From: Mounir Mohamed (mounir.mohamed@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Mar 04 2008 - 22:48:58 ARST
Congratulations Adel :)-- Best Reagrds,Mounir Mohamed, CCIE No.19573> From:
scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com> To: adelkarim@gmail.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Subject: RE: Passed R&S 20147> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 11:26:21 -0700> > Nice
work Adel! I never had a proctor outright ask me why I was making> complexity
where none existed before, but I did get a few looks that> essentially said
the same thing, LOL...> > -----Original Message-----> From:
nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Adel> Karim>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 2:17 AM> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com> Subject:
Passed R&S 20147> > Hi all,> > With the great blessings of God, I was able to
pass the CCIE R&S lab exam> from first attempt on 1st of March in Dubai.> > I
have been preparing for this exam since 1st of Jan 2008 with the rate of>
almost 40hrs/week with a full rack.> > I can say the exam was really easy and
straight forward... that was to the> extent that the proctor kept asking me:
"Why are you trying to make the> questions more complicated?, it's just
straight forward". By lunch time, I> was almost done and spent the last 3
hours revising twice.> > The tools I used to prepare were as follows:> > 1-
Attended the R&S bootcamp with "Tarun Pahuja" in Cairo last week of 2007.> The
bootcamp was great and Tarun did a great job during and after the class.> I
owe him a lot and thank him for his patience.> > 2- The great workbook
Internetwork Expert's Vol 1 and 2. Did all 20 labs in> volume 2 and that
helped a LOT. Although I had products from other vendors> but I decided to
stick to one workbook and it seems I made a good choice.> > 3- 2 IE Mock labs
and 1 NMC CheckiT lab. Although my results were not great> (60-70%) in all 3
labs but they were very important to give me the feeling> of the real thing. I
can say the real reason for these results was the fact> that there is no
proctor to ask in case I had doubts about the tasks.> > 4- The Documentation
CD.> > The exam environment and the proctor were great. It was a Saturday
(weekend> in Dubai) so the building was very quiet and that helped a lot to>
concentrate.> > To everyone who is working on this same mission now. Study
hard and give it> all your effort and it will pay off for sure. Do not think
of it as a beast,> have self confidence and you will go through it.> > Adel
Karim> CCIE# 20147 R&S> >
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