Re: failed 2nd attempt

Sorry, I meant to respond to all earlier:

To answer a few questions:
1. The score report made it pretty clear which areas suffered. The problem
is that they were areas that I thought were the easiest. I thought I was
scoring easy points in security and IOS features, but apparently I was
wrong. In fact, I scored the same % on those two sections the first time I
took the lab.

2. I passed all four of my OEQ's, but I honestly don't even remember what
they were. I only remember the first one, but sharing it would break NDA. I
remember thinking that the questions were on about the same level as the
written exam.

3. I ran tcl scripts repeatedly throughout the exam and had full
connectivity when I left. I also rebooted my routers at lunch and made sure
that everything came up correctly.

4. I didn't really feel as though I had any real weak areas. Obviously I was
wrong.

5. I never took any of the graded assessment labs, but I supposed that I
should have.

Also, one of my routers crashed twice during my lab. I saved my configs
after every task, so thankfully I didn't lose my configurations. I let the
proctor know that my router was crashing and he said he was going to run a
show tech and troubleshoot it after I left.

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Gary Duncanson <
gary.duncanson_at_googlemail.com> wrote:

> Sorry to hear that Bobby. All three volumes of IWEB three times? That's a
> hell of a lot of racktime you must have put in so I can imagine you would be
> disappointed. Perhaps go over all the theory again until you can obliterate
> the written exam and do as many mock exams as you can.
>
> Keep at it. Sounds like you are there or there abouts.
>
> Regards
> Gary
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobby Kimble" <bobby.kimble_at_gmail.com>
> To: "Cisco certification" <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 4:46 PM
> Subject: failed 2nd attempt
>
>
> Well, I'm at a loss. I made my second attempt yesterday and I failed. I
>> REALLY thought that I passed. The only part that I was worried about was
>> the
>> open ended questions, but according to my score report I got 100% on my
>> "Core Knowledge" section.
>> I walked out yesterday thinking that I aced it. My score report actually
>> says that I did worse yesterday than I did on my first try in January.
>>
>> In the last year and a half I've:
>>
>> *Gone through all three volumes of IEWB twice
>>
>> *picked 10 labs out of volume 2 and went through them until I could finish
>> them in 5 hours or less
>>
>> *gone through the Narbik workbooks once
>>
>> *Went through the bootcamp at IPExpert and recorded it on an mp3 player
>> and
>> then went back over the entire class when I got home.
>>
>> I honestly don't know what else to study at this point. I'm pretty sure my
>> boss is going to say that the company won't pay for another exam after
>> seeing my score report. I hate to think that I've spent a couple thousand
>> hours studying for a certification that I'm not going to get. Since the
>> lab
>> is changing in October, my lab equipment and study materials will be
>> wasted.
>>
>> My CCNP and CCVP are going to expire in January if I don't pass something
>> between now and then. I guess I'll hit the books.....
>>
>> -Bobby
>>
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