The "I've booked my exam thread"

Whoohoo, Thursday 20th September. Figured that'd give me a day to sulk and a weekend to revise for a second attempt the next week.

Have to say, after doing some practice questions yesterday I'm now more than a little worried about the exam.

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sthomas

Good Luck on the exam!

wait2dominate

Good luck!

I'm looking at next wednesday(8/29) myself

networker050184

Good luck! Don't worry if you prepared well you will do fine. Try not to be nervous!

Netstudent

Good luck!

7255carl

best of luck

JohnDouglas

thanks - quite looking forward to it. no doubt i'll be asking loads of questions over the next four weeks.

networker050184 wrote:

Good luck! Don't worry if you prepared well you will do fine. Try not to be nervous!

That's why I'm worried - poor preparation! Still, 1 month to rectify that.

SanKuKaï

Time my friend, time!! That's the point.

JohnDouglas

had to delay my exam. two weeks today i'll have hopefully passed!

no where near as prepared as i wanted to be - but hopefully it'll come together over the next couple of weeks.

JohnDouglas

48 hours and one good nights sleep to go. i feel like a condemned man

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JohnDouglas wrote:

48 hours and one good nights sleep to go. i feel like a condemned man

Same here,
Except mine is tomorrow at 10pst.

JohnDouglas

good luck. can't do them at the weekend here. still, best to use company time i reckon for certs

ITdude

Good luck to both you guys!

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JohnDouglas wrote:

good luck. can't do them at the weekend here. still, best to use company time i reckon for certs

... Ya, tried that. they docked me PTO. LAME!

mikej412

Good Luck to both of you!

Not to put anymore pressure on you guys, but I'm expecting a couple of new "Passed!!!" threads to help inspire some of the new guys!

JohnDouglas wrote:

48 hours

48 hours out and already feeling that way..... consider skipping eating on test day, or scope out trash can locations at the test center. If you do eat, make it something light (so we can avoid a "colorful" exam story).

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mikej412 wrote:

Not to put anymore pressure on you guys, but I'm expecting a couple of new "Passed!!!" threads to help inspire some of the new guys!

Oh Eff... lol

jamesp1983

i just rebooked mine for this coming monday, i failed my first attempt a week and a half ago. I've read the cisco press books and the CCNA Exam Cram since then, and I've gotten my home lab up and working, although I need some 2950s. I have boson netsim so that helps.

Good luck everyone!!

Bill Kaster

I'm taking mine this Sunday and i WILL pass!!! Wish me luck!

mikej412

If it's this busy a month out from the 640-801 exam deadline, I've got to wonder how crazy it will get the closer we get to November 6th.

Good Luck Everyone!

shednik

I'm throwing in the hat ICND on the 27th

JohnDouglas

mikej412 wrote:

JohnDouglas wrote:

48 hours

48 hours out and already feeling that way..... consider skipping eating on test day, or scope out trash can locations at the test center. If you do eat, make it something light (so we can avoid a "colorful" exam story).

haha, not feeling too strung out now. just relaxed all weekend and watched the rugby instead of revising like a loon. resigned to my fate now. still, if i don't pass then i'll have another crack at in 2-3 weeks. bit annoyed really, in fact very annoyed - wanted to go in and completely destroy the exam. but not had enough time to study. so the best i can hope for is scraping a pass. at least i can fill in the gaps with CCNP study. i think i've got a much better idea of how to go about learning and studying cisco stuff now. it's been quite a learning experience in that respect.

dbfield

I signed up for the 19th. I am sure it will get pretty hectic as the deadline gets closer

JohnDouglas

dbfield wrote:

I signed up for the 19th. I am sure it will get pretty hectic as the deadline gets closer

good luck. yes i think it'll get busier. but test centres must be ready for a rush i'm sure. the test centre isn't doing Cisco tests anymore. so if i have to retake it i'll need to travel further afield. bit of a pain really. especially if i'm trying to do it without taking a day off.

good think is they offer CCNA 9-5 5 days a week.

JohnDouglas

here it goes. this is going to have to be an england style performance against all the odds.

JohnDouglas

Well, it wasn't pretty and the questions showed there is some gaping holes in my knowledge, but i passed!

certainly not the convincing nailing of the exam i wanted when i initially started studying in January.

Unbelievable - don't want Johan to get too excited with the censor button - but i thought i'd ruined my chances right from the start. By the end i had my head in my hands just taping through the last few questions absolutely convinced i'd failed. Then was reading through the small print at the end thinking the "next" button would take me to my score but as i read upwards (dyslexic see, i start at the bottom of the page!) i saw "congratulations" and in small letters underneath "you've passed".

huzzar!

will fill in those knowledge gaps with a bit more study .... sometime!

thanks for the help from the site. nice to have a bit of CCNA companionship.

good luck to all those trying to beat the nov 6th deadline.

jamesp1983

i have mine today at 4pm, wish me luck, this is try 2

APA

Nov 5th..... hehehe

I will PASS!!!!!!

JohnDouglas

good luck guys. kill the exam!

jamesp1983

thanks!!

mikej412

JohnDouglas wrote:

i passed!

Congratulations!

JohnDouglas

mikej412 wrote:

JohnDouglas wrote:

i passed!

Congratulations!

cheers mike. i'll be picking your brains over on some other forum soon