I'm yet to make my first attempt so take this with a grain of salt, but I would say schedule it as soon as possible. As you know it takes a very high level of intensity to be ready for the lab and this intensity is hard to maintain over the long term. You know you were close, just take the month and make your final preparations. Next time will be your time.
-Marc On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 4:53 AM, Michael Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Guys, > > I took the lab yesterday in Brussels. I passed the configuration section, > but failed the TS by one ticket as far as I can tell. When I walked out of > the exam, I felt that I had surely passed the configuration, but I felt that > I had only solved eight tickets in TS. > > In my score report I noticed that I have the option for a rescore, but > seeing that it was the TS section that I failed, Is it even worth it? > > I felt that a few factors contributed to me struggling with the tickets: > > 1) The keyboard was quite different from the standard US layout. Many > crucial keys including the pipe and double quote were either in different > locations, or not even labeled. The proctor was able to help me through > this, but I must have hit the \ key instead of enter fifty times in that > section alone. > > 2) Stress / Nerves - It was my first attempt at any CCIE lab. My thought > processes were in panic mode for probably the first ten minutes of the test. > It wasn't until the afternoon that I really felt comfortable in the lab. The > fact that I seemingly couldn't type some of the most basic commands (show > run | i ...) due to the strange location of the pipe only compounded this. > The problem wasn't that I couldn't find the key, but that I kept > instinctively reaching to the wrong position. > > With all of that in mind, I'm wondering if I should schedule my next attempt > right away, or if I should wait and study? > > My feeling is that I should probably brush up on my troubleshooting methods > based on what I saw in the exam, but I feel like I should be able to do that > within the month that I have to wait. > > A few final notes: The DOC-CD was incredibly fast in my lab. I didn't > attempt to open any PDFs, but I felt that surfing it was just like when I > was home. I didn't refer to it once, but at the start of the configuration > section I opened up a few pages for later reference. I would suggest > that candidates learn the hot-keys to open links in new tabs and windows in > IE. The task bar can get cluttered, so being able to open a tab saved me > space. > > I can't recall the proctors name at the moment, but I would say he was > incredibly nice. I asked him several questions during the config section, > and he did his best to answer them when possible. I would say that the > advice to explain the technology help me, because I found he was much more > willing to discuss the task when he felt I was only attempting to clarify > the wording. In fact, he had to check the answer key for one section, > because there was a task that was clearly contradictory. > > In any case, any feedback would be appreciated! > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
