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Maths is probably the toughest of the three subjects and it takes time to grasp (though it varies from person
to person). But you can reduce the time that you actually devote to maths significantly by following some
simple steps. You will hardly feel a difference in your methodology of study, though.
1. Firstly understand the fact that maths is not a subject that you can master by reading the theory or just
seeing the way the problems are solved. Many students tend to study maths by reading the solved
problems. This practice will never help you excel in maths. Stop it immediately. You need to solve lots and
lots of problems if you want to be proficient at it. If you are investing your time to just read problems then
you are wasting it and you need to stop. Solve as many problems as you can because this packs a dual
benefit. Firstly you will grasp maths in a much more efficient. Secondly it will decrease the time you take
to solve a question helping you save time in the exam.
2. While solving questions of a particular chapter say, indefinite integration write down all the
formulae of that chapter on a sheet of paper and keep it with you. This will save the time you waste to
search formulas in the book. It will also help you memorize them by seeing them continuously. This will
help you save the time which youll give towards learning them.
3. If you are stuck on a problem, leave it for later. Dont let the problem get over your ego. Its ok if were
not able to solve an easy problem. I committed the same mistakes while preparing for JEE maths and I
wasted a lot of time trying them. Your instructors are always there to help you out in case you get stuck
somewhere. Leave that particular sum, go on the next one. Let your subconscious work that sum out and
there is a good probability that youll solve that problem in your next attempt.
4. When you are solving sums, always start from the easy ones and then go over to the difficult ones. This
will help you memorise the concepts and will strength your topic.
5. DONT USE CALCULATOR. Strictly avoid calculators. Initially you will face problems but this will
help you drastically. This practice is very beneficial in exams where you are supposed to perform all
calculations without the use of calculators. This practice will increase your calculation speed drastically.
from the difficult ones and attempt the easy ones first. This will save your time and you will not actually
waste a lot of time solving the difficult problems. Always reserve difficult problems for later.
2. Mark the questions that you want to leave for the last.
3. This is a bit unconventional. I would suggest that you use minimum space for solving a problem.
Always do the rough work with pencil so that you can scrub it off if you feel the need of more rough space.
Although they give blank pages at the back but there is a probability that you copy figures while switching
to last page. Also it takes a lot of time and it irritates a lot to turn all the pages and do calculation in the
last.
4. Try learning some calculations before hand like :a. Trigonometric tables
b. Square and square roots
c. Cube and cube roots
d. Basic derivatives
e. Basic integration
f. Limiting values
Maths scares many, but this fear for can be overcome by working hard in a smart way. By smart way I
mean that you need to reduce the time you spend studying maths or solving it in the paper. These tricks are
a bit difficult to follow. You might even face some difficulties initially but believe me, in the long run they
are for your own benefit.
I will be very happy to solve all your doubts regarding JEE maths. All you need to do is just comment
below and i will try to answer them ASAP.
You can also check out tips to become stronger at organic chemistry.
BEST OF LUCK!
Let us start the journey where it all begins: You are one of the thousand-odd kids who have been lucky
enough to get into IIT-Bombay by cracking the toughest entrance exam in the world. Needless to say, you
are in awe of the college, the huge campus sprawling over 550 acres, and everyone who studies in it. This
is where it all kicks off:
Valfi season comes round soon after, bringing with it entire casks of the stuff (bowing to reader
sentimentality here :p), that stuff by the kilos, tasty snacks, and no-holds-barred stories blown up to epic
proportions and narrated by take-no-prisoners types of storytellers that your friends by that time become,
whose sole purpose at the time will be to strip you of all/any dignity that you ever might have had. This
will be one of the periods of life at IIT Bombay which youll probably never forget!
