hi everyone, let me introduce myself. my name is archana and i've been a silent spectator to the discussions at javaranch. i came upon this grrrreeaaaat site by chance, and boy, am i glad i did !!! i passed with 71% today. not a great score as some we see, but not bad either. what say ?? ok, now about the exam itself. it wasn't too tough. i'd probably rate it around 7 (with 10 being toughest) like every1 b4 me said, the language is good, no tricky stuff. it's also quite similar to marcus green's mock tests. time is more than enuf, i finished in 40 min (i am a voracious reader, so my speed is real good, even otherwise) and then took another 25-30 min to review and scratch my head over some thread questions. i still had time to spare, but i ended the test with 20 min to spare, coz i couldn't think any more. there were lots of questions on threads, io, overloading/overriding, loops, etc here is the breakup of topic wise questions declarations and access control - 4 flow control & exception handling- 6-7 garbage collection- 1 language fundamentals- 7-8 operators and assignments- 7-8 overloading, overriding....- 8-9 threads- 7 java.awt- 4 java.lang- 4 java.util- 3 java.io- 5-6 in threads, most of the questions were related to synchronization (wait, notify) threads was my weak point (just 57%) in IO, you definitely have to know the constructors very well. i studied this from Complete Reference (Patrick Naughton), and i got 80% i got 100% in awt and overloading/overriding. in awt, you have to practice lots of codes, like add components using 1 layout, then change the layout (check some mock tests like abhilash's, they have very good questions on awt) overloading/overriding questtons, language fundamentals, declarations, etc i found to be very basic, and hardly took any time to finish these sections. for loops, if u can crack the stuff in jawroski's applet, then the test will be a breeze. util questions were very basic. gc has just 1 question which i got wrong !! another thing i noticed too, the questions come in the same order as the objectives. so it's better to finish the first few sections as fast as u can, coz u're definitely going to need time for threads and io
total prep time - 2 months (average 4 hrs a week, coz i'm married, and also working as a project lead on a java project, so lots of overtime + household chores to boot) + 3 days intensive prep b4 exam (approx 6-8 hrs daily for 3 days) books i used : 1. RHE - i think this is sufficient 2. after 2 rounds of RHE, started with Complete Reference. this goes a lot deeper. 3. lots of notes i collected from the internet (Marcus Green, Jyoti Krishnan, Raji Swami, Desboro, Dylan Walsh, Kai) 4. JLS (this is a must !!) made some of my own notes from JLS. i can post this if anyone needs it. 5. i did about 25 mock tests from maha anna's page. of these, about 17-18 in the last 3 days b4 the exam. scores kept rising towards the last few tests. 6. for threads, i went thru the discussions on maha anna's page, the sun tutorial (this is good too), and Complete Reference. 7. i played the rules round up at javaranch 3 times yest and once today and got 97% avg. it's the cutest way for a fast review of concepts!! I wish to thank everyone at javaranch for all the help i got. and I am really really grateful for having the sweetest in-laws, esp, my mom-in-law, who encouraged me a lot. my husband too is a s/w professional, but not a java guy. he's more into VB and microsoft technologies, and we have a lot of fun debates on java vs microsoft. i actually understood a lot of concepts clearly during these sessions, bcoz he kept asking me so many questions which i wouldnt even think of. tmrw, i'm going to be joining my next job !! i'm going to be working on wap, wml, ejb, bluetooth. i dont know if i should go for the developer or architect exams. actually i dont know much about the architect exam. also, i heard sun has some sort of certification for enterprise dev. can someone help me here ?? i hope my long long story is useful to atleast a few people. thanks again everyone. please feel free to ask any questions/doubts and if any1 needs my notes on JLS, just ask. i'm off to celebrate !!
Inspiring!!! Being a working mother too...I would definitely give you 100% score....and yes i do need your jls....... did u go through the whole of jls? or selected chapters? I find it best to study during nights...what was your strategy regarding this... Also send some coding practices that u think are must.... Thanx for the inspiration again...! i wish i too make it...cuz have been postponing for the scare of it ...!!!phewwww Faiza
Hi Archana , its great score with all the other activities of u,I appreciate it,can u pls send me the notes at this address anasuzain@yahoo.com,and any valuable tips and real exam experiences are welcomed. Ana
Archan, Greate.....Congrates ........How did you manage both office house & studies...? Can you pls send me the JLS notes at ballariprasad@altavista.com Regards Prasad
Hi arch Congrats!!! That is great. I have to write the exam on 21/11. and happy thing is that i too preparing rhe and complete ref., but i don't have time to go through jls. So if you send your notes, it will be of great use. plese send it at the erleist possible in view of my exam date. my id: rajanraju@hotmail.com thanks in advance and all the best rajan.
