Passed with 93% in first try

[Ying Xing]

Dear all,
I'd like to share this good news with all of you. I passed SCJP2 with a score of 93% in my first try this morning.
A lot of thanks to all the moderators especialy Maha Anna for her excellent collection of mock exam list and discussions. Also thanks to Paul Anil, Yiqing Ye, Sampaths, Victor Wong for answing my douts and all your folks for posting some good quetions.
JavaRanch is a wonderful place for preparing SCJP exam. I've been sticking to this site in the last three weeks. Answering some questions has really helped my own understanding.
For the exam, the questions were well worded, no ambiguity. I found the difficulty level was similar to Exam Cram mock test(I got 93% in first try the day before my exam date) and Marcus exams.
Some advices:
1. Please consider what Sampaths has said about the Threads.
2. About GridBagLayout, you need to know which GridBagConstrains' field can affect the size of the component and the size of row or column.
3. About I/O, you need to know the argument type of the I/O's constructors and how to read local files line by line.
4. About the books, I mainly refer to PGJC( Programmer's Guid to Java Certification). JLS is also excellent for preparing SCJP. ExamCram has good questions for pratising.
5. Must try sun's sample questions. I got similar questions on my test!

Good luck and best wishes to all of you,
Ying Xing


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[Mapraputa Is]

Congratulations! Great scores!

[Robert Ye]

Congratulations!!! You passed the exam with the same score as me. What's ur next goal?
Yiqing
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[Anonymous]

Hearty congrats Ying!
That's a score.
I guess u must be freaking out on that score now
sampath

[Ajith Kallambella]

Hearty Congratulations Ying!!...93% is very
Ajith

[Ying Xing]

Thanks all,
My next goal is SCJD ? I don't have confidence. It took me four months of hard working to pass the SCJP. I don't know how long it will take for passing SCJD . Are there any sample assignment on the Internet? Please give me some suggestions!

Thanks in advance,
Ying Xing


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[Cindy Tcq]

Congratulation! Ying Xing,
I'm new in this place and also trying to get certified. You
mentioned it took you 4 monthes, do you mind to tell me what kind of 4 monthes? How many hrs did you spent on each day (on average)? I'm trying to get some idea about what kind effort do I need?
Thanks in advance!
Cindy

[Ying Xing]

Hi Cindy Tcq,
Since different people have different background, maybe my experience will not apply to you. Here is my preparation.
In the first three months of preparation, I spent at least three hours a day on learning the JAVA language especially specific rules and concepts. In the mean time, I did not participate in Javaranch Forum. I only took some small test such as Sun's sample, Bill brogden's online exam simulation applet and Robert and Heller's self test to get a feel what the exam looks like, which area I need to study more and which kind of question sun might ask. I did not take the mock exam which contents 60 questions such as Marcus Green's exams, Mughal Khalid's exam and Exam Cram sample test, I saved them later.
In the last month of preparation, I spent more than three hours a day( more than 5 hours a day in the last two weeks ) on reviewing. I participated in Javaranch forum, did most mock exams. My scores were usually greater than 80%. The day before my exam, I took Exam Cram sample test( 1st attempt) and PGJC sample test( 2nd try ), I got 93% and 90% respectively, and that was what I got in my real exam.
When you participate in Javaranch forum, try to answer as many questions as possible, do the research by yourself, do not take other's answers for granted because sometime they are also wrong.
Practice as many code as possible, sometimes the best way to get the answer is from your machine.
That's all my experience. Hope it will help you!

Regards,
Ying Xing

[Sanjeev Verma]

Hi Ying
Great score. I too am scheduled for the exam on the coming 11th. let see.
Congrats again
Sanjeev

[Anonymous]

congrats !!
suresh gouru
email is [email protected] for contact

[Navpreet Randhawa]

Congrads... I am just starting to study for the java certification. Please advise. I have taken a 60 hour course in java and I am now reading certification books. What should I study and research? Thanks.

[Aru Ven]

Congratulations...
Aruna

[Ying Xing]

Hi Navpreet,
"Thinking in Java" is very good for learning Java language, and you can get one for free from http://www.mindview.net/TIJ2/index.html .
I also used the "The Java Tutorial" online version for studying AWT and Collections, and the "Java in a Nutshell" by David Flanagan for studying inner classes.
"A Programmer's Guide to Java Certification" by Mughal and Rasmessen is excellent for preparing and passing SCJP exam.
If you want to deeply understand Java, you can refer to "The Java Language Specfication" from http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/index.html
BTW, try to practice as many code as possible.
Regards,
Ying Xing