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>-----Original Message-----
>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?
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>>-----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- [colo
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>>>300) and have not spent any money on practice exams
>>>(except for those really cheesy ones that come with[/color]
the[c
olor=darkred]
>>>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[/color]
like[
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>>>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[/color]
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>>>well take the exams for $125 a throw and treat it like[/color]
a[col
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>>>practice exam. Once you know what you're dealing[/color]
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? [colo
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>>>
>>>3 - Certification should be about mastering a skill -[/color]
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>>>you know VB or C#, etc. you should be ready and able[/color]
to[co
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>>>deal with whatever they throw at you in the exam. Or[/color]
am
>>I
>>>just being too idealistic?
>>>.
>>>
>>.
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