Thanks,
This newsgroup has been an extremely valuable resource as well as a
great place for support. I'll keep all posted. Next attempt...end of Jan.
Maybe.
Charles
""yohanus"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> GREAT STORY!!! Let me put my 2 cents in. You did well. Remember the CCIE
> test is Cisco's toughest test and when passing such a test, you should
> reward yourself. Now you may be asking yourself, "what the ^%# do you
mean."
> You got a fine score considering what you went through. Better luck next
> time!
>
> ""Charles Henson"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Good afternoon all, just wanted to tell everyone a quick story that I
hope
> > all exam takers will take heed of. I had scheduled the 350-001 R&S exam
> for
> > Friday the 22 of December (right before xmas) almost a month in advance
at
> a
> > local prometric site (RTP, NC area) so that I would have plenty of time
to
> > prepare and then (pass or fail) could take a breather during xmas and
> > hopefully start focusing on the lab next year. My exam was at 11:15 and
I
> > had a 2pm flight immediately afterwards. I'm one of those folks that
likes
> > to feel not only like he's studied and ready with the material but also
> > mentally prepared or focused or in the zone or whatever else you want to
> > call it. I got a good nights sleep the night before, slept in the next
> > morning and arrived at the prometric site around 9am. I figured I'd
> casually
> > go over my 800 pages of notes one last time, and slumber into the exam
> room
> > a little early if they could fit me in. Problem. Locked door. I start
> > knocking on the window and finally some admin chick comes up and opens
the
> > door. She asks what I want, I explain "I have an exam at 11" to which
she
> > replies "not today sir we're closed". CLOSED! To make a long story short
> the
> > testing center had told Sylvan Prometric they would be closed this
> > particular pre-xmas Friday but Prometric forgot to put it in the
calendar.
> I
> > spent the next hour to hour and a half on the phone. First, Prometric
> > apologized and said they would gladly reschedule me for the following
> week.
> > I explained that that was not good enough as my brain would be saturated
> > with laced eggnog and whatever else and that the week between xmas and
> > newyears was just not suitable. I told them this was their mistake and
> they
> > needed to reschedule me same day at another location. After getting
> approval
> > from some manager they finally agreed to reschedule me just to tell me
> that
> > all the sites it the Raleigh, Durham area were completely booked. If
this
> > wasn't the Friday before xmas rescheduling for a later week would be
fine,
> > but I felt that I had spent so much time preparing that if I went on
> > vacation and then came back it would be the end of January before I
would
> be
> > ready to take it again. I went to the prometric website and printed all
> the
> > addresses and phone numbers for all the testing centers in my area and
> > called one by one. I got about halfway down the list before finding
> someone
> > who said they could fit me in. The only catch was I needed to get over
> there
> > as soon as possible. I jumped in the car and raced over to the new site.
> > When I got there we got back on the phone with prometric and after 40
> > minutes of arguing with the new customer service rep finally got the
exam
> > downloaded. I had just enough time to throw out my bubble gum before
> sitting
> > down infront of the computer. Obviously due to the NDA I can't talk
about
> > the exam other than to say it was tough, deserves it's reputation, and
> > really evaluates whether you have a clear understanding of the
> fundamentals
> > or not. Anyway, I failed. Score: 67. Am I displeased at the score? Not
at
> > all. It was my first time taking the test and I feel I gave it a fair
> effort
> > and I got a fair result. I had bridging and dlsw down pat but was week
on
> > some other key areas. Do I blame the mess before the exam for my
failure?
> > Not completely. It is obvious to me that I still have some skill
> sharpening
> > to do before I consider this exam again. I do wonder, however, if I
hadn't
> > spent the morning running around in circles and on the phone with people
> and
> > had gotten a good hour or so to go over my notes and focus on those weak
> > areas if I might have passed it. Once again, I don't blame Sylvan
> prometric
> > for my failure completely. I just wonder if it may have been influenced
by
> > my lack of focus in the exam room. LESSON LEARNED. Don't make
assumptions
> > about the communication process between Sylvan Prometric and these local
> > testing centers. call them up and make sure the scheduling is correct.
The
> > CCIE written is the biggest exam I've taken to date and I was very
> > optimistic. It's a shame that I spent the morning scrambling to make it
> > happen instead of sitting in a quiet room, going over my notes and
> "getting
> > in the zone". Just my two cents.
> >
> > Charles Henson
> > CCNP +S, CCDP, MCSE
> >
> >
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