Hello Ranchers,
FIRSTLY, I thank you all ranchers for having such a best forum I have ever looked on the internet !!! HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS !!!
I have always been thinking to post good news like many ranchers in this forum. Atlast, I got my turn today with some good news for me and to you all too..I cleared
SCJP 1.4 with 90%. I feel happy !!!, ofcourse, targetted for more than 95%.
More than the score, I feel more HAPPY for the confidence I've gained on
Java, thatz my GOAL b4 setting out for certification & have achieved the same today!!..
STATISTICS:
--> got 6 wrong answers
--> lost more questions on assertions/flow control. prob., I would have overlooked some snippets of the code.
About the exam--
In the middle, I felt it little different rather than the other mock exams and hence I approached very cautiously, there were almost 70-80% of questions requiring 2 or more answers. Hence, I gotto be more watchful. I also suggest you be like that too. i took 90 mins. to complete the first round and in the second pass, i didn't have much to change, other than to re-check my 1/2 hearted answers, didn't even change anything in the remaining 30 mins.
Preparation Materials --
K& B book ; DAN's mock EXAMS!! ; some other mock exams, THATZ It !!, more than enuf !!
Way to GO --- first, BOOK the exam with a gap of around 20--30 days if you have some decent experience in JAVA and willing to put atleast 5 hrs. a day!.
first study K& B book with each chapter a day....take self-test each day and keep down your fault points' reasons on a sheet (FLASH CARD probably!!).
after 10 days of reading the book, enter DAN's single topic, u'll be totally lost and would seem to be back with SQUARE 1. Never worry, after all ur learning again from a diff. perspective. WORK OUT section by section with single topic tests. CODE a lot to
test out any doubts that u get in the middle, thatz more important.
If u still feel worried about ur performance, read K&B again, but this should take just 2/3 days, JUMP on to COMPRE. exams of DAN..... & subsequently, UPDATE ur flash-cards/
word file(thatz what I had on each chapter).
Last week -- take other mock exams, similarly, try out Master exam a week b4, I ended up with 738 but i've accounted that story of the same in SCJP forum!!.
THATZ IT....ATTACK the TEST center with full CONFIDENCE, attend the questions, saying, u've got nothing to lose as u've already gained the confidence of some nitty-gritty details of the language & u've coded a lot.
LAST OF ALL !!....don't prepare just to gain the certification, the worth of spending 150 bucks is not attaining high score or the certificate from SUN, itz in the satisfaction that u get from the preparation & the CONFIDENCE u've developed in the process...
GOOD LUCK for upcoming TEST TAKERS !!! KUDOS TO JAVARANCH....
~ Shalini
spl. thanks to KATHY & SIERRA for their wonderful book.
DAN........i can't forget u..u've haunted my most nights' sleep saying, R U ONLY THAT WORTH for this language, I use to say, I will take ur challenge with much more prepartion tomorrow and today, I feel thankful and most important, ur different perspective on the exam learnt me more things in JAVA.