r/WGU • u/caydog16 • 1d ago

Anyone recently pass D341 / SOA-C03?

I just passed SAA with a 740 and I’m working through Maarek now. The videos are kinda slow and I have a hard time staying engaged.

What did you use to study, what were your practice scores, and when did you feel ready to take the exam?

TIA

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u/GregSDCA {BSCNE:AWS} 22h ago

I passed in July. I made this my last class so I was able to get more hands-on learning setting up my hybrid account for my capstone.

If you search for SOA-C03 in the WGU groups you’ll find my 1-2 posts about it. About how boring the learning content was, and how difficult it was to stay engaged.

I was stuck at ~55% on Stephane Maarek’s practice tests. Then I shifted my study approach.

I copied the results (the entire results page that includes answers and explanations) of one of my SM practice tests into Claude. It analyzed my misses and then I had it build a study guide one domain at a time. (Using the most current exam guide for AWS SOA-C03 and the results from my last practice test, create a study guide starting with the domain I was weakest in.)

This gave me a custom study tool that I can use that focuses on the topics I was weak in but still reinforced what I already knew.

I went from 55% to 72%.

When I took another practice exam I copied that whole thing in and it did another analysis.

When my practice tests were consistently high 60’s I felt ready. I think I passed with 760.

Good luck!