However, there is also that lingering, ever-growing feeling of sadness, that youll be leaving the campus
soon.. that itll be time to step out into the real world.. that the chasm of safety in which you are cocooned
along with your friends is going to cease to exist. That is a harsh reality, which actually kicks in during
your last semester. You have experienced the insti life to the fullest, done all the crazy stuff, made the best
of friends anyone could ever make, yet you will find yourself yearning for more of the same. It is an
emotional farewell to the insti and the best part of your life. Youll be leaving many things behind; but
youll take with you in equal measure- the quality to work hard and smart, and the confidence to know that
you can achieve anything you set your mind to. That, and of course great memories by the ton-loads.
Time flies too fast. It passes by even as youre having fun, and soon it is time to leave all that and step out
into the world like the person of caliber, of matter and ability that society credits IITs for creating. Well, all
I can say is, Im glad I still have a LOT of time on my hands to enjoy the dream, before this idyll is
shattered with worries of the world!
Well, theres the truth about the life of an IIT graduate. Hope you enjoyed the read as much as I enjoyed
writing it. Ill be back soon with more amusing stories about life at IIT Bombay.
Until then, Goodbye!
1.
Purpose of notes A vital thing is to analyse the purpose these notes are
supposed to serve. If a person understands the objective to document, he is able to
record notes appropriately.
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4.
Stop noting every detail There is no point in scripting every word your
teacher is dictating, rather squeeze only relevant bytes from the lecture. The learner
must take home the message and not the lecture. Write exclusive points in your own
language, inspires you to think and take better notes.
5.
Mind what you write Notes are not re-writing all the definitions and texts
mindlessly. You are not required to make a Xerox of the text book. Aim for recording
important formulae, definitions and important facts so your mind gets attuned to the
topic the moment you revise them. Do not keep on adding repetitive information in
your notes, instead link two or three topics that are based on the same concept so it
saves time while revision. Write down things that you usually forget.
6.
Technology helps Using an online note making tool adds to the quality of
notes as it incorporates realistic images and videos in the notes. This kind of digital
notes are easier to sort and recall. You can visit Toppr.com for course material and
sample paper to help you revise.
7.
Help from peers Notes are a beautiful tool to enhance learning and aid in
revision. It would be of great help if you discuss and share information with your
fellow mates. It allows a healthy discussion of the topic so eventually you have a
better understanding and view of the concept. The discussions and inclusion of a
new viewpoint about the chapter will contribute to overall learning.
8.
Visual aids There is no better way to make notes than including mind
maps, images, and flow-charts in it. This helps to recall key areas in your topic of
concern. So go all out on creativity and embrace as much vivid graphics as you can.
You can watch course videos too.
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10.
Keep reviewing them The sole idea of making notes is defeated if you do
not revise them regularly. It gives you the benefit of developing notes by adding
updated information. Revising notes on a regular basis will keep them fresh in
memory and subsequently trigger inspiration to learn more.
Not taking notes may cause you to make silly mistakes in exams. Avoid them and start practicing these
habits now.
things out. I had to change my attitude towards the exam. And most importantly I had to change habits. I
analysed myself and figured out my habits that were doing me harm. I decided to ditch some behaviors that
werent working for me. I changed my approach from the lopsided one to a rigorous and regular one. The
habit I changed was time management. I used to be a lousy manager of time. But once I organised things
and managed my priorities, things started to work out for me.
Since I attended school punctually, I sometimes found it difficult to study regularly, especially after sixhours of school and four-hour of coaching classes. But I made a point and eventually habituated myself to
go through the concepts covered in the classes that particular day, solve a few related problems so that I
wasnt blank the next day in class and also to get my doubts cleared. Since there wasnt much academic
workload at school, I used to utilise my time there to solve the assignments.
A very critical part of this was studying effectively. I realised that earlier I used to be unaware of what to
read. Given my irregularity, I couldnt comprehend what I read; and even if I did, it would really take long
hours after staring continuously at my book. But being regular with my books made sure that the time I
was dedicating to study actually counted. A well-spaced study was more effective than a massed up study.
