I did like two thirds of the chapters in the OCA part of the Bates/Sierra book(OCA/OCP JAVA SE7 Programmer 1 and 2 study guide) ; also read mala gupta book on Java SE 7 preparation for OCA... i progammed like 60-70 programs in netbeans ... idk how to use command line properly so i dont rly use it maybe like 3-4programs ....probably contributed to my poor score....i didnt take any practice exams but i have been on and off with java and other programming languages for 3 years(Im only 18)... advice for OCP anyone im going to need to srsly I am going to try and do much better on OCP... Also should i take these exams during university since my university uses java to teach most computer science courses....???