Hello,
Passed
SCJP 5.0 today, however I'm not satisified with the result. Too bad one can't see the correct answers at least for wrong answered questions. My score was only 80% and what's interesting I lost percents on, in my opinon, the easiest sections like OO concepts, fundamentals. I scored only 72% on Flow Control, but I felt pretty strong in it, especially exceptions and assertions.
Here's how it goes in ascending order:
OO Concepts.....................................70%
API Contents....................................70%
Flow Control....................................72%
Fundamentals....................................72%
Collections/Generics............................90%
Declarations, Initialization and Scoping........91%
Concurrency....................................100%
I've seen many questions, about how long does it take to prepare for the exam. For those who are interested how long it has taken for me, here a little brief. As for my experience, I haven't had any contact with
Java before. As for programming experience, I had only very basics of C++, one semester in school, no object programming. Registered at JavaRanch in November, did some research about exam and started learning a couple of weeks later in the end of November. After new year had a few weeks break until K&B book was released and was able to get it to Poland from USA. That's how it looked like in my case.
Ok, time to move on, SCWCD and XML waiting.
Good luck to all who are preparing for the exam.