Arch Congratulations!! Enjoy your celebrations and good luck with the new job. Could you please send your JLS notes to me at siobhanpmurphy@hotmail.com Thanks Siobhan
hi arch congratulations i too am going to give the scjp in 7 days..cud u send me your JLS and any other notes to manimeow@hotmail.com... Thanks in advance
archana, Hats off to you... Best luck for your new job. Thanks for sharing your experience, and I really hope that you would be raound for at least some more time to come. Shubhangi
Congrats Archana !! How did u ever manage it,being a working mother ?? Hat's off to u.Being an Indian,i know how difficult it is to manage a household and education+career together.Great job !! Best of luck for the future.
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congrats and weldone..... could u pls send me too ur copy of notes at rahul_sh@indiatimes.com thanx in advance
Congrats Archana, i am planning to appear in sun java cert by jan, 2001. could u plz send me ur notes, i know they will be of great help. thanks, raj. rskoura@glide.net.in
Hi Archana, Congrates!!! You have done it. Could you please send me the JLS notes to my following id. sakthima@rediffmail.com Thanks and Regards, Sakthivel.
Originally posted by arch correa: hi everyone, let me introduce myself. my name is archana and i've been a silent spectator to the discussions at javaranch. i came upon this grrrreeaaaat site by chance, and boy, am i glad i did !!! i passed with 71% today. not a great score as some we see, but not bad either. what say ?? ok, now about the exam itself. it wasn't too tough. i'd probably rate it around 7 (with 10 being toughest) like every1 b4 me said, the language is good, no tricky stuff. it's also quite similar to marcus green's mock tests. time is more than enuf, i finished in 40 min (i am a voracious reader, so my speed is real good, even otherwise) and then took another 25-30 min to review and scratch my head over some thread questions. i still had time to spare, but i ended the test with 20 min to spare, coz i couldn't think any more. there were lots of questions on threads, io, overloading/overriding, loops, etc here is the breakup of topic wise questions declarations and access control - 4 flow control & exception handling- 6-7 garbage collection- 1 language fundamentals- 7-8 operators and assignments- 7-8 overloading, overriding....- 8-9 threads- 7 java.awt- 4 java.lang- 4 java.util- 3 java.io- 5-6 in threads, most of the questions were related to synchronization (wait, notify) threads was my weak point (just 57%) in IO, you definitely have to know the constructors very well. i studied this from Complete Reference (Patrick Naughton), and i got 80% i got 100% in awt and overloading/overriding. in awt, you have to practice lots of codes, like add components using 1 layout, then change the layout (check some mock tests like abhilash's, they have very good questions on awt) overloading/overriding questtons, language fundamentals, declarations, etc i found to be very basic, and hardly took any time to finish these sections. for loops, if u can crack the stuff in jawroski's applet, then the test will be a breeze. util questions were very basic. gc has just 1 question which i got wrong !! another thing i noticed too, the questions come in the same order as the objectives. so it's better to finish the first few sections as fast as u can, coz u're definitely going to need time for threads and io
total prep time - 2 months (average 4 hrs a week, coz i'm married, and also working as a project lead on a java project, so lots of overtime + household chores to boot) + 3 days intensive prep b4 exam (approx 6-8 hrs daily for 3 days) books i used : 1. RHE - i think this is sufficient 2. after 2 rounds of RHE, started with Complete Reference. this goes a lot deeper. 3. lots of notes i collected from the internet (Marcus Green, Jyoti Krishnan, Raji Swami, Desboro, Dylan Walsh, Kai) 4. JLS (this is a must !!) made some of my own notes from JLS. i can post this if anyone needs it. 5. i did about 25 mock tests from maha anna's page. of these, about 17-18 in the last 3 days b4 the exam. scores kept rising towards the last few tests. 6. for threads, i went thru the discussions on maha anna's page, the sun tutorial (this is good too), and Complete Reference. 7. i played the rules round up at javaranch 3 times yest and once today and got 97% avg. it's the cutest way for a fast review of concepts!! I wish to thank everyone at javaranch for all the help i got. and I am really really grateful for having the sweetest in-laws, esp, my mom-in-law, who encouraged me a lot. my husband too is a s/w professional, but not a java guy. he's more into VB and microsoft technologies, and we have a lot of fun debates on java vs microsoft. i actually understood a lot of concepts clearly during these sessions, bcoz he kept asking me so many questions which i wouldnt even think of. tmrw, i'm going to be joining my next job !! i'm going to be working on wap, wml, ejb, bluetooth. i dont know if i should go for the developer or architect exams. actually i dont know much about the architect exam. also, i heard sun has some sort of certification for enterprise dev. can someone help me here ?? i hope my long long story is useful to atleast a few people. thanks again everyone. please feel free to ask any questions/doubts and if any1 needs my notes on JLS, just ask. i'm off to celebrate !!
