From: Joseph Brunner (joe@affirmedsystems.com)
Date: Tue Jan 08 2008 - 00:49:48 ARST
No you need to learn
1. the technologies so well you can be fooloed
2. to stop what ever you are on at 2pm sharp (3pm in CA) and spend the rest
of the time just verifying the "easy" sections. Don't underestimate the
importance of this. You WILL probably fail otherwise.
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
keith tokash
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 8:38 PM
To: Eggert, Scott; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: comments from 1st time fail
Can anyone speak to whether taking the Cisco mock labs helps understand
their
mindset? It seems like the CCIE is accomplished in two steps: 1. Learn the
material; 2. Learn the exam.
With a few exceptions, secrecy is deeply incompatible with democracy and
with
science.
--Carl Sagan
> Subject: RE: comments from 1st time fail
> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 12:04:27 -0600
> From: scott.eggert@berbee.com
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>
> I had almost the exact same experience when I took the lab in early
> December. You need to know the solution within a few minutes, or you
> are taking too much time on a question.
>
> The other item that drove me nuts was that some of the questions had
> many different solutions. You can easily get hung up on a solution that
> may work for "real life" but not for the lab. I need to somehow get in
> the "mind" of Cisco to understand which path they want?
>
> Anyone have any insight into this? My solution is to hit the IE labs
> hard...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Kevin Howard
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 10:42 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: comments from 1st time fail
>
> well, last week I took my lab and failed. I wasn't sure what to expect,
> but after many months of studying, I thought I was ready and after
> reading
> so many posts, had to face the dragon myself.
>
> I realized about 60% of the way through the lab, that my speed wasn't up
> for configuration and quickly getting to a solution. I found I was too
> slow at thinking of the commands, the steps, and the process for solving
> the question. Practice, practice is what I needed more of. I now think
> that when you read a question you need to have the answer/solution pop
> into your head naturally like you are taking your next breath. I also
> fell into the trap of trying to solve questions that were driving me
> crazy, and I thought to myself "i have to fix this" and I would, but it
> would take me too long.
>
> Strangely enough, taking the lab was kind of a confidence boost, meaning
> -
> I am close and can pass it, its doable. An expensive learning lesson,
> but
> many doubts about the exam and myself are gone.
>
> Back to my ipexpert labs, they kick my a$$, and I know that when they
> can
> no longer do that, its time to attempt the lab again. Hope this helps
> others.
> * I took the lab in SJ, proctors were great, atmosphere was professional
> and the whole experience was fine. I got to keep my watch on, although
> they did check it! and I forgot to scope the watermellon juice.
>
>
> -Kevin
>
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