Re: Lesson to be learned here ((CCIE written)or any other test)
Man, I thought I had it bad when the test PC crashed when I was on question 67 and the admin girl told me I had to redo the whole thing again! It turned out once I had redone the pre-test questionairre it went back to question 67 and remembered all of my answers so it wasnt that big a deal. I was a tad 'upset' by the ordeal though... Bad luck on the score - better luck next time. I think you did extremely well, all things considered. Have a good holiday. I am doing my lab in July/August 2001 (havent booked it yet) - hopefully in canada. See you there! Keith :-) _ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Lesson to be learned here ((CCIE written)or any other test)
Notice I waited almost a week before posting. That's the only reason for the "great attitude". I got all the frustrations out over xmas. And yes, I will see you in the lab! Charles ""Lou Nelson"" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Geez... Either you're lying ... or you have one of the greatest attitudes ever! Keep up the great work! Hope to See ya in the Lab! Lou -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of yohanus Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 10:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Lesson to be learned here ((CCIE written)or any other test) 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 92gf64$s80$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:92gf64$s80$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... 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 RS 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 i
Lesson to be learned here ((CCIE written)or any other test)
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 RS 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 _ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Lesson to be learned here ((CCIE written)or any other test)
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 92gf64$s80$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:92gf64$s80$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... 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 RS 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 _ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info:
Re: Lesson to be learned here ((CCIE written)or any other test)
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 92h6q7$bm5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:92h6q7$bm5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... 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 92gf64$s80$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:92gf64$s80$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... 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 RS 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
FW: Lesson to be learned here ((CCIE written)or any other test)
Geez... Either you're lying ... or you have one of the greatest attitudes ever! Keep up the great work! Hope to See ya in the Lab! Lou -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of yohanus Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 10:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Lesson to be learned here ((CCIE written)or any other test) 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 92gf64$s80$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:92gf64$s80$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... 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 RS 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 happ