Congrats on your success. I am planning to take the exam next week too, so can you please also help me and send your JLS notes to minfan@yahoo.com? Thank you very much.
Congrats Archana! I am also appearing for the exam soon. I would appreciate it if you could send your JLS notes to me. My email-id is to_uday@yahoo.com Thanks, Uday.
Hi, Absolutely FAbulous achievement is what i would say. And i definitely would love to have ur JLS notes mail:gayathrij@ssi-technologies.com Three cheers to you Gayathri
Hi Archana, Congratulations on your certification. I have just started my studies for Java certification. I have been a microsoft guy for more than 3 years now. I would appreciate it if you could send me your notes for my reference. Thanks in advance. Best Regards, Anis Kasmani
Originally posted by arch correa: hi everyone, let me introduce myself. my name is archana and i've been a silent spectator to the discussions at javaranch. i came upon this grrrreeaaaat site by chance, and boy, am i glad i did !!! i passed with 71% today. not a great score as some we see, but not bad either. what say ?? ok, now about the exam itself. it wasn't too tough. i'd probably rate it around 7 (with 10 being toughest) like every1 b4 me said, the language is good, no tricky stuff. it's also quite similar to marcus green's mock tests. time is more than enuf, i finished in 40 min (i am a voracious reader, so my speed is real good, even otherwise) and then took another 25-30 min to review and scratch my head over some thread questions. i still had time to spare, but i ended the test with 20 min to spare, coz i couldn't think any more. there were lots of questions on threads, io, overloading/overriding, loops, etc here is the breakup of topic wise questions declarations and access control - 4 flow control & exception handling- 6-7 garbage collection- 1 language fundamentals- 7-8 operators and assignments- 7-8 overloading, overriding....- 8-9 threads- 7 java.awt- 4 java.lang- 4 java.util- 3 java.io- 5-6 in threads, most of the questions were related to synchronization (wait, notify) threads was my weak point (just 57%) in IO, you definitely have to know the constructors very well. i studied this from Complete Reference (Patrick Naughton), and i got 80% i got 100% in awt and overloading/overriding. in awt, you have to practice lots of codes, like add components using 1 layout, then change the layout (check some mock tests like abhilash's, they have very good questions on awt) overloading/overriding questtons, language fundamentals, declarations, etc i found to be very basic, and hardly took any time to finish these sections. for loops, if u can crack the stuff in jawroski's applet, then the test will be a breeze. util questions were very basic. gc has just 1 question which i got wrong !! another thing i noticed too, the questions come in the same order as the objectives. so it's better to finish the first few sections as fast as u can, coz u're definitely going to need time for threads and io
total prep time - 2 months (average 4 hrs a week, coz i'm married, and also working as a project lead on a java project, so lots of overtime + household chores to boot) + 3 days intensive prep b4 exam (approx 6-8 hrs daily for 3 days) books i used : 1. RHE - i think this is sufficient 2. after 2 rounds of RHE, started with Complete Reference. this goes a lot deeper. 3. lots of notes i collected from the internet (Marcus Green, Jyoti Krishnan, Raji Swami, Desboro, Dylan Walsh, Kai) 4. JLS (this is a must !!) made some of my own notes from JLS. i can post this if anyone needs it. 5. i did about 25 mock tests from maha anna's page. of these, about 17-18 in the last 3 days b4 the exam. scores kept rising towards the last few tests. 6. for threads, i went thru the discussions on maha anna's page, the sun tutorial (this is good too), and Complete Reference. 7. i played the rules round up at javaranch 3 times yest and once today and got 97% avg. it's the cutest way for a fast review of concepts!! I wish to thank everyone at javaranch for all the help i got. and I am really really grateful for having the sweetest in-laws, esp, my mom-in-law, who encouraged me a lot. my husband too is a s/w professional, but not a java guy. he's more into VB and microsoft technologies, and we have a lot of fun debates on java vs microsoft. i actually understood a lot of concepts clearly during these sessions, bcoz he kept asking me so many questions which i wouldnt even think of. tmrw, i'm going to be joining my next job !! i'm going to be working on wap, wml, ejb, bluetooth. i dont know if i should go for the developer or architect exams. actually i dont know much about the architect exam. also, i heard sun has some sort of certification for enterprise dev. can someone help me here ?? i hope my long long story is useful to atleast a few people. thanks again everyone. please feel free to ask any questions/doubts and if any1 needs my notes on JLS, just ask. i'm off to celebrate !!
