From: Bryan F (cciebfetzer@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Mar 29 2007 - 14:14:48 ART
Ryan,
What has your preparation for the exam up to this point consisted of?
Bryan F
On 3/29/07, Ryan <ryan95842@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you all for your comments,
>
> I spent all day in evaluation and over thinking what I configured and what
> they had asked for...
>
> My scores do not merit a re-grade. According to the scores, I clearly missed
> the mark. But why?
>
> As some have mentioned, attention to detail. I've been able to account for
> several lost points because of just not doing what they asked. ACL subnet
> mask not precise enough, etc. Sure the config worked, but it wasn't exactly
> what they asked for. Several questions I should have gotten more
> clarification on, such as the conflicting naming convention directions (this
> question pisses me off...)....some just not enough configuration or I must
> have missed read something or ignored some important phrase (one question in
> particular is bothering me. It mentioned something which had nothing to do
> with the configuration option I was asked configure...I must find out what
> that means)
>
> Bottom line is I failed because I did not meet all the requirements. I think
> I can say I failed mostly because of attention to detail and reading
> comprehension. A tough pill to swallow. There ares still several missed
> points that I have no idea why.
>
> So at this point, my spirits are back up (a little) and I have an idea what
> I need to focus on. Instead of taking practice labs, I'm going to the
> learning annex to learn how to read. (just kidding).
>
> Seriously though, I'm going to reschedule and try again in two months. I'm
> going to spend that two months combing over the Doc CD and focusing on
> details.
>
> Not sure what else I can do...
>
> Again, thank you all for your support and encouragement.
>
>
> -Ryan
>
>
>
>
>
> On 3/29/07, Digital Yemeni <digital.yemeni@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Duncan,
> > while you made me really laugh i also urge you not to put the salt on the
> > guy's wound! ;-)
> >
> > On 3/29/07, Duncan Maccubbin <duncan.maccubbin@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > "I'm extremely frustrated right now because I walked out believing I had
> > > nailed it, yet I some how failed and I have no idea what went wrong."
> > >
> > > If I had a nickel for every time I have seen this :). The devil is in
> > the
> > > details.
> > >
> > > "Could I have gotten someone else's score report?"
> > >
> > > Best case of denial ever! :).
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > >From: Ryan <ryan95842@gmail.com>
> > > >Sent: Mar 28, 2007 7:06 PM
> > > >To: Cisco certification <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > > >Subject: Frustrating - failed 1st attempt
> > > >
> > > >I failed my 1st attempt yesterday at San Jose.
> > > >
> > > >I'm extremely frustrated right now because I walked out believing I had
> > > >nailed it, yet I some how failed and I have no idea what went wrong.
> > > >
> > > >I arrived 2 days head of time and got a great night's sleep before the
> > > lab.
> > > >I finished the lab in about 5 hours and verified my configurations over
> > > the
> > > >remaining three hours. Found a few minor issues and did some tweaking.
> > I
> > > >asked the proctors for clarification on almost every question (Proctors
> > > were
> > > >great and very patient) and got good feedback regarding the questions.
> > > >Reloaded the routers and checked everything again. I left with
> > everything
> > > >working (except for 3pts of IP service which I intentionally did not
> > do)
> > > and
> > > >feeling like I had just kicked the lab's ass.
> > > >
> > > >Then this morning I wake up to a score report that says I failed.
> > What's
> > > >worse is I have no idea what I could have done wrong. There was nothing
> > > on
> > > >the test that was difficult or I was not very familiar with. I even
> > > verified
> > > >several config's right from the doc CD where the command description
> > read
> > > >almost verbatim what they were asking.
> > > >
> > > >Could I have gotten someone else's score report?
> > > >
> > > >I'm sure many have thought the same thing. I'm just really frustrated
> > as
> > > I
> > > >don't know what I did wrong and I have no idea how to prepare for my
> > next
> > > >attempt?
> > > >
> > > >Time management was not an issue, stress was not an issue, technology
> > was
> > > >not an issue, and I'm pretty sure question interpretation was not an
> > > issue.
> > > >Obviously there was some issue, but how do I find it? How do I found
> > out
> > > >what I did wrong so I can correct it? Maybe technology was an issue.
> > > Maybe I
> > > >needed more configuration or they were looking for a specific solution.
> > > How
> > > >could I know?
> > > >
> > > >Aaaaaghghgh!!!!
> > > >
> > > >Sorry for the whining...I'm just really frustrated...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >-Ryan
> > > >
> > > >(going to try to reconstruct the lab from memory and see if I can
> > > determine
> > > >where I went wrong)
> > > >
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> > --
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> > Digital, CCIE# to be assigned by Cisco when it collects enough $$ out of
> > me!
> > :p
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