Dividing my work into four periods of one hour each instead of a single long period lasting four hours,
which I used to do earlier, was extremely helpful. (Note: You can work in set of two hours with a half hour
break too. It is different for different people).
Alternating between different subjects kept me focused as I didnt feel bored. Devoting one whole day to a
single subject was very stressful and boring. Taking a break whenever I felt frustrated also helped a lot. I
gradually became much more focused and much less anxious. Also, since I am an ardent movie-buff, I felt
distracted whenever a new movie released. I didnt resist that urge even during the exams, because I
always remained up to date with my coursework.
Although my time management skills were formed out of an absolute necessity, I worked every day to
habituate myself to this difficult routine till it eventually became easily manageable for me. I strongly think
that developing positive habits can help the students to succeed. And not just students, everyone can
change habits and change their life. Especially the habit of time management. After all, changing this
habit helped me to clear JEE and get into IIT Bombay. Try it, it might work for you too!
Familiar, isnt it? How many of you have too much time or not enough to accomplish what you intended?
In years, the survey result has always been disappointing.
You woke up late, started with the well habituated scrolling of your Facebook timeline, and an hour later
the lazy breakfast drags your watch to late noon. And youre in pause, taking a book in hand you start
checking your mails, and the very important messages that needed your prior attention. Dealing with
whatever happened to be thrown at you via your laptop and phone, you realise youre at the days end
hardly remembering what you had actually set out to accomplish. And the programmed vow that follows
is TOMORROW! And the next day brings more of the same and it goes on and on and on
We need a trick.
There are several ways you can unstuck yourself from the muddle and make a difference in your life. And
here we are talking about plan.
Spend 10 minutes a day to plan what you will be doing over the next 10 hours! Planning is the most
important segment of time management. Research says that every 1 minute you spend in planning; you
will gain 10 in execution. 1 minute = 10 minutes = 1 hour and 40 minutes! Sounds amazing, right?
Because it is that simple.
If you could just gain an extra half-hour a day through effective planning, you wouldve 22 more days
available to you per year. Abraham Lincoln reportedly once said, If I had 60 minutes to cut down a tree, I
would spend 40 minutes sharpening the axe and 20 minutes cutting it down. Dale Carnegie told a similar
story of two woodcutters. One woodcutter worked hard all day, took no break, and only stopped briefly for
lunch. The other chopper took several breaks during the day and a short nap at lunch. At the end of the day,
the woodsman who had taken no break was quite disturbed to see that the other chopper had cut more
wood than he had. He said, I dont understand. Every time I look around, you were sitting down, yet you
cut down more wood than I did. His companion asked, Did you also notice that while I was sitting down,
I was sharpening my axe?
Wise men call planning as sharpening the axe. You have to spend time to make more time. Rather than
coiling your head to a mournful late night disappointment, or the easiest escape to tomorrow, why not
sharpen it and makeall the difference? And the best time to plan your day is before it begins!
We start everyday knowing were not going to get it all done. So, how we spend our time is a key strategic
decision.
To start with, create a to-do list. But the list itself is not a challenge; as always, it is the execution. How can
you stick to a plan when so many things barricade it? How can you focus on a few important things when
so many things require your attention?
The solution is to learn the art of prioritising. To focus on the priorities and to accomplish them in order of
importance is crucial.
Most of us look at our to-do list, determine which task to knock out and decide to start that important thing
in a while. Then mornings lapses to afternoon. Then what happens? Youre either too tired or a crisis
comes up that demands your prior attention and you get nothing important accomplished that day. When
late comes, you will always have something else to do instead. Intellectuals call it Tyranny of Urgency.
Often we chose an urgent task over the important, and perform the former for instant action. As we
push the important back one more day, we slowly become slaves to the tyranny of urgency. You must
learn to choose it right. A day is productive if you accomplish at the least two things out of ten you
intended to do, rather than a haphazard nine! As Mark Twain quotes, If its your job to eat a frog, its best
to do it first thing in the morning, and if its your job to eat two frogs, its best to eat the biggest one first.
