TIPS FOR PREPARING IIT - JEE 1. First and most important is to have confidence in yourself. Don ’t lose that confidence while preparing for the entrance exams even if you are not doing well in the coaching classes. 2.Having mentioned about coaching classes, I would say they play an important role in helping you crack the exam. The simple reason being continued guidance throughout the year and perpetual tests that keep you in touch with the course all the time. Hence, it is important to be regular in them to be able to achieve good results in the long run. 3.When at home prepare a time table and follow it strictly. Don ’t ignore it. Don't get too involved with only engineering books keeping NCERT books aside. With the new IITJEE pattern, a lot of questions are directly made from there which you might have already seen yourself by analyzing this year’s paper. 4.Don’t waste time and don’t stress yourself. Study in a balanced way and maintain a good friend circle who will guide you at time when you are at sea and thus boost your morale. 5.This one is for toppers! Don’t get complacent. Many good rankers in coaching institutes get complacent if they get good marks which is bad as they lose out to lower rankers in the end. 6.To crack entrance examination papers it is very very important to be able to solve the paper completely. You might know all the questions but not been able to solve them is equivalent to not knowing them. So the golden rule is practice a lot of sample papers and during the exams hours not to waste time on a single question. 7.Stay away from computers as much as possible! This is a major distraction from students from towns and cities as you don’t get to know how quickly time is slipping out of your hands along with straining your eyes and body which makes you dizzy and you are off to sleep! 8.Choosing the right books for entrance exams is very important. Consult IITians and your teachers about them to make sure that you get your hands on the right ones and don’t waste your time in trying out new books every time.
Last but very important point is not to get nervous while appearing for the exam.This will get your hands and brain move faster, quicker and better than those who are nervous! These are my ten golden rules which if followed strictly will definitely help you crack the JEE paper with flying colors.
Most people think that IIT JEE is a very difficult examination. However, JEE is totally a different examination. One thing certain is IITJEE requires a very systematic preparation. Earlier you start preparing for it the better.JEE defers from conventional board exams in one major way. JEE tests your fundamentals of the subject and your ability to think logically and analytically. To begin with, you must arrange for professional guidance, if you do not have one available at home. Secondly, practice of solving JEE level problems being of paramount importance, you must have access to enough recommended books / notes. (1) Join a reliable postal / classroom coaching. (2) Collect old postal coaching material from students who have appeared for JEE before. (3) Buy or have access to various reference books for the subjects. (Lists are available on the world wide web.) Getting yourself motivated but keeping up the tempo is not easy. Load of CBSE /BOARD Syllabus and JEE together can be very tough. So, if you are ready to burst your butts, read a lot about IITs, understand why you want to be in IIT and prepare for systematic preparations for it. I would recommend you should start preparing for JEE, immediately after Xth, if you have not started earlier! The IITJEE is the Joint Entrance Examination conducted by the IITs for admission in the six IITs , ITBHU and ISM Dhanbad. The IITJEE is aimed at selecting the best candidates from the country .It is considered the most competitive examination after 12th standard. About 2.5 % of the total students, appearing, are able to get through (entry ratio is even less than that of Stanford University!). The general norm is that the JEE is a difficult examination and the questions are complex and tough. This is not true. It is merely a different exam. It examines your basic concepts, logical aspects and your ability to apply fundamentals to multi-conceptual problems. All it requires is a proper examination temperament and different approach to the subject than most of the other exams. Added to this, it also tests your ability to work efficiently without getting pressures in. It is also a test of your psychology. To solve the typical JEE like problems you have to think in many dimensions. However, The question papers of JEE are most involved as compared to any other similar competitive examination. The process of formation of JEE paper is pretty complex. Questions are invited from various professors from different IITs. From this list, few questions are finalized, so the professor himself doesn ’t know whether his question is selected or not. All the possible solutions of questions are also made. The results is
