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Scott, you would make a killing!
On 8/6/06, Scott Morris wrote: > > Don’t get TOO addicted or you’ll do something weird and end up in a > 12-step > program for IE’s. (I’m thinking of starting one!) > > Scott > > > —–Original Message—– > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of > David Mann > Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 4:08 PM > To: Joshua Lauer; Bill Wagner; ccielab@groupstudy.com > Subject: Re: R&S Lab Difficulty > > I felt confident last time that I had a chance of passing even though I > had > not attempted several sections. I was that sure I had gotten my core next > to > perfect. Anyway, I have on both attempts felt very comfortable and never > stressed out. Thank the lord for that. > > I have had practice labs that were more convoluted than the real lab but > not > necessarly harder. I was just stating that my second attempt seemed > harder. > > I have to say that thru out this process it has given me an even moreso > reason for the respect I pay to those that have finished this beast. > > I can’t wait until my next attempt. I think I’m getting addicted to taking > the lab > > David > > —– Original Message —– > From: “Joshua Lauer” > To: “David Mann” ; “Bill Wagner” > ; > Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 2:16 PM > Subject: Re: R&S Lab Difficulty > > > > You’ll know when your gonna do it is my take on the whole thing. I > wouldnt > > > get wrapped around the axel about which vendors practice labs are > > “harder”, when you know the fundamentals you know them no matter what > > practice lab book you use. Buy them all and you’ll see, like people > they > > are all different and have a different swing on the way they present > > things. > > > > > > I wasnt ready my first two attempts. My third attempt I felt I was ready > > but I didnt pay attention to detail and thus, failed. My forth and final > > attempt I not only was more ready I also relaxed, and finished 2 hours > > early and passed. I dont think the CCIE lab is out to fail you, it’s > just > > freaking hard. You’ll get your number soon! > > > > > > jl > > > > > > Joshua Lauer > > > > CCIE#16024 > > > > > > —– Original Message —– > > From: “David Mann” > > To: “Bill Wagner” ; > > Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 2:13 PM > > Subject: Re: R&S Lab Difficulty > > > > > >>I have failed twice now, May 8th and July 24th. I felt that I was very > >>prepared my last time but my score report said otherwise. > >> I do feel that my last exam was harder. I know the topics but must be > >> misunderstanding the questions. I will say that I will not > >> have the weak points I currently have when I sit it again. > >> > >> I have used Ipexpert and am working thru Doit labs. > >> Have you rescheduled? Whats your approach? > >> > >> > >> David > >> > >> —– Original Message —– > >> From: “Bill Wagner” > >> To: > >> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 8:29 PM > >> Subject: R&S Lab Difficulty > >> > >> > >>> Hi guys, I am trying to get a handle on the R&S Lab difficulty. Not > long > >>> ago I attempted the lab and came up short. I had done quite a number > of > >>> full practice labs (around 40) and felt that I was fairly strong with > >>> them. To be sure I wasn’t cheating myself somehow I attempted a mock > lab > >>> and did really well on it. From reading this message board for > sometime > >>> I > >>> noticed many people say that the actual lab was a lot easier than the > >>> practice labs and in one case someone said 3-5 times easier. Well > >>> without > >>> disclosing any information I can honestly say that the real lab I took > >>> was more difficult than any other practice labs I had attempted prior. > >>> Now I haven’t been someone who came into this thinking that I knew so > >>> much that I only needed to pump out some practice labs,memorize some > >>> scenarios, and learn the “advanced content”. Instead I took the ground > >>> up > >>> approach to build a strong foundation by understanding the technology. > >>> Well after recently failing the lab I am somewhat humbled and am > trying > >>> to get an understanding of where I stand. Part of me believes that I > got > >>> a difficult test, but then another part of me thinks that maybe I am > not > >>> as ready as I thought I was. The thing is that it seems hard to gauge > so > >>> I need to come to the group for some answers. Now if some how or some > >>> way > >>> this is in violation of the NDA please disregard it and do not answer > >>> it, > >>> but I don’t think this will break the NDA so here they are. My > questions > >>> for anyone who has taken the lab or taken it mutiple times is: 1. Did > >>> the > >>> actual test seem more difficult than the labs or was it the other way > >>> around? If so what material did you use to prepare with. 2. Did anyone > >>> who has attempted multiple labs feel that any labs were easier than > >>> others or did they all seem about the same difficulty? 3. What is a > good > >>> way to guage if you are ready or not? I am open to any ideas at all. I > >>> would rather be overprepared than underprepared, but where that line > is > >>> at I don’t know. 4. Does anyone feel that the lab is out to fail you? > By > >>> this I mean after seeing the Cisco facility in SJC I was extreemly > >>> impressed with the facility. It was beautiful, but when I sat down at > my > >>> workstation I thought that there was some kind of mistake. The > keyboard > >>> looked like it belonged in a museum. It was really dirty and had the > big > >>> enter key so everytime you try to hit backspace you hit enter. The > pipe > >>> key was tiny and not where it belongs. The right click button on the > >>> mouse did not work and the scroll wheel did not move the terminal > window > >>> but instead would move through previous commands in the history. Also > if > >>> the scroll wheel was not in the exact right spot when you tried to > >>> highlight text from the terminal window the screen would jump and > >>> highlight 3 lines instead of the one you wanted. In addition the > monitor > >>> was not very good, although at least it worked. My friend said that > the > >>> insert key was broken on his keyboard, and I couldn’t use the default > >>> (ALT E > >>> P) quick key paste function from Secure CRT. Even notepad was hidden > way > >>> off to the side of the quick key bar. Although this might seem > trivial > >>> it really throws you off if you are not used to it. I think that > perhaps > >>> this is all done to slow you down, however I could be wrong. Anyway if > >>> anyone has input I would really appreciate it. 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