Identify your frog and have a merry day!
No one needs to tell you how important it is to manage time for exam preparation. We hope you use this
trick and learn to manage it.
MCQ Hacks
The Golden Rule of Guessing:
This is the most important of all the MCQ hacks: abolish the wrong options first. They help you to narrow
the question to at least three or, if you are lucky, to two options. Every MCQ has an option which basically
screams Of course Im not right. Always eliminate the obviously wrong choices first they help through
all the different types of problems there are. For example, if an option is All and you know one of the
options to be wrong , bingo! You now have to choose from two options.
This is an important life hack too. When confused or overburdened by choices, always remove the ones
that you absolutely dont want. A senior used this to sort out his career. He never wanted to go for a MBA
so he eliminated that. He didnt like corporate jobs. So that was gone too. The options left in front of him
were: PhD or IAS. That made his life easier.
When Two Choices Have Words That Sound Similar, Pay Close Attention
To Them:
If two of the choices on the test are nearly identical in terms of spelling, one of them is probably the right
answer. Paper setters like to throw two similar options at you in an attempt to trip you up. If youre
guessing, this usually gives you a 50/50 shot.
Sacrifice a Question:
You might find yourself in a position where there are two questions with opposing answers. In situations
like this, it can be a good idea to answer the questions so that youre guaranteed to get at least one of them
right.
Why IIT?
And to be truthful, here I am, four semesters into my undergraduate program without a clue about what
goes on in the lectures. Most of the lecture hours are spent sleeping, scrolling down the Facebook
newsfeed, chatting on Whatsapp etc. because the slightest attempt to understand the courses seems futile.
Assignments are just copied by most students, some practicals seem even worse than lectures. I mug up
just enough of the tutorials before exams and quizzes to get an average grade.
After the mid-term exams in the third semester, I was sitting in a tutorial (in which we are supposed to
solve questions with the help of seniors and instructors) where questions were being discussed while I sat
in my place lost in a reverie. I had no clue about what was going on around me. At the end of it, I copied
the solutions from my colleagues and submitted the sheet, as I have become used to by now.
That day something snapped in me. I realised that this wasnt me, this wasnt what I had come to IIT to
become. I used to be a nice, friendly guy during my high school years but that seemed like a long time ago.
I have become a self-centered, always-in-the-room, never-go-out kind of guy who spends most of his time
on a laptop, so much so that the power of my glasses had to be doubled at the end of my first year.
Confusion at IIT:
I told my parents that I wanted to drop out. I was so desperate to leave IIT that I told them I would take any
private college if they just admitted me in an economics undergraduate course in the middle of the year. I
even applied to a few and was accepted at one of them. But then something totally unexpected happened. I
was bombarded with a string of phone calls from well-meaning relatives and total strangers with myriad
reasons why my decision to leave was a disastrous mistake.
What will you do if not engineering?!, What job will you get if you leave IIT?!, What will you do
with a BA degree in economics?!, What package will a degree in economics fetch you?!, Just get a
degree from IIT and dont worry about anything else, Prepare for other competitive exams like UPSC,
CAT etc., Who leaves IIT for a private college are a few of the reactions I received. Since it was the
middle of the semester, I dropped the idea. But the colorful phrases that were hurled at me over the phone
were nerve-wrecking.
Is this really what they thought about non-engineering, non-medical and non-business fields, I asked
myself. Unsettlingly, the answer was yes. Even I had come from a place with a similar set of prejudiced
norms. I lived in a hostel right from kindergarten till high school. The warden was a hard taskmaster who
didnt allow anything remotely divergent from our academic workload to find the slightest of our
attention. Since I was the topper of my school, it was expected of me to easily qualify for IIT, in that I
would be wasting my extravagant grades if I decided to do something else.
