Transcender and books alone enough?

I've gotten my mcse nt 4.0 and my ccna from self-study so I'm fairly good at the self-study thing. Also, i'm like a jr. network admin so i've got some networking experience and access to just about any equipment I need. Would the transcenders and books alone without having to buy an expensive CBT be enough to go for the mcse? i'm willing to shell out for transcenders if they're really gonna be that good, but don't want to have to also buy a CBT that's gonna cost almost a thousand bucks.
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