From: Colin McNamara (colin@2cups.com)
Date: Sat Jan 26 2008 - 21:46:16 ARST
Doh !! I mistyped that. What I meant to say was that it was hard to find
a number ABOVE 6000 in that room.
-- Colin McNamara (858)208-8105 CCIE #18233,RHCE,GCIH http://www.colinmcnamara.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/colinmcnamara"The difficult we do immediately, the impossible just takes a little longer"
On Sat, 2008-01-26 at 08:41 -0500, Scott Morris wrote: > There were several people in the room with numbers below 6000. > > > Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713, JNCIE-M > #153, JNCIS-ER, CISSP, et al. > CCSI/JNCI-M/JNCI-ER > 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: Colin McNamara [mailto:colin@2cups.com] > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 2:23 AM > To: Scott Morris > Cc: 'Lala Lander'; sheherezada@gmail.com; 'Luan Nguyen'; > ccielab@groupstudy.com > Subject: RE: CCDE > > I think another important thing to point out is that this was not an open > beta. In the beta meeting I had to look hard to find a CCIE number below > 6000. There were some big guns in that room, and those are the people that > set the curve for the beta. If you passed the CCDE written, you earned it. > > -- > Colin McNamara > (858)208-8105 > CCIE #18233,RHCE,GCIH > http://www.colinmcnamara.com > http://www.linkedin.com/in/colinmcnamara > > "The difficult we do immediately, the impossible just takes a little longer" > > On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 08:55 -0500, Scott Morris wrote: > > heheheeh... There are lots of statistics and reasons involved in that > > though... So it's not quite that black/white. :) > > > > Still thinking on that, remember that betas typically involve a LOT > > more questions. So if you took an exam with 200 questions and > > answered 58% of them correctly (116 questions) that's still better > > then the person who only had a 100 question exam and answered 80 of them > correctly. > > > > Not all questions make it out of the beta into the real thing either. > > > > But the passing score on the CCDE beta was 70%. I have no idea how > > that translated into the real exam (obviously haven't taken that) but > > I'd guess that it's fairly close. > > > > So the cut score on the beta really has lots of analysis behind it, > > not just being a "ridiculously low" score to make people feel better. > > :) > > > > HTH, > > > > > > Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713, > > JNCIE-M #153, JNCIS-ER, CISSP, et al. > > CCSI/JNCI-M/JNCI-ER > > 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 Lala Lander > > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 6:30 PM > > To: sheherezada@gmail.com > > Cc: Luan Nguyen; ccielab@groupstudy.com > > Subject: Re: CCDE > > > > The only issue I have with betas is passing scores are ridiculously > > low. if I remember correctly CCIE v2.0 passing score was 52% and I > > passed it with 58%. So it is like I dont have to read too much or read > > in depth and I can still pass the beta. I was not happy that I got > > only 58% but it was good enough for Cisco. > > > > So I dont know.....i'll rather don't cheat and deal with the written > > exam where passing score is 70 or 80%, read as much as I can and pass the > test. > > > > my 2 cents > > > > Shahid > > > > On Jan 23, 2008 1:01 AM, <sheherezada@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > That' why I took the beta :) I don't trust any written exam that > > > can be "replayed". > > > > > > Mihai > > > > > > On Jan 22, 2008 4:46 PM, Luan Nguyen <luan.m.nguyen@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > FYI... > > > > > > > http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/expert_design_introduction_ccde. > > > html > > > > > > > > -lmn > > > > > > > > Let's all go take the written before dumb sites yah? See if we > > > > are for > > > real > > > > or just talk :) > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > > > __ ___ Subscription information may be found at: > > > > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > > __ _ Subscription information may be found at: > > > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > _ Subscription information may be found at: > > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > _ Subscription information may be found at: > > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html
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