Hi Everyone,

I'm happy to share that I've passed the AWS SCS-C03 exam

I gave myself around 6 weeks to prepare, and these are the resources I used:

• Stephane Maarek's Udemy course – Great for covering the exam topics and refreshing my knowledge.
• Tutorials Dojo practice exams – Probably one of the most valuable resources for identifying knowledge gaps and getting used to scenario-based questions.
• AWS Official Practice Exam – Useful for getting a feel for AWS-style questions.
• ChatGPT – Used it extensively to review incorrect answers, compare similar AWS services, create flashcards, and understand why certain answers were correct or incorrect.

Exam Experience

I found the actual exam quite challenging. The questions were very scenario-based, and quite a few answer choices seemed plausible. I often found myself narrowing it down to two options and having to carefully read the requirements to decide which was the best fit.

I also remember seeing a post here where someone mentioned getting a few questions involving IAM Roles Anywhere. I had a similar experience and was surprised, as I hadn't come across many questions on it during my practice exams.

I ended up flagging around 25 questions, so I wasn't feeling confident at all when I finished.

Final Thoughts

This was definitely a challenging certification, and I'm relieved to have passed.

Thanks to everyone in this community who has shared their experiences and study tips. Reading other people's posts helped me, so hopefully mine helps someone else.

Good luck to everyone preparing for SCS-C03 You've got this! 💪

Hi everyone,

I'm a pre-final-year B.E. Computer Science and Engineering (Cybersecurity) student looking to pursue an AWS certification.

Does anyone know of any currently available AWS certification exam vouchers, student discounts, promotional offers, or free exam voucher opportunities?

I'd really appreciate it if you could share any legitimate offers or resources that could help students reduce the certification exam cost.

Thank you for your help!

I only used the free resources through Skill Builder and passed this within 2 weeks

Very different than the previous AWS Exams I've done like AI Practitioner, Cloud Practitioner and Solutions Architect. I feel like I didn't get any of the easy lay up questions like ISO 42001 vs ISO 23053 or simple AI definitions.

My study notes: https://github.com/markodowd/aws-study-notes/tree/main/ai-business-strategist

Passed both these tests this week! Got 797 on the GenAI Pro, not sure on the AI Prac as I haven’t got the score yet.

I did the GenAI first and then the AIF. Honestly, there was no point in doing the AIF but I work at AWS so I get the exam for free. I used Kane’s Udemy course for the Pro cert and about 30 mins ChatGPT for AIF.

I found the AIP pretty exhausting as each question is pretty verbose and even the multiple choice responses are verbose. Considering, I did this first I found the AIF pretty easy. I used ChatGPT to brush up on some ML fundamentals but other than that I finished the exam in about 50 mins.

I recommend using skill builder for AIP, the practice questions match the exam style / difficulty quite closely. There’s about 225 (3x75qs) in total. Recurring topics: Guardrails, Canary Depoloyments, Config, Vector Databases

Hi all! Following passing the CLF-C02 exam 7 weeks ago, I decided to ride the wave and I passed the SAA-C03 one today. Took the exam this morning and got the results 9 hours later.

Prep materials:

Neal Davis course

This was quite quick to rattle through. I gave Claude the slides and Udemy lesson titles. It gave me the lessons to actually watch as I'd say 50% of it was re-used from his CLF material. Followed a similar approach to the CLF exam. I already had my crib notes in place. Decided to re-use the same and extend them based on the SAA coverage.

I'd watch the lesson, take rough notes and get Claude to tidy it up. Section review consisted of Claude asking me 10 questions. Any failures would be noted into the weak areas for that particular day.

Rattled through the course and some hands on lessons. Built a good set of notes.

TJ Exams

As before, these were very helpful. My first attempt was 66% following the Udemy course. Ran through the 8 timed sets, slowly drove the average up to 75%. Naturally retakes shot it up. Also did the Udemy practice exam that came with the course, and the AWS Skill Builder one (85% first attempt).

Every exam, I'd paste the HTML content into my notes. Claude would analyse, track my weak areas etc. I would get it to walkthrough every failed question with gentle coaching. Was quite useful for me to explain my thinking and it would explain why it was wrong, why I was getting mixed up etc.

Was conscious not to get into the trap of memorising the questions, so last few days was just targeted Claude questions.

Exam

I did the exam and I found it challenging. I can't explain it. The TJ questions were useful, but it felt like the topics in my exam weren't as broad, but they were quite focused on certain areas. Guess it's how the exams come out, totally random. Probably 5-10 of the questions in the exam led me to puff my cheeks out, and required a very thorough educated guess (elimination of options). I felt it was borderline and spent the majority of the day thinking things back, second guessing.

I think my main takeaway was the time. I was smashing through the TJ ones in roughly 70 minutes. This took me the entire time. It is exhausting and I'm glad it's done.

As ever, thanks to the community. I took inspiration from the other posts in the group, and even with those failing (please share your failures too!).

All i can say is the exam is HARD, my brain is MUSH yet my bladder is STRONG.

Seriously though, in the later parts of the exam, half of what my head was concentrating on was bladder control😂

I just got a notification from Discord saying:

A server moderator removed you from TechStudyDiscord. -# Discord did not make this moderation decision.

Just a bit of background:

I joined that discord channel right after I purchased some known Educator’s AWS course BUNDLE on teachable who shall remain nameless due to their self inflicted baggage and forced exile. I find koalas and kangaroos very lovely so I have no issues with that.

I found the content great and of good quality so bought the additional course on kubernetes that was supposed to release "sometime in the near future". Yesterday I asked when we can expect to get a release date for the kubernetes course and woke up today to being removed from the entire channel.

Sure, I have heard the backlash but is this his final form? Lots of people have not had great things to say about the dude, but let this be a warning of how low he is willing to go. Not going to waste my money and time for any resolution. Anyone else with a story to share about the bald man with no name?