Re: failed 2nd attempt

Hello Bobby,
                    Road to sucsess is comprised of steps of failures. No
worries bro, the hard work you have gone through makes you as good as a
CCIE, just don't give up!!!

-Syed
CCIE# 24628

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Bobby Kimble <bobby.kimble_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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