SCJP passed with 98%

[Neelu Bothra]

Hi friends,
Today I got thru SCJP with 98% marks.
I have been a regular member of javaranch and I am thankful to you all contributors.I have enjoyed being a part of such an excellent group and plan to be a regular visitor.The most influence on my preparation was khalid mughal book in general and jqplus in particular.
I also took lots of free mock exams which were really helpful.

My best wishes to you all who are appearing for the SCJP.
Enjoy !!!
Neelu

[Harpal Singh]

Neelu,
excellent score!!!CONGRATS...WOW.....HOW LONG DID U PREPARE FOR THE SCJP??DO U HAVE ANY PRIOR PROG. EXP.??TOOOOOO GOOD...KEEP UP THE HARD WORK...
HARPAL

[Sivalingam Sivasuthan]

Excellent Score!!!
Congratulations!
-Siva.

[This message has been edited by Sivalingam Sivasuthan (edited March 01, 2001).]

[deepak kumar]

Congratulation !!! Neelu
It's great score , r u experienced java programmer if not so how much time u spend for SCJP, can u give me some tips . my email id is [email protected]

deepak

[Neelu Bothra]

Thank you all.
Neelu

[Raghav Mathur]

hi ,
congratulations neelu! .....even i,am planning to prepare for the java certified exam .
I've got my final year ( III year) exams after 1 month which will get over in the end of april.
I've been programing with the advance technologies of java ( jsp , servlets , beans ) but not the core java itself .
I've got a good book by simon roberts for the certifiaction .
Tell me that if i start my prep from 28th april , can i give the exam on the 22 may ...
Do tell me on to what concepts i should concentrate more to get the maximum.
After reading the whole scenerio , what do you suggest ......please...please do write to me .
Thanx in advance .....i'll be very greatfull to you ...bye for now ....looking forward to listen from you .
bye ,
raghav.
[email protected]

[Roger Chiang]

Hi!
Congratulation! It's a high score, not easy to achieve. Thank you for you tell us you use "khalid mughal's book" in general and "jqplus" in particular. The secret is that the real test and these two sources look like twin. Am I right?

Roger

[Wahid Sadik]

Great Stuff Neelu,... You must be one of the cool-headed java programmer......
So How about developer exam? I also cleared SCJP on last Thursday... Still don't know whether to go for it or not.....
Regards
Wahid

[Dominic Steng�rd]

Congratulations Neelu, on your Great success!
I wish you all the very best for your Java career.
Regards

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Dominic Steng�rd
Sun Certified Java 2 Programmer
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[lusha tak]

Hi Neelu!
Great Score!!!
i am a java programmer working mostly in Servlets & JSP. I also dream for a score above 90%.please give me some tips regarding the exam.My emailid is
[email protected]
Please tell me somethoing about JQ+ too.I have the Khalid book with me.How long it would take to prepare for the exam.
ur advice will be quite valuable to me.
Congrats once again
Lusha

[lusha tak]

Hi Neelu!
Great Score!!!
i am a java programmer working mostly in Servlets & JSP. I also dream for a score above 90%.please give me some tips regarding the exam.My emailid is
[email protected]
Please tell me somethoing about JQ+ too.I have the Khalid book with me.How long it would take to prepare for the exam.
ur advice will be quite valuable to me.
Congrats once again
Lusha

[Vegad Arvind]

Great !!!
I wish you all the very best for your Java career.
Avi.

[George Dee-Brown]

Neelu,
congratulations!
What scores where you getting with JQ+ before you took the exam?
What score did you get the exam at the back of the Mughal book?
Thanks,
George

[Neelu Bothra]

Hi!
Thanks to all of you.
To start with I'm an electronics engineer with 5 yrs. of programming experience in assembly language.I don't have any working experience in java .
In my view Khalid Mughal is the best book for java certification.I also had Simon Roberts Heller but KM is the best and enough.I did lot of free mock exams listed by maha and mukherjee.First I learned java and then prepared for certification in 2 months(4-5 hrs daily).
JQ+ is very good for practice and questions are very good.
I scored between 85-90% in all test and 96% in random test.
Exam was good, not much tough or easy but logical.
You must be very clear in runtime and compile time errors,method overriding,access modifiers and language fundamentals.
I got 8-10 questions in I/O,6-7 in threads,3-4 in util package,6-7 in overloading, overriding,1 in GC,2 in awt(I missed one).
most of the questions were sigle answer type,one fill in the blank.
I tried to mention all points,if you have any question,you are welcome.
wish you all Good Luck and success.
Neelu

[fazal musekhan]

Dear Neelu,
It is motivating to see someone score marks as good as 98% congragulations.I am giving my certification on 29th ,I am also refering to KM,but I feel unsure of Threads,I will be grateful if you can tell me what type of questions to expect on them.
Continue the great work !!