I had been groomed to choose engineering as if it would be blasphemous to even consider anything beyond
its peripherals. So, I had developed a predisposed notion that anything other than engineering, medical or
management was an inferior thing to do; that those who pursued them would be less well-off than I would
be as an IITian. And now the tables were turned and I was subjected to the same uninformed biased
commentary. I realised how superficial and smug I was.
I asked them why they wanted to pursue these fields. And I got a vague reply somewhere between I want
to become an engineer/doctor to my friends are also doing the same. I wasnt convinced but no one
understood why I was asking these silly things to them. And ultimately, it becomes a question of how much
of an influence I could be since I hadnt been in touch (they too live in hostels)? As it turned out, I wasnt
much. I came to Mumbai (still at IIT) and they went to Kota. And thats that.
The hefty packages and successful startups that are advertised in popular media outlets about these IITs is a
dangerous myth that is sure to have huge unforeseen consequences for the prospective candidates who
wish to apply to these colleges in the future. These headlines about lucrative packages hardly paint a true
picture of these institutes. A recent study at the freshman batch of IIT-Bombay found that almost 65%
respondents felt that JEE preparation had an impact on their creativity while almost 55% felt burnt out
after JEE preparation. When asked about why they chose IIT Bombay, the respondents had this response. A
whopping 92% felt the pressure of their own expectations to crack JEE while almost 55% spent less than
an hour or none on extra-curricular activities. Does every student have to undergo these highly strenuous
two years just to get a degree (after another four/five years) which they are not sure they will appreciate at
the end of it all? I dont have the right answer or any answer, but I am certain that it is something worth
thinking about.
Think strongly about why IIT is the right place for you and if you should take a drop year for it. It will help
you understand your choices better.
Disclaimer: This is a personal view of what I have experienced and not a generalised decree on IITians. I
have seen and met many IITians are doing great work in the their fields of interest and I know that in the
pursuit of their goals, IIT is playing a crucial role.
Practice helps a lot in improving speed of hand calculations, and also helps devise shortcuts that are
helpful later. Read how you can make your calculations faster.
Study Technique:
To learn the study technique of science, you must remember this about science Science explains the
various facts of the material world. But what we often tend to do is try to create facts from or with its help
and that is what is wrong with out approach. Science only explains the natural laws.
Let me give you an example imagine you know nothing about friction, nor about the concepts and
formulas related to Newtonian mechanics. So if you tried to push an object, say a cube on the ground, with
the application of the right force from your side you would get a constant speed. Thus you frame your law
that force is required for a constant speed. Now go for ice skating where with the application of a very
small force you get a speed and its continues to move with that speed for quite some time. Now you begin
to doubt your law; whether for a constant speed, a constant force must be applied on a body? But you must
accept the fact as you found it and modify your law to incorporate the fact you just found. This is what
science does. It explains experimental facts, and with that knowledge you try to predict some more results.
Your prediction may be right or wrong depending on how accurate and precise the theory is and also on the
complexity of the situation.
You must always try to explain the fact found by experiments, not make facts already existing from laws.
At the basic and high school level, you must get the important insights of the topics you read. In
mathematics, suppose you are studying equations, then you must know the difference between equations
and identities, conditional identities etc. Most of us, we memorize formulae and straight away go to
problem solving. But I think mathematics is also a subject that must be read, at least some part of the
theory must be known. Memorizing the formulae may help you solve most of the problems, but some of
the more difficult problems require your knowledge of the topic. Theory learning is one very important
study technique which most people avoid. The most important reason to read theories is it will help you
develop a liking towards the subject thus maintaining your interest.
Coming to physics, the science problem is carried on. Let me ask you a question how do you define
periodic motion? Maybe your answer is a regular motion that repeats itself in a regular interval of time.
Well, you are right. But given this definition of periodic motion how do you define or measure time?
