Just a message to those who (like me!) thinking that reading, doing labs and taking multiple choice test will prepare you for the real world and (hopefully)the CCIE lab need to be exposed to cisco's network accademy semester 5 skills final . I just took it yesterday and failed . In fact the whole class failed!!!!.
One of our students who scored high on most test and blazed through the final written exam in 10 mins, walked out in frustration . Another student who works as an administrator, was are best chance of having someone pass missed it . I myself knew after an hour that if you don't have those commands down cold with a solid understanding of how to implement them your GOOSE is cooked !!! . You do have the option to have your own written notes to help but that might weigh you down if too much is in front of you . Working on idividual labs is one thing but putting the whole environment together is a whole different animal . Once given the actual skills asessment designing, implementing and trouble shooting you assume that this ones in the bag . The environment wasn't large and looking back at the running config's there wasnt much to them other than having MED and CBAC . Ah!!! but how wrong I was!!! I'll spare the details and say that this was an eye opener . It showed me what I really don't know and to do the job in the real world will take a lot work on my part . Buyer Beware !!! Overall it was good to go through and to be pushed just shows the weak areas FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
