
> > pressure.
> >
> > You need to be in your best state of mind for the
> > lab, CCIE isn't only a
> > test of techniques and skills, it's also a test of
> > your mental ability
> > to cope under pressure, identify your mistakes in
> > good time and quality
> > time management.
> >
> > Some of the things in the lab comes to you easy,
> > because of months and
> > years of hardwork, not because of a 24hours last
> > minute prep! Trust me.
> >
> > Many Thanks
> >
> > Yemi Salau
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> > [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > Gregory Gombas
> > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 2:27 PM
> > To: Cisco certification
> > Subject: Do a practice lab the day before?
> >
> > In your expert opinions,
> >
> > Do you think doing an 8 hour practice lab the day
> > before the real lab
> > would be counterproductive?
> >
> > On one hand I think it would keep techniques fresh
> > in my mind but on
> > the other hand it might burn me out for the real
> > lab.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Greg
> >
> >
>
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