"I can't fail it a second time..." You'd better lose that attitude now. If you really can't fail it a second time, then you had better stop now. I hope you will not give up, though. I just suggest you alter your attitude and expectations.
To get the CCIE, you will need to be prepared to try and fail. If you cannot afford to take the written test more than once, you will be under too much pressure when it comes to the expensive Lab exam. Very few people pass that on the first try. There is no shame in failing a Cisco written test these days (not that there ever was). I passed the CCIE Lab on the second attempt and a few months later failed the Cisco Pix Firewall Exam again and again (after having always passed Cisco written tests on the first try.) The Cisco written tests these days are tough, tough, tough. I hope you will continue pursuing your goal. Be prepared to take longer than you would like and when the horse throws you, get right back on. Your idea of doing some lab scenarios in preparation for the written test sounds like a good one, but make sure that you also do a lot more book study of theory and the wide range of technologies that are on the written exam blueprint. If you are uncomfortable with an area, become comfortable with it. Embrace it. It is satisying to get to the point where you actually want questions on subjects that you used to dread. Tom Larus, CCIE #10,014 Defcom"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > First of all I would like to thank you all for helping me out throughout my > study in preparing for the CCCIE written exam. > > I study for 6 months straight for the CCIE written and today I got a scored > lower than dirt-- 41 :( Passing Score is 70. > > I've passed CCNA and CCNP with no problem in the past. I guess I have > finally meet my match > > To the contrary of what I have heard, the test is well written as far as > grammar is concerned. I clearly understand the content of the questions. I > just didn't have most of the answers and most of the answers look like right > answers. I did very poorly on the scenario questions. I feel like I needed > to configured all these topics in a lab environment.. > > Here's the list of books that I used to prepare for it. > > Bruno > Caslo > Doyle TCP/IP 1 and 2 > Halabi- BGP > Hamilton- switching > CCO Links > Boson 3 and > Experience > > I feel like throughout my study I was mostly focusing on the theoretical > part of the subjects because most of the books have nothing but million of > pages of theory and like 3 little scenarios. > I read whatever scenarios as well. > > Are the CCO links up to date on the blue print ? > > I got grueled on IPX and token ring which I only have a grasp for by theory. > I have never work with IPX or Token ring in real life (not making excuses > here :-) > > I hope this question is not lame. But can someone tell me how to study for > the CCIE ? What should I focus on when studying. I welcome any help you can > throw at me. > > > Thanks > > RBX10 > -CCIE-maybe Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=71827&t=71800 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
