Associate vs Professional Certification?

Hello,
I'm a young professional working with a Fortune 150 company, supporting their SAP CRM application. I've started training for SAP CRM but am not sure whether to go for Associate or Professional SAP CRM certification. It seems like the Professional certification requires a lot of experience and knowledge whereas the Associate is more so towards beginners. My instructor for my CRM training said that there are two ways to get the Professional certification: read all the SAP training books or cheat my way by going through as many certification questions as I can. I'd rather not do the latter as I truly want to learn the material.
Do you guys think I should just go for Associates Certificate?

Hi Kash
To gain Professional level will require many years of project experience.
Rather aim for the Associate Certificate, this is still very highly regarded in the industry and your odds of passing based purely on the reading material will be much higher.
Regards
Arden

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