RE: Retreat hell! I just got here!

I would not have simply because I ran out of time on the configuration
portion. I will definitely be working on my lab strategy and timing going in
next time.

As Michael pointed out in his review, you really don't have time to read and
diagram. It really ate up too much of my time yesterday.

From: Atlanta CCIE [mailto:atlantaccie_at_gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:40 AM
To: Michael Marvel
Cc: Nathan Richie; CCIE Groupstudy
Subject: Re: Retreat hell! I just got here!

Great reviews Nathan and Mike! I wish you guys goodluck for the next attempt.

Did you guys think you would have passed if there were no OEQs?

Thanks!
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Michael Marvel
<mmarvel37122_at_gmail.com<mailto:mmarvel37122_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
I was with Nathan at RTP yesterday and also took the v4 lab and I'd have to
say that his critique is right on the mark. The only thing I would add,
since this wasn't my first attempt, is that the amount of material in the
configuration section is pretty close to what it was before the
troubleshooting section was added, they just consolidated what used to be
individual tasks into single tasks. For example, without giving any great
detail, what used to be maybe 3 tasks in EGP is now a single task... same
number of steps just not split up.

A note on time management... In previous attempts, I would read through the
entire lab, draw it out, try to understand what is coming up. I usually
would have time to troubleshoot at the end of the time on the old exam.
This plan will not work anymore, especially if you get tasks that you don't
know how to implement off the top of your head and have to hit the DocCD.
It almost seemed like they wrote the lab on the assumption that the
troubleshooting section wouldn't take a full 2 hours.

No comments on OEQ, they are what they are and, like Nathan, I also thought
I had more right that Cisco did.

Now, like Nathan, I start preparing for my next attempt.

On a side note, I definately see how they could be positioning the new test
as something that could be taken at any VUE center. My only problem is that
I wouldn't want to sit in any of the VUE testing centers around here for 8
hours. :)

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