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| Thanks for all the invaluable insights....I especially
liked the part about Tiger Woods.
Yeah, I must be smarter than I sounded 'cause I had
already figured out all by myself that you have to prepare
for these exams. The question is what is the most time-
efficient and cost-efficient way to do that.
What you're telling me is that you invested time and money
into Trancender exams yet you likely would have passed the
exams anyway. If, as you say, certificaton is only part of
the learning experience, then wouldn't that time and money
be better spent on learning something you didn't already
know?
>-----Original Message-----
>I understand your situation, Transcender costs too much
>money.
>
>Here is my situation. I have more than 7 years of
>programming experience and I know C#/.NET pretty well,
>but I still used Transcender to prepare for my MCSD.NET
>(4 exams). I think I would have passed all these exams
>without using any practice test. But I want to have good
>preparation for these LIVE exams.
>
>It is like Tiger Wood playing golf. He is very good or
>maybe he is too good, but he still needs to prepare and
>work-hard for any golf competition, try to have good
>preparation. As a result, after "good preparation", I
>passed all 4 exams in 2 weeks.
>
>I don't work for Transcender, so I don't want to promote
>their product here. You just have to make up your mind
>what preparation tool you are going to use or feel
>comfortable with.
>
>One more thing, certification is not everything, I look
>at it as part of the learning process.
>
>Cheer~
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I've passed two of the MCSD.NET exams so far (70-229, 70-
>>300) and have not spent any money on practice exams
>>(except for those really cheesy ones that come with the
>>study guides). Newsgroup comments I've read make it
>seem
>>questionable whether an old tightwad like me would
>really
>>find them to be worth the money. From comments I've
>seen,
>>it seems like people who have used Trancender feel like
>>they are the best...but they seem to be about the most
>>expensive, as well. Evidently, you get what you pay
>for,
>>as with most things.
>>
>>The price for Transcender exams for the four CORE
>MCSD.NET
>>tests is almost the same as taking four exams (likely
>more
>>than a coincidence). It almost seems like you might as
>>well take the exams for $125 a throw and treat it like a
>>practice exam. Once you know what you're dealing with,
>>then you know what to study. And, with some
>preparation,
>>you oughta be able to pass one or two the first
>>time...then you'd even come out ahead.
>>
>>It seems like you can spend some bucks on this stuff,
>not
>>knowing whether what you are buying is really
>pertinent.
>>The main reason I haven't bought practice exams is that
>I
>>don't know who to trust.
>>
>>I would like any responses, feedback, comments that
>anyone
>>would like to share on the following questions:
>>
>>1 - What practice exams are really a realistic
>>representation of the actual cert exams?
>>
>>2 - How much time is it worthwhile to spend on practice
>>exams, as opposed to just learning the relevant material?
>>
>>3 - Certification should be about mastering a skill - If
>>you know VB or C#, etc. you should be ready and able to
>>deal with whatever they throw at you in the exam. Or am
>I
>>just being too idealistic?
>>.
>>
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