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Hi Archana, Congratulations on your certification. I have just started my studies for Java certification. I have been a microsoft guy for more than 3 years now. I would appreciate it if you could send me your notes for my reference. my email id is akasmani@netpace.com Thanks in advance. Best Regards, Anis Kasmani
Originally posted by arch correa: hi everyone, let me introduce myself. my name is archana and i've been a silent spectator to the discussions at javaranch. i came upon this grrrreeaaaat site by chance, and boy, am i glad i did !!! i passed with 71% today. not a great score as some we see, but not bad either. what say ?? ok, now about the exam itself. it wasn't too tough. i'd probably rate it around 7 (with 10 being toughest) like every1 b4 me said, the language is good, no tricky stuff. it's also quite similar to marcus green's mock tests. time is more than enuf, i finished in 40 min (i am a voracious reader, so my speed is real good, even otherwise) and then took another 25-30 min to review and scratch my head over some thread questions. i still had time to spare, but i ended the test with 20 min to spare, coz i couldn't think any more. there were lots of questions on threads, io, overloading/overriding, loops, etc here is the breakup of topic wise questions declarations and access control - 4 flow control & exception handling- 6-7 garbage collection- 1 language fundamentals- 7-8 operators and assignments- 7-8 overloading, overriding....- 8-9 threads- 7 java.awt- 4 java.lang- 4 java.util- 3 java.io- 5-6 in threads, most of the questions were related to synchronization (wait, notify) threads was my weak point (just 57%) in IO, you definitely have to know the constructors very well. i studied this from Complete Reference (Patrick Naughton), and i got 80% i got 100% in awt and overloading/overriding. in awt, you have to practice lots of codes, like add components using 1 layout, then change the layout (check some mock tests like abhilash's, they have very good questions on awt) overloading/overriding questtons, language fundamentals, declarations, etc i found to be very basic, and hardly took any time to finish these sections. for loops, if u can crack the stuff in jawroski's applet, then the test will be a breeze. util questions were very basic. gc has just 1 question which i got wrong !! another thing i noticed too, the questions come in the same order as the objectives. so it's better to finish the first few sections as fast as u can, coz u're definitely going to need time for threads and io
total prep time - 2 months (average 4 hrs a week, coz i'm married, and also working as a project lead on a java project, so lots of overtime + household chores to boot) + 3 days intensive prep b4 exam (approx 6-8 hrs daily for 3 days) books i used : 1. RHE - i think this is sufficient 2. after 2 rounds of RHE, started with Complete Reference. this goes a lot deeper. 3. lots of notes i collected from the internet (Marcus Green, Jyoti Krishnan, Raji Swami, Desboro, Dylan Walsh, Kai) 4. JLS (this is a must !!) made some of my own notes from JLS. i can post this if anyone needs it. 5. i did about 25 mock tests from maha anna's page. of these, about 17-18 in the last 3 days b4 the exam. scores kept rising towards the last few tests. 6. for threads, i went thru the discussions on maha anna's page, the sun tutorial (this is good too), and Complete Reference. 7. i played the rules round up at javaranch 3 times yest and once today and got 97% avg. it's the cutest way for a fast review of concepts!! I wish to thank everyone at javaranch for all the help i got. and I am really really grateful for having the sweetest in-laws, esp, my mom-in-law, who encouraged me a lot. my husband too is a s/w professional, but not a java guy. he's more into VB and microsoft technologies, and we have a lot of fun debates on java vs microsoft. i actually understood a lot of concepts clearly during these sessions, bcoz he kept asking me so many questions which i wouldnt even think of. tmrw, i'm going to be joining my next job !! i'm going to be working on wap, wml, ejb, bluetooth. i dont know if i should go for the developer or architect exams. actually i dont know much about the architect exam. also, i heard sun has some sort of certification for enterprise dev. can someone help me here ?? i hope my long long story is useful to atleast a few people. thanks again everyone. please feel free to ask any questions/doubts and if any1 needs my notes on JLS, just ask. i'm off to celebrate !!