[Parvez Ahmed]

wow !! Its very nice to know that !! Excellent Score wish u all the besst neelu !! :P carry on !!

[Neelu Bothra]

Thanx,
Questions on Threads were not very tough.You should be very clear in various thread states and their transitions,effect of synchronization,daemon and user threads,Exceptions,What happens when main method ends,run method signature etc.Static and instance methods and class to which they belongs.Maha has given very good discussion on threads and if you search this forum,you will find good discussion on threads.

Neelu

[gayathri bhushan]

hi neelu,
congrats on your great success. can you please tell me where i can fing maha and mukarjee exams...
thank you and once again congrats
gayathri

[S Dave]

Neelu
that was a beautiful score.
how much did u buy the JQ+ package for?

[Neelu Bothra]

Thanx Gayathr and sweekriti,
address for maha and mukherjee's site is
http://www.javaranch.com/maha/ http://www.geocities.com/nityananda_mukherjee/

I got jq+ online in $18.
neelu

[anurudh gupta]

Hi Neelu,
Congrats for the Score,You have beaten me (i got 96%)
After a long break today iam posting replies,
I agree with Neelu Khalid is Good book for Preparation.
I also benefitted with MahaAnna's posting about Thread
People in this World are very helpful take help from them
through this site.
Now on will i try to help as much i can to people who are preparing.(but don't ask real questions)
Bi
Anurudh
SCJP

[Ajith Kallambella]

Excellent score Neelu!! ( We're even now )
Good luck,
Ajith

[Neelu Bothra]

Thanx Anurudh,Thanx Ajith
Neelu

[Neeraj Thakkar]

Hello ,
Congratulations. You have done it.
I am Neeraj and currently working as a Consultant with an MNC. I am preparing for Java Certification and will be sitting for exam in April End.
But now I am confused that should i go for it or not.Is there any major benefit career wise at this stage once i am through with the certification.
I am also preparing from Khalid Mughal and Simon Roberts books are they enough for getting a good score. I keep on trying with Mock Exams .And almost every time I get goddpass marks but not in 90s so how to do that.

[Neeraj Thakkar]

Hi Neelu,
Congrtaulations. You have done a big thing.It's not easy to get such a big score. You must have worked hard for this so you Deserve it.
I am Neeraj and currently working as a Consultant with an MNC. I am preparing for Java Certification and will be sitting for exam in April End.
But now I am confused that should i go for it or not.Is there any major benefit career wise at tis stage once i am through with the certification.
I am preparing from Khalid Mughal's book and also taking help of Mock Exams and Simon Roberts book. Will that be enough .

[savita jadhav]

Hi neelu
Its a great score.congratulations.for how many days did u prepared for this exam.I am also using khalid mugal.How to prepare for this exam .Is there any topic which is very important.please help me to prepare for this exam
my email id is : [email protected]
I thank u in advance
savita

[N Mukherjee]

Hello,
Special thanks to Neelu for the incredible "98%"
Thanks for mentioning my website/homepage.
bye
N Mukherjee,SCJP
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"Knowledge is Power"****************THREAD/SCJP RESOURCES

[Ravindra Mohan]

HI Neelu,
Congratulations !! Wow Great work!!
Way to Go! What next!
Ravindra Mohan

[sincere]

Friend plz help me. i can't purchase jq+. i m appearing in exam on May 16 . but i m not sure i should appear in exam or not. plz help me , i have read "Complete reference "with concentration , i have read 6 to 7 chapters from "Ivor Horton" & certification guide os "Simon rebert,philps,ernest" . is that enough. now i m just touching to Khalid Mughal" i m very worried bcoz i know how i submite $ 150 of exam plz guide me i m able to appear in exam or not.

[Ravindra Mohan]

Sincere,
You should first re-register yourself in compliant with the
JavaRanch naming policy. As far as JQ+ goes, you dont need to
buy it if you cant afford it. Simply come to the JavaRanch forum
search for the areas you are weak on and get the questions.
Ravindra Mohan.

[Jane Griscti]

Hi Sincere,
Please read the JavaRanch Naming Policy and re-register using a name that complies with the rules.
To find more info on the exam and what's required check the Certification FAQ and visit Maha Anna's site.
Thanks for you cooperation.

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Jane Griscti
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java� 2 Platform

[Sanju]

Hi Neelu,
WOW ....Excelent score...
Congrats ....