Well, the easiest way to measure time is by the periodic motion of the earth around the sun. But how do
you in the first place know that the motion of the earth around the sun is periodic. Well, we dont know. We
just assume. That is why we tend to measure time intervals today with atomic clocks which is regulated by
the vibrations of any atomic or molecular system and so can be assumed to be periodic. These insights of
the subject are not only very much needed for improvement of your knowledge, but they make you like the
subject too which is very important.
If we have a look at chemistry, which most of us think is a subject only to memorize, you can be assured
that you wont be able to memorize everything in organic chemistry and solve the problems. You will
hardly be able to manage solving new problems because you dont know the concept. To understand
chemistry well you must be strong at physics. If we talk about physical chemistry and come to
thermodynamics, we see that entropy of a boiled egg is more than that of a raw egg. Is that not apparently
surprising? The answer to this is in the study of biomolecules. If we come to the molecular orbital theory
and study methane, we see that the 1s atomic orbitals of H combine with 2 types of orbitals of C the 2s
and three 2p. So there must be two types of bonds, the 1s-2s and the 1s-2p. But analysis revels that all the 4
bond in methane are identical. This is essentially the result. Although it apparently contrasts the MOT of
methane, but if you look closely, you will find that due to LCAO, the 2 types of bonds that can be formed
(1s-2s and 1s-2p) combine linearly to form 4 identical orbitals due to molecular symmetry. The molecular
orbitals are for the whole molecule not a part of it. So it has contributions from the whole molecule.
Therefore identical bonds are formed.
Talking about organic chemistry, try to understand why resonance occurs and the conditions required for it.
Take the aldol reaction, for example: why is it that the base hydroxyl ion always attacks the acidic
hydrogen (not the alpha hydrogen) and not the carbonyl group? These questions must be answered in a
satisfactory way. During nitration of toluene, what does the concentrated sulphuric acid do? Does it act
only as an acid. These are the questions that are very important for the understanding of the subject.
As you start questioning yourself and answering them yourself, you will get more interested in the subject
and as a result you will know more and you will increasingly get better in the subject. Therefore, I feel this
is the study technique you should adopt for studying.
Hope you do well in your life and this article helps. Best of luck.
Probability is a very important topic that sets the stage for jobs in the field of
consultancies, data analysis and data sciences. More advanced probability problems keep emerging even
nowadays, a proof of why the topic is a very fresh one and this is a reason why it can be integrated with
large scale complex topics of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning. Let us
explore some basic tips and tricks that will help set the tone for your higher secondary probability.
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Conditional Probability
This type of problem is special since it restricts the playing field for us by stating that some part of the
problem had already happened. The general equation of probability becomes:
P(A|B) = P(A B) /P(B). This is the probability of A occurring when B has already occurred.
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Preparation Phase:
First things first, the syllabus to be covered in the exam must be clear to you. Secondly, type of exam
objective or subjective, duration and marking scheme should be well known to you. Always go through the
official notification and previous year papers to have an idea about your tests. If its a monthly test by
coaching knowing the topics covered and pattern is enough. Attend a group session with people attempting
the test to have clearer idea.
After the syllabus is clear to you, according to time left for the test make a schedule to follow until the test
managing your time efficiently. Set bold, tangible but short term goals and achieving them will keep giving
you a sense of victory and satisfaction, and whet your appetite for more of the same. Also look back on
your day and stress on things where you wasted your time and how to optimize it. Cover the topics which
seem difficult to you first and since scoring high is your motto, dont leave any topic untouched if time
permits.
Attempting more and more mock tests will prepare you for the final test more than anything. You will get
to know the mistakes you are committing and effectiveness of your time management. For specific tests
like JEE, NEET you should focus on concepts and mock tests are helpful in these tests. Follow the toppers;
make them your mentors because as they say you become what you follow.
Learn the shortcut tricks and remember them as they will save crucial time during the tests. Review the
sections where you are weak and take one last full mock test.
You should take care of all the things that will be required for test. Take a print of admit card, know your
test center, arrange stationary, calculator etc.
correspondence programs or anything. What happened was quite predictable I had to scrape REALLY
hard for a rank.
