FYI, the second chance offer doesn't work for... REDEMPTION!

Whoops. I thought I scheduled my ICND1 further in advance than I did. I wish I would have checked my schedule on Tuesday. At least I could have got a little preview of the exam and the opportunity to use the free retake offer. That was a nice chunk of cash down the drain

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rfult001

That sucks! BTW, is that kid sucking down a Heineken?

astorrs

That really sucks dynamik. Probably can't keep track of the what 4 exams you're working on...

rfult001 wrote:

That sucks! BTW, is that kid sucking down a Heineken?

He can't remember that far back, he was pretty young when his mom took that picture of him and his brother.

Mishra

o man not cool

snadam

that pretty much sucks!

scheistermeister

Wow, that sucks a lot!

scheistermeister

You reschedule to take yours yet?

dynamik

I'll take it in a week, maybe a little later if I get busy at work.

bertieb

astorrs wrote:

That really sucks dynamik. Probably can't keep track of the what 4 exams you're working on...

rfult001 wrote:

That sucks! BTW, is that kid sucking down a Heineken?

He can't remember that far back, he was pretty young when his mom took that picture of him and his brother.

Unlucky dynamik. Then again, if you'd knock that heineken habit on the head I'm sure you'll remember what days you have exams scheduled

dynamik

Well I finally buckled down and knocked this one out today. I'm always anxious when taking a new vendor's exam (I have another one with the VCP in a week or two. Yay

). Cisco seems to be a bit touchy about posting scores, but suffice to say, I only missed a perfect score by a few. I also finished with a half hour left, which doesn't seem to be the norm. I guess I erred (Wow, I feel dumb. I always thought that was "errored". Thanks spell check; I learned something today!) on the side of caution with this one.

Resources used:
Train Signal CCENT CBT
Transcender (helped, but kind of flawed)
Cisco Press ICND 1
CCNA Command Reference (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - it's easy to separate the CCENT topics)
Constantly reading words of wisdom from all the Cisco gurus here

Interesting notes:
Some questions are 5-in-1, so budget your time with those in mind. You'll have to evaluate a diagram or other information and answer various questions about it. Those seemed to take as much time as five regular questions.

Your score is based on a scale of 300-1000. What the hell is that? If I ever make an exam, I'm going to grade it on a scale of 236-1274. Good luck interpreting that.

There were a few questions that seemed beyond the scope of ICND 1. I'm not sure if those were ungraded questions or what. My optimism started to wane after the first question left me absolutely dumbfounded. There were only a few like that though, and I felt pretty good while waiting for my score to pop up.

I'm going to wrap up that VCP and then move on to ICND 2 shortly.

networker050184

Congrats dynamik!

Welcome to the wonderful world of Cisco certifications!

cacharo

Congrats! We will have to find some time to celebrate soon!

Congrats!

Congrats!

congrats dynamik!!!

I must say congrats!!! youre a CCENT now? you should update your long list over there
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Igloodude

Doesn't the SAT do that as well? Perfect score is (was) 1600, and you can't score less than 400 or something? Maybe the initial few hundred points are for scheduling the test properly or something.

And I had the same sense when I took the exam - the first few questions left me wondering if I'd scheduled the correct exam, but things settled down well enough.

Anyway, congrats!

LarryDaMan

Congrats!

mikej412

dynamik wrote:

knocked this one out

Congratulations!

You get 300 points just for showing up and taking the exam.... but since everyone gets those points it's kind of a wash. But if you don't show up, you don't get the 300 points -- or any other points.

mamono

Congrats!

Multitasking too many things at the same time can be hazardous, especially if it involves drinking Heineken while doing other stuff!

darkerosxx

Grats Dynamik!

Megadeth4168

Congrats!
Hopefully I will be joining the Cisco club soon myself.

7255carl

congrats on the pass

dynamik

Ok, this thread just jogged my memory a bit. I forgot the greatest part of the day.

So while I was waiting to sign in, I was standing right behind the lady that's helping me. She was at her computer, and she moves notepad (or something similar) out of the way to reveal second life running in a window. There's two people in bed, and I think it's safe to say they're about as naked as the game will let you get. She just glanced at it for a second, then dragged notepad back over it and then took me to my test station like it was nothing. As she's leaving, she's like, "Oh yea, and you're on candid camera," and pointed to the camera. I almost said, "Sounds good. If I finish early, I'll put on a show for you, seeing as how you're into that!"

Slowhand

dynamik wrote:

Ok, this thread just jogged my memory a bit. I forgot the greatest part of the day.

So while I was waiting to sign in, I was standing right behind the lady that's helping me. She was at her computer, and she moves notepad (or something similar) out of the way to reveal second life running in a window. There's two people in bed, and I think it's safe to say they're about as naked as the game will let you get. She just glanced at it for a second, then dragged notepad back over it and then took me to my test station like it was nothing. As she's leaving, she's like, "Oh yea, and you're on candid camera," and pointed to the camera. I almost said, "Sounds good. If I finish early, I'll put on a show for you, seeing as how you're into that!"

What, you mean there's something else to do in Second Life?!?

Congrats on the pass, I was wondering when you'd knock this one out.

/usr

"Sounds good. If I finish early, I'll put on a show for you, seeing as how you're into that!"

dazerski

dynamik wrote:

Well I finally buckled down and knocked this one out today. I'm always anxious when taking a new vendor's exam (I have another one with the VCP in a week or two. Yay ). Cisco seems to be a bit touchy about posting scores, but suffice to say, I only missed a perfect score by a few. I also finished with a half hour left, which doesn't seem to be the norm. I guess I erred (Wow, I feel dumb. I always thought that was "errored". Thanks spell check; I learned something today!) on the side of caution with this one.

Congratz Dynamik!!! THank you for the information as well... I believe I am using most of those and actually, you pointed out the command reference book. I've had that on the shelf but never really used it as a study tool. Last night after reading your post, I read through it for an hour or so and it really is much more handy than I originally thought for being used as a study tool! I guess I never really looked at it too close. Thanks for the suggestion

Congrats again, I hope to be posting a Pass in 13 days

mikka07

Congratulations Dynamik and thanks for the advice on the study material.

Mishra

Look, when you show up to take the exam you can actually pass it. What a coinkydink.

Good job. I'm glad to here that you can kill Cisco exams too. They aren't a walk in the park.

I might have done my 294 by now if I haven't had power for 4 days.