declared in about 20 days from the day of examination. To have optimum success & avoid failing one has to develop excellent examination temperament besides knowledge of the subject and problem solving skills. What is needed for the IIT-JEE is :
An analytical mind and planned strategic approach. Students with high IQ level can extract the information from the teacher even in a large group, plethora of books and study material available. Other students get confused due to flood of information and study material. One needs to have a definite plan with well defined aids and sources of information to produce optimum results. Students normally neglect Chemistry which is most scoring and do not pursue Physics in a systematic way. Preparing Physics for the JEE needs more attention besides acquiring highly polished analytical skills. Hard work is indispensable for JEE. If you are intelligent,that's good but intelligence alone is NOT going to get you in IIT. I have seen many people who are very intelligent and because of their intelligence they overestimate themselves and study less and end up getting a low rank in JEE or even don't qualify. But I am not saying that any hard working person can make it to IIT. You need a certain degree of caliber but the main point is YOU need not be a genius. The second most important requirement is guidance. Hard work is the bow, intelligence is the arrow and guidance gives you the direction of target. Then only your arrow will hit the right target(IITJEE). Third thing is motivation. Nobody can force you to study for IITJEE. To work hard, you need a lot of motivation. Most (almost all) of the top rankers study for the whole two years single heartedly for JEE. For these 2 years they leave all their comforts for JEE.For two years you should dream,sleep and eat JEE and nothing else.Leave aside your girlfriend(if you have one) and all your summer weather friends from whom you get gain nothing. The fourth thing is Temperament. Temperament plays a vital role for success at IIT-JEE. Nervousness can decrease performance to such an extend that a student who expects to get a top rank in JEE,even fail to qualify. Solving full papers, preferably in exam atmosphere can improve your temperament. Test series offered by some classes could be of help. If you do not have access to such series, try solving old papers with alarm set and correct it from solutions available.
INTERVIEW WITH ANOTHER IITian
``Today competition is very hard``--I have heard people saying so.Are they true . I don't think so. When i think honestly over it i found competition is not really tough these days, but the no. of competitors is large , that is other thing weather they are able for it or not. Friends! Today i want to share my experiences with you. When i was a school going student and i too had the penchant to crack IITJEE. That was not my aim of life but it was one of the stopping station of my journey, the stoppage of my journey to the corporate world.We use to waste our precious time and energy pondering over how to prepare for IIT and what should be the right strategy for it. This is really not the rule . Whatever be the rule,we should have full dedication towards our goal. But you may change in ur strategy as ur experience increases. So just go and make a routine to study and really hard. We go on a very simple thinking that ` `today the condition is not in my side, i will d o that very thing tomorrow``. Tomorrow goes on tomorrow and tomorrow and so on so on ..........! And one day we have to face our exams and we get depressed, is not it? We create problems 4 ours. MOST OF THE PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO GET SUCCESS. BUT THEY DON`T WANT TO WORK OR SPENT THEIR TIME. EDUCATION MEANS--THE PROGRAMME IN WHICH WE WASTE 1/4TH OF OUR LIFE TO KNOW THAT HOW TO WASTE OUR 3/4TH LIFE. Remember everyone have only 12 hrs to work , but in this 12 hrs one is BILL GATES and one is working under him. Well, i would like to tell everybody one thing that is extremely important to know while preparing for the IITs, and that is, if u think u r extremely good at school then it does not necessarily mean u r intelligent or brainy and end up having high hopes that u can get into any one of the IITs. The reason is very simple, at school u don't need brains to do well in your exams, u need lots of memory and hours of hardcore mugging! But at a place like IIT - J EE, its insane to even think u can mug cos the syllabus is designed for people who can think! I have seen people who have scored around 65% - 70% in their boards, but end up with very good IIT - JEE ranks at the end. So now I hope u can differentiate between true intelligence and true mug - pots? According to me no bloody school exam can ever judge the true intelligence of a student, but at IIT it shows it all! At school all of us mug our heads off and the better the mugging the more intelligent we all seem to the teachers and parents eyes! True intelligence can be found and discovered only at the IIT - JEE, so why not prove yourself there, rather than waste time mugging and falling under the illusion that u r