2) Dont give up on your hobbies during the preparation time: This happens all too often with many
kids. I understand that you need to work hard. But you can keep taking out an hour a day for your hobby. I
used to play the keyboard quite well, and had a burning passion for playing football. My fluency in both is
somewhat diminished by two years of constant study, not to mention the stress-relief Id have been given
had I continued to play.
3) Dont burden yourself with too many reference books: I used to have 2-3 textbooks and minimally 56 practice books for each subject. All too late did I realise that this was unnecessary. One good theory
book, one or two decent practice books and regular tests thats all it takes. Many books only increase
your burden, as questions and theory in most books are quite common.
4) Dont work hard, work smart: Yes, smart work is the key to success, NOT hard work. You obviously
do have to put in a lot of efforts, but make sure you put them at the right places. For example, if you dont
work on your weaknesses even after completing your syllabus and having quite a lot of time left, you
might as well burn down your books and say sayonara to any hope of landing up somewhere decent.
5) Take decent care of your social life: Many of us end up isolating ourselves during our preparations.
We keep contact with just those one or two close friends and with no one else. Afterwards, though, it
becomes difficult to connect again on the same level. Also, socialising becomes a problem if you carry this
pattern forward too rigidly. So have a decent social life. Meet up with friends for dinner sometime. Enjoy
some team sport with them. Go for a movie sometime. Good friends are the best stress-busters in these
times!
6) Have timely and healthy meals: During this phase, we eat what we like, when we like. Theres no rule
binding upon us. Fair enough. All the same, Id urge every reader to have timely and healthy meals. You
just might end up falling sick, which can cost you a LOT. If not sickness, youre definitely going to be in
poor physical condition once your exams are done. I know I was. Theres just the simple matter of eating
good food at the right time to avoid these unnecessary complications.
7) Dont drag away from the syllabus: I have committed this blunder time and again. Books almost
always add extra spice to the already existing syllabus of JEE, and we all lap it up, get dismayed when we
are unable to handle stuff which comes in B.Sc first and second years, fight over it and waste a LOT of
time doing that. Tests dont help either because some coaching centres determined to create papers which
nobody would be able to solve. It is easy to get misled on this path, and the only compass that you have is
the official JEE syllabus. Stick with it.
8) Dont have a rapidly flitting, bi-polar view of yourself: On good days, I thought of myself as a boss.
On bad days, when nothing went right and I committed mistakes in JEE preparation over the simplest of
questions and I thought of myself as a useless lump. Both these views are wrong, and they will really
hamper your morale. Its important that you have a healthy image of yourself, and not let anything distort
it.
9) Analyse EVERY test paper: I failed to do this, and surprise I committed a lot of silly mistakes in JEE
Advanced paper. Paper analysis will tell you virtually everything you need to know about your
preparations. Sometimes, it was just plain child-like fear to see my mistakes in JEE preparation and face
them head-on that made me pass many papers without analysing, and that cost me dearly.
10) Let your graph be consistent: If it doesnt rise, at least dont let it fall. I used to be a bit inconsistent
with my study timings. That inconsistency crept into my test performances. I have witnessed the joys of a
two-digit rank in an AITS, and the sorrows of a three-digit rank too. What I learnt was simple: consistency
in your hard work AND your performance is the key to everything.
11) Dont slack on the three-quarters mark: This is one of the most common of all the mistakes in JEE
preparation that people make. slack that came by during November 2014 I was to appear for JEE a few
months later was one of the most horrible things during my preparation years. My syllabus had been
completed quite early. I was in the throes of joblessness. I didnt feel like studying much, got bored of
continuous practice and had grown tired and restless. AITS eventually got me back on track. This is more
of a problem for self-studying students, as they go about stuff themselves and have no one to tell them
what to do and what not to. Take care that you yourself do not end up like this.
