Self
Confidence-The Key!
Did you think the first tip would be related to physics, chemistry and
mathematics? Or it will be related to time management?
No. The most important thing for preparation of JEE is to have confidence
in yourself. Don’t lose the confidence even if you are not performing very well
in your school or coaching classes.
Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities! You gain strength,
courage, and confidence by every experience. Every question you fail to solve
teaches you many lessons and mistakes which you must not do next time.
Have a strong will and belief in yourself that you have the ability to
crack JEE and reach to your dream IIT or NIT. Work hard for your dream. Is JEE your D.R.E.A.M.?
Why
to start from basics
Do you think basics are for weak students? If you do, you are having a
wrong mindset.
Always start preparation of JEE or preparation of any topic/chapter from
basics. Because it is really important to have very strong base to build the
building of knowledge of the respective topic.
If the base itself is weak, it will be very difficult to solve questions in
later stage. But if the basic of the topic is clear, it will be very easy for
you to understand and crack the logic behind the question.
For example, revising basics of
class 9th
and
10th
would
be helpful for students in class 11. Concepts of topics like algebra or
mechanics will have broader implementations in class 11th and 12th. If you hate
inorganic chemistry that does not mean you will skip the basics. What you must
do is focus more on the basics of the subject you hate. The reason you hate can
be either you simply don’t like the subject and feel bored, or YOU DON’T
UNDERSTAND IT WELL!
Now which ever be the reason, you cannot skip the chapter. Try to explore
simpler ways to understand the topic. Discuss with faculties in your school and
coaching and once the basics are set in your brain the pathway would not be
difficult.
How
to manage time effectively
A lot of people must have already given you a lecture on this. Did they?
This is with no doubt key thing for preparing for JEE or anything else in life.
One who knows how to manage and distribute time efficiently solves half of the
task.
Remember one thing; everyone has same 24 hours in a day! Now it’s up to us
how we use and manage that. Preparing for JEE would need a lot of efficient
time planning and management. Distribute your day to physics, chemistry and
mathematics as per factors like which subject needs more time, give bit extra
time to your weaker subject and also give some time specifically for your board
exams! Yes board exam performance will affect your over all rank in JEE.
- Distribute time for all the subjects.
- Give some extra time to subject you are
weak in. Remember “More you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war”.
Preparing now will make you feel comfortable in exam hall.
- It’s okay to reduce the time you spend on
TV, internet, hanging out with friends, playing PS2 etc...Take out time from
less important activities to the DREAM of cracking JEE.
- Prepare a daily time table on how you will
be managing the day. Have a weekly check on what all topics you have covered
and if you completed your targets.
- Set your next week targets accordingly.
Discuss your time table with your parents so that they are aware of it too and
can keep you motivated and push you to achieve it.
''Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but
you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it
you can never get it back''
Don’t
Stress yourself!
Now you would say it’s easy to be said that don’t stress yourself but it’s
hard to be away from stress? Yes it is. But it is also important to understand
that stressing yourself will not lead to any better state and will hamper your
preparation too.
You must study in a balanced way maintaining and giving some time daily to
some recreational activity. It may be watching TV for 30 minutes, or spending
time with family or a walk in park, meeting with friends, cooking, dancing or
anything that makes you feel relaxed and energetic.
Always maintain a good friend circle who will guide you when you are in the
sea of negative thoughts and will take you out of the state by boosting your
morale.
''Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress
into a positive one''.
Make
a time table!
It sounds pretty easy to say that I will make a time table and will study
accordingly. But it is hard to get into the habit. When at home prepare a time
table and DON’T IGNORE IT. You made the time table to follow it not to
keep it aside and ignore it.
Make time table giving time and importance to all the subjects. Also ensure
that in the race of JEE Preparation you don’t miss out the NCERT or your Board
Exam preparation. With the new JEE pattern, a lot of questions can be expected
directly from the Board Exams or inspired by the same. And secondly, board
scores are also part of the ranking procedure so if you end up scoring high in
JEE but low in your boards it will affect your ranking drastically.
Books
to follow for JEE
It is very important you follow the right books. Firstly to make it clear,
to crack JEE you don’t need to study higher level concepts! Except few
exceptions, it’s just the application and conceptual understanding you need to
build of syllabus of boards. Consult your teachers, IITians to know what books
to be followed and to ensure you get your hands on the right ones only. Don’t
waste time trying out a new book every-time.
How
to strategize the preparation?
We have already talked about planning now what else we need to strategize
about? Picking up and practicing the right questions is also very important.
Go through each chapter with lot of concentration. If you are unable to
solve questions, don’t skip and move to see the solutions. It will not do any
good. Give 2-3 attempts before you move to view solutions.
Always try to understand the basics of each topic instead of solving all
problems. It is often seen that thorough understanding of a few topics proves
better than a superficial idea about all topics.
Try to solve vast variety of questions. No type of question should go
untouched. In books like for example RD Sharma, series of similar type of
questions is given in one exercise. Don’t skip other exercise because they
contain different type and your objective should be to ensure you are able to
solve all the possible types. Follow this strategy for all the books and
subjects.
Everyone
needs proper guidance
Guidance and constant motivation is very important. A good and experienced
teacher at your school or coaching institute will ensure you are on right path.
The experience and knowledge of a teacher will be of great help to you.
They are familiar with the pattern, do’s and don’ts, what are common
mistakes students do which will make sure you don’t end up doing silly and end
up taking wrong decisions.
The faculty will also help you understand how to plan out your daily
schedule, what books you must be following, what should be your approach when
you are specifically not able to grasp basics of some topic or maybe not able
to attempt specific type of questions.
Regular
revision
Whatever is taught to you must be revised. After you get back from
school/coaching ensure you do revision of the topics taught on same day. This
will help you to understand the topic better, study the part again which you
were not able to understand in the class.
Also ensure that in your monthly planning calendar you have space for revision
of topics which were covered previously. Give a window for doing mock tests as
well to analyze and review your performance.
Revising the topics on regular basis will also ensure that you have a track
of your month plan and a regular check mechanism is in place. If you face
difficulty in some topic you can specifically allot it some more time.
FOCUS
ON BULL’s EYE!
The last tip is pretty much simple. You know the focus! Its cracking JEE.
Now there would be many moments you would lose hope, you would feel you just
cannot do it or maybe there are people better than you and you are not good
enough.
Every person faces this! But the winner is one who overcomes these bad
times and ensures he is giving constant effort for the goal in hard time.
- Take the pledge that JEE is your dream and
you will crack it.
- No matter how many hurdles come, you will
rise every time you fall.