intelligent,etc after seeing your class scores! IIT is always a word which raises a energy through the body. But to achieve it you have to drain out the entire energy out of your body. Preparing for IIT is not a week or month job. It needs years of effort. From 11th onwards the whole, energy as to be squeezed out. A proper organization is always the primary task for all preparation. 1. Make yourself a week plan and a month plan before you work. Never put down all your time in studies. Efficiency is the primary target. Divide the day into 4 - 6 sections of 2-3 hours. For every successful period take a 15-30 minutes reward. It boosts your energy. 2. Regular exercise is always a must. Allocate about 30 minutes of the day for this. You can choose exercise time. 3. Study a subject continuously for a long period. Each time you change the subject you lose a lot of time. (Transition time is a lot on thinking) 4. Crash your leisure programmes. 5. Write in black n white the portions covered and try to match it with the plan. 6. A sleep of 3.5 hr is a must!!!! 7. During the Hike of tension cool yourself by meditating or by just running around!! Studying Methods
1. Regularly solve model papers and keep checking the time. This enhances confidence and shows the pons and cons of ur studies. 2. Be up to date. All HWs must be done in time. 3. Make yourself comprehensive notes and small sketches. (Make them attractive) 4. Be perfect in solving maths problems. Never make a situation that will make u revise back through it. The best way I adopted was from my teacher. Enjoy Math ’s and do it when you are totally freaked out. On doing problems during freaking Time you initially tend to make mistakes. But this soon will be a boon when you get freaked out during exams. You will be ready to move through even when u r freaked. ( this was my success key for 100 in math’s exams.) 5. Be prepared with all type of questions. 6. Go through guides daily. In the last moment u won't be able to do it. Last Sec Tips
1. Never start studying during the last month. 2. Keep covering pages at a fast pace 3. Question yourself where you feel you are doubtful. 4. Never leave calculations. Keep doing always. Once you stop your marks stops!!
5. Have confidence ,maintain cool. Never let tension eat you u up. Ask the parents to keep an eye on you always. Otherwise you may not be studying always. Be motivated, encouraged and struggle. It is after all not a miserable fight. Here goes one more article for SUCCESSFULL PREPARATION FOR IIT JEE. If you are sure the way you are preparing then DONT READ BEYOND THIS. But if you think you need guidance then just read this and ponder over it for a while and then set into action right away. Let me 1st tell you something about myself. I was preparing for IIT JEE 2008 for the past one and a half year. And during this pe riod I’ ve observed that the only thing required for a meaningful preparation is to have a BURNING DESIRE to excel. This is fortunately the only requirement or eligibility, what ever you call it. And believe me this is not easy. In today’s world there are so many other IMPORTANT things, like Surfing the Net, Dating, Music, Movies, Food. Keep your Eyes SHUT for them. Wear blinkers to the outside world if required. Guests, who are well wisher of yours, would never expect you to come and socialize with them when ever they visit your place. I Hate GUESTS. But I would rather feel the world better without them. Good Planning is a great virtue. From This Date, only 8 months are left. Leave 2months for revision and Self assessment TESTS. So you have at the most 6 months for preparation. If you haven ’t started yet, this is high time 4 you to do so. Don ’t worry. Believe in yourself. Daily study for 12 hrs (Sincerely) and you get through it. Concentrate only on the Basics. Though I strongly believe to study from books according to my power of perception and understanding, at least from my average level of brain, I can suggest you the following books if you share the same understanding power. Don’t pray to God to g et you through the gateway of IITJEE, pray only to help you to keep the desire to excel burning within you , pray not to let your mind deviate from the path you’ ve once decided. Rest,your hard work will make you achieve your cherished ambition and you be privileged to be called with those wonderful words i.e. IITian.
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