All this was completely technical stuff related to preparations. However, theres deeper stuff, which you
REALLY need to know while youre at it. I myself realised these things after coming to IIT-Bombay.
Again, it was hindsight that made me realise this, and Im glad I did. Here they are:
12) Take the lessons from your preparations into the life beyond: You may or may not land up at IIT.
You may or may not get a good branch. Yet, I feel that you should take the best lessons the two years of
preparation taught you into the life that begins at college the qualities of hard work, smartness and the
ability to pursue something with passion and dedication. If you do, consider your preparation whether or
not you get admission to your dream college to be a resounding success.
13) IIT IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD: Yes, this is the thing you need to know the most. Realise
this: India is home to a great many good colleges. NITs, BITS, IIITs these are just a few of the worldclass colleges that our country boasts of. I can understand everyones craving to get into IIT-Bombay, or
IIT-Kanpur, or whichever of the old IITs they want to get into. But always know that not getting there is
NOT the end of the world. Nothing in the world is bigger or more important than yours and your parents
happiness.
To put it in a nutshell, work hard; so hard, in fact, that regardless of the result, you dont have the regret of
not having worked hard enough. Do your best and leave the rest in a safer, more secure pair of hands. Go
through our special tricks to help you clear JEE.
Thats all the wisdom youll be getting from my side, people. Best of luck!
en I was given the Herculean task of compiling a set of points or tricks to clear JEE, I was left scrounging
for ideas and pondering over the things I had done in my two years at Kota. Although it was a bitter-sweet
trip down the memory lane, all that I could find specifically applied to me as an individual, and I
generalised it for all the students out there preparing for JEE.
Thus, having it compiled through a trip that took a bit too long, heres what came forth as top points:
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Time Slots: You need to have slots for every small thing that you plan, let it
be dinner, having a talk with parents, shopping, homework, etc. This helps in
planning your day accordingly. Moreover, the use of a smartphone in this case is very
helpful but again if you cannot go for the pros and shall fall towards the tempting
cons, do not use any technology. Stay with a diary, a pocket-version preferably.
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Rising the Bar: The preparation can be very demanding at times. Lets say
you have been on the top 50 at a time and that extrapolates to Top 500 AIR, do not
forget that the guy in 50-60 range is not driving hard to overtake you, and come to
the same spot. So, every single time, you need to rise up the bar and be ready to
accept whatever may come your way.
I could go on and on, but other articles on the website list the points well and cover most of the tricks.
Perhaps, for a detailed schedule of JEE preparation, you may refer here.
But, I would still say explore yourself before following any of the methods imposed by your peers,
institutes, or anybody else, because you as an individual are different and understand yourselves the best.
All the Best for JEE!
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Now, the +1 hour daily goes to the subjects you have for Boards English and the alternative ones. Give
one hour daily to either solve the previous year papers or you can even go through the NCERT books. This
shall allow you to prepare the Boards along with the JEE Main preparation.
Then comes the eminent timing factor. Make sure that you study from 9:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 17:00 in
the day, and then from 18:00 to 21:00 in the evening, with the one hour being dispersed throughout your
breaks, from 12:00 to 2:00 or after 21:00. By this, your mind shall be set with the JEE pattern and your
brain shall be ready accordingly.
Go for Mathematics in the morning session, Physics in the afternoon, and then Chemistry in
the evening with an alternative time-table like:
Monday-Tuesday: Inorganic,
Friday-Saturday: Physical.
Now, keep Sunday as an evaluation day. Get some JEE Main pattern tests of some institute or
solve Question banks and Test series online. Give JEE Main on one Sunday, and Board Test on the other.
Make sure you sit in the sessions of 9:00 to 12:00 for JEE Main, and 10:00 to 13:00 for the Boards. You
can evaluate those papers on Monday, and go through all the solutions for better clarity. And, after the tests
kick off your shoes and have all the fun in the world!
This is how I cracked JEE. This approach helped me to the fullest, and I hope that it works for you as well.