Passed with 94%

[Sathya Srinivasan]

Hi all,
Thanks to great articles in JavaRanch, I passed the SCJP last week with 94%. I just want to give a note of thanks to all those who have shared their thoughts here to help others.
As for my experience in the process, I would like to strongly emphasize the point that it is pretty easy to clear the exam with reasonable preparation. Here are my mock exam results to set yourself a benchmark.
Final Exam : 94%
Maha Anna's Exam : 90%
Heller's Book : 70%
Ramussen's Book : 70%
Exam Cram : 80%
I used the Ramussen book mostly, combined with the McGrawHill book. Both of them are really good. While Ramussen book is hard, McGrawHill is more towards the actual exam, maybe a bit more lenient.
Concentrate on Threads, IO, AWT, and Fundamentals.
Good Luck!

[Valentin Crettaz]

Excellent job Sathya

[Rob Ross]

Congratulations Sathya.

[Ghulam Rashid]

Thats a great news.
Congratulations

[Nazmul Huda Sarkar]

good score Sathya...

[Sathya Srinivasan]

Hi,
Thank you for your warm wishes. With the confidence from this exam's results, I also plan on taking up the SCWCD exam. I see that JavaRanch has already published mock exams and the like.
Does anyone know how easy/tough it is? I don't see any books published for this exam.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sathya.

[Andrew Kwong]

There is a "links" page in the SCWCD forum that tells you everything you need to know about the exam: http://www.javaranch.com/scwcdlinks.jsp
I heard that the exam is somewhat (some say a lot) easier than SCJP2.

[Sathya Srinivasan]

Thanks for the link. I already went through the links mentioned there and even found a few mock exams!
Gives me a bit of a confidence when you say that it is easier than SCJP2!!
Sathya.

[Manish Hatwalne]

Congrats Sathya,
Great score
Where's Maha Anna's Exam? I couldn't find it in her list as well.
Regards,
- Manish

[Sathya Srinivasan]

Thanks Manish.
Here are the links that I have gathered (Maha's and others) for my SCJP Preparation.
Exam Simulators
http://deepak.htmlplanet.com/freed.html
http://joppa.appliedreasoning.com/javaCert/html/exam.html
http://www.jaworski.com/java/certification/
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Orchard/9362/java/javacert/JDCert.html
http://eddiemcnally.hypermart.net/Jxam.zip
http://www.ii.uib.no/~khalid/pgjc/jcbook/engine.html
http://bmil.freeservers.com/tester/test.html
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Screen/5046/test1.html
Full Exams
http://www.javaprepare.com/quests/test.html
http://www.javaranch.com/maha/_Mock_Exams/JohnJuntMockExam.htm
http://www.jchq.net/mockexams/exam1.htm
http://www.jchq.net/mockexams/exam2.htm
http://www.jchq.net/mockexams/exam3.htm
http://www.javaranch.com/maha/_Mock_Exams/MindQ_s_Sun_Certified_Java_Programmer_Practice_Test.htm
Topical Exams
http://www.angelfire.com/or/abhilash/Main.html
Resources
http://www.lanw.com/java/javacert/default.htm
http://www.dchung.com/java/javacertification.html
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Orchard/9362/java/javacert/newboone1-19.html
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Orchard/9362/java/javacert/
http://javacert.com/
http://www.acmerocket.com/skinny/
http://www.javaranch.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=24&t=014533
http://www.software.u-net.com/javaexam/JavaTips.htm
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/3693/certlinks.html
http://www.jchq.net/
http://www.javaranch.com/maha/_Mock_Exams/_mock_exams.html
http://www.levteck.com/#Practice%20Exams
Hope these links help.