Hi Archana Congrats !!! It would be great if you could send your notes,got my exams on 27th and notes from jls will be of great help as i don't have enough time to go thro whole of it. my id: shilpa_hegde@usa.net thanks, shilpa
Archanna, Congrats, that is some achievement given you personal situation!! I'm just starting on the study path towards the scjp and I would love it if you could e-mail me your notes at eric.fletcher@husa.com. If you decide to post thm instead, please let me know where to find them. Again Congratulations!!! EF
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Hi Archana, CONGRATULATIONS... Could you please mail me your notes.. Thanks, Roopa
Originally posted by arch correa: hi everyone, let me introduce myself. my name is archana and i've been a silent spectator to the discussions at javaranch. i came upon this grrrreeaaaat site by chance, and boy, am i glad i did !!! i passed with 71% today. not a great score as some we see, but not bad either. what say ?? ok, now about the exam itself. it wasn't too tough. i'd probably rate it around 7 (with 10 being toughest) like every1 b4 me said, the language is good, no tricky stuff. it's also quite similar to marcus green's mock tests. time is more than enuf, i finished in 40 min (i am a voracious reader, so my speed is real good, even otherwise) and then took another 25-30 min to review and scratch my head over some thread questions. i still had time to spare, but i ended the test with 20 min to spare, coz i couldn't think any more. there were lots of questions on threads, io, overloading/overriding, loops, etc here is the breakup of topic wise questions declarations and access control - 4 flow control & exception handling- 6-7 garbage collection- 1 language fundamentals- 7-8 operators and assignments- 7-8 overloading, overriding....- 8-9 threads- 7 java.awt- 4 java.lang- 4 java.util- 3 java.io- 5-6 in threads, most of the questions were related to synchronization (wait, notify) threads was my weak point (just 57%) in IO, you definitely have to know the constructors very well. i studied this from Complete Reference (Patrick Naughton), and i got 80% i got 100% in awt and overloading/overriding. in awt, you have to practice lots of codes, like add components using 1 layout, then change the layout (check some mock tests like abhilash's, they have very good questions on awt) overloading/overriding questtons, language fundamentals, declarations, etc i found to be very basic, and hardly took any time to finish these sections. for loops, if u can crack the stuff in jawroski's applet, then the test will be a breeze. util questions were very basic. gc has just 1 question which i got wrong !! another thing i noticed too, the questions come in the same order as the objectives. so it's better to finish the first few sections as fast as u can, coz u're definitely going to need time for threads and io
total prep time - 2 months (average 4 hrs a week, coz i'm married, and also working as a project lead on a java project, so lots of overtime + household chores to boot) + 3 days intensive prep b4 exam (approx 6-8 hrs daily for 3 days) books i used : 1. RHE - i think this is sufficient 2. after 2 rounds of RHE, started with Complete Reference. this goes a lot deeper. 3. lots of notes i collected from the internet (Marcus Green, Jyoti Krishnan, Raji Swami, Desboro, Dylan Walsh, Kai) 4. JLS (this is a must !!) made some of my own notes from JLS. i can post this if anyone needs it. 5. i did about 25 mock tests from maha anna's page. of these, about 17-18 in the last 3 days b4 the exam. scores kept rising towards the last few tests. 6. for threads, i went thru the discussions on maha anna's page, the sun tutorial (this is good too), and Complete Reference. 7. i played the rules round up at javaranch 3 times yest and once today and got 97% avg. it's the cutest way for a fast review of concepts!! I wish to thank everyone at javaranch for all the help i got. and I am really really grateful for having the sweetest in-laws, esp, my mom-in-law, who encouraged me a lot. my husband too is a s/w professional, but not a java guy. he's more into VB and microsoft technologies, and we have a lot of fun debates on java vs microsoft. i actually understood a lot of concepts clearly during these sessions, bcoz he kept asking me so many questions which i wouldnt even think of. tmrw, i'm going to be joining my next job !! i'm going to be working on wap, wml, ejb, bluetooth. i dont know if i should go for the developer or architect exams. actually i dont know much about the architect exam. also, i heard sun has some sort of certification for enterprise dev. can someone help me here ?? i hope my long long story is useful to atleast a few people. thanks again everyone. please feel free to ask any questions/doubts and if any1 needs my notes on JLS, just ask. i'm off to celebrate !!
Congratulations on passing the exam. I am also looking forward to taking the exam. I just spent a week at a SUN training center up in Pleasaton. I also bought the new edition of the Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide. Our SUN professor recommended this book (it's written by 3 SUN people.. wonder if he got commission.) I noticed that many people were asking for copies of your notes. I'd like to get all the help I can on passing this exam, so if you're sending out copies, can you please send a copy to me at veebeeprogrammer@yahoo.com ? Or if you are going to post them somewhere, can you please let us know? Thanks, and congratulations again! Brad
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hi Everyone, I have posted my notes already in the programmer certification board, just in case u havent noticed !! Happy studying !! Arch
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........How did you manage both office house & studies...? 
