Nate, How many people would love to have your "problem"................ The points you raise have been discussed often on this list. That the written does not reflect the material in the lab, nor does it reflect the reality of real world networking. Your point about being too easy and too hard have been echoed by a few members of the list. If you're up to a little searching through the archives though - you'll see a thread or two about how Cisco is planning to revamp the written and the lab. Take your pass and don't be ashamed of it. It's interesting that the scheduling program asks for a score - since so many things on the written have been deleted from the lab, a "low" passing score could be all the questions on the stuff that's not in the lab anymore. So what good is knowing the score? Congrats and move on to the lab! Kevin Wigle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nate Vanderschaaf" To: Sent: Monday, 25 June, 2001 00:48 Subject: Passed the CCIE written by accident-should I retake? [7:9733] > Since I realized I would never feel ready for the CCIE, I figured the best > way to prepare for the CCIE written was to take it once, try to get a feel > for the subject material, topics and format, then go home, study anything > that was a total surprise, and take it again. ($300 for the test, instead > of $3000 for a class). Trouble is, I passed the test-- barely. I got a 70%, > the absolute minimum passing score. > > I realize the lab is challenging, and since it's at least 6 months out for > me (full schedule in NC and CA), I'm trying to figure out if there's a good > reason to retake the written. I did notice that you need to submit your > score when logging in to the Lab scheduling system. > > > BTW, I thought the CCIE written was too easy and too difficult at the same > time. I really don't see the need to have memorized tons of TokenRing > bridging techniques in today's Ethernet world, but concurrently, I would > have liked to be more challenged with OSPF and BGP questions, things that > are critical to today's Internet world. I wonder how many people on this > newsgroup realize that ARIN has allowed backbone carriers to only advertise > /20 bits to BGP peers and how this threatens the integrity of the 'net? > (Also hats off to uu.net for continuing on with /24! Damn you sprint!) > > > Congratulations to anyone who has worked hard to learn internetworking. > Certified or not. > > Nate Vanderschaaf Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=9738&t=9738 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
