Re: Study Advice

Marc,

Welcome back to the fold. I have been plodding on myself being rather busy
on the work and family front so can relate a bit. My written has expired so
Im busy knocking it out now. I imagine there are no lab slots free anywhere
in the world before the lab change but you never know. I'm still studying
version 3. If I have to do version 4 that's fine. I would say knock out the
theory first. My lab prep is going very well and I have everything planned
nicely over the next 12 weeks but the written test is an elephant in the
room so Im trying to get it out over the course of the next fortnight, so
it's all reading right now. But once it's done I can just settle in on the
remaining lab practice and mock exams I have planned. Suggest you do the
same.

As for study materials for v4 I suppose just check out the latest vendor
offerings!

Regards
Gary

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc La Porte" <marc.a.laporte_at_gmail.com>
To: "Cisco certification" <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 9:49 AM
Subject: Study Advice

> Hi guys,
>
> I am looking for some good advice for approaching attempt #2 for R&S. I
> failed my first attempt back in September 2008 and due to personal
> situations I haven't been able to pick up my studies again, which means
> that
> I won't be able to comply to Cisco's policy to do the second attempt
> within
> a year after the first attempt. Thus, I will have to redo my theory as
> well.
> Not so much a problem (considering the QEQ), but not fun nonetheless.
>
> I have decided to go for version 4 (both theory and lab), and so I need to
> get up to speed on the new topics, work on my weaknesses (security, qos,
> multicast, ip services) and keep the rest up to speed as well...
>
> Here are my questions:
> 1. Is it wise to combine theory and lab study? Or should I do theory
> first?
> 2. How do I make sure I don't "overdo" the theory study (i.e. spend too
> much
> time on it)?
> 3. How do I best prepare for the new topics in v4?
>
> BTW, I am using Internetwork Expert solely (Volume 1,2,3, and CoD for both
> R&S and SP).
>
> Looking forward hearing from you.
>
> I really want to nail it the second time, and put my name on my own site
> (CCIE Hall of Fame), but do not look forward to the new topics and the
> troubleshooting ;-)
>
> Sincerely,
> Marc
>
>
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