Hi all !
I have taken the essay exam on August 2012 but it was my first certification and Oracle told me that they can't indicate my result since I don't have
ant OCPJP certification. Don't ask me why I didn't took the OCPJP first, it is an administrative problem from my compagny which give me the vouchers ;)
However I have passed my OCPJP exam successfully today and I was very happy to see that my OCMJD result also appeared automatically with that high score ! I need now to take a mandatory course in order to get my certification kit.
The various topics in this forum helped me a lot to manage the different issues of the exam. I also bought the excellent Monkhouse book, reading it was very usefull like the Roberto Perillo's paper. I have essentially followed the advices and feedbacks of Roel De Nijs (thanks to him) when making my choices and design decisions. However, I can detail my choices if you are interested ;)
The interesant point of my story is that you can totally download your OCMJD assignment and prepare it in the same time of the OCPJP. Then you can take the essay exam and the OCPJP exam at the same time. It could be interessant because while studying the OCPJP, you can apply what you learn by coding the OCMJD assignment. The only problem is the limit of 6 months you have to submit your assignment in the OCMJD exam which could be not enough if you study OCPJP too with a full time job. However, if you have all your day to work on it, 6 months is definitively enough to submit your application and studying OCPJP.