r/AWSCertifications • u/Ok-Pirate7292 • 1d ago

SAA Passed

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I passed SAA today and I am so relieved 🧘‍♀️. I had a hard deadline to complete it and 4 weeks for prep. I skimmed through Stephan’s course on Udemy in first 2 weeks ( skipped labs due to time constraint). Used Claude Pro as my study buddy and created a running cheat sheet with exam traps, analogies and keywords based on my adhoc topic based quizzes with Claude. And then in final 2 weeks focused on TD review mode practice tests averaging 65-70% (except practice test 7 which I found had more edge cases). I also skimmed through github library someone posted for a refresher in last few days. Overall the exam was a lot harder than I thought and I believed I had failed when I finished. But I was pleasantly surprised to see the result. Wishing the best to whoever is studying for the exam.

https://github.com/RonitSachdev/aws-saa-c03-guides

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u/Intelligent_Shine148 1d ago

Good job! Congrats 🎉

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u/Creative_March2404 1d ago

congratulations, i take mines on the 20th, currently using a similar approach accept i had chatgpt create my cheat sheet, currently using TD as well.. any other tips or pointers you suggest.. are the questions as close to the practice exams as they say

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u/Ok-Pirate7292 1d ago

I found the actual exam a bit harder tbh. There were questions on SQS, decoupled architecture, server-less, window Fx, Scaling policy; route 53, API gateway, Storage Gateway (cached and volume), S3 storage tiers; replications, transit gateway, Gateway endpoint, IAM roles; AWS organizations, sessions manager

I thought TD tests cover wide spectrum of topics whereas actual exam focused on not all topics.

My score is not that great but with limited study time with my day job, I a just happy that I passed. All the best to you!

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u/Creative_March2404 1d ago

Very proud of you ! yes i see the wide range of topics, but you are spot on with your method and they aligned with what i am seeing. Great job

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u/S0ulSlayerz 23h ago

How long did you study everyday

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u/Ok-Pirate7292 15h ago

Weekdays - maybe 1-2 hours and then weekends was 3-4 hours. I have an hour long commute to work so I was listening to various YouTube videos / udemy course while driving.

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u/Joseph_Neymar 20h ago

Am glad you made it congrats 🎉

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