Just took this exam and passed with 82%, I found it quite easy compared to the Sun/Oracle ones and finished it in under 40 minutes (including reviewing all the questions). My preparation was:
1) reading the Spring in Action, 3rd Edition, early access edition twice - a lot of this wasn't in scope of the exam
2) did both Skill-Guru exams yesterday and got 82% for the first one and 49% for the second one (the second one seems to have a lot of topics that are not in scope)
3) read Jeanne Boyarsky's notes a few times (
http://www.javaranch.com/jeanne/Spring_3_Certification_Study_Notes.pdf) - usefaul last minute cram
I didn't take the course as I must have been one of the last to take the grandfathered route so I saved myself the £2,500 or so it costs and only paid the £90 exam fee
Anyone know what happens now? Do they send out a certificate?
Now....what's next? SCBCD, SCDJWS, or
SCEA?