How to prepare for IIT-JEE (2013 onwards)
Till now there were many tips and techniques available to prepare well for IIT-JEE that would increase your chance of clearing the exam with flying colors. But, the recent introduction of a Common Entrance Test (CET) changes all the rules of the game!
Now, not only you need to prepare well for your JEE, but you also need to score good marks in your board exam!
Written below is a list of things that you should keep in mind while preparing for CET from 2013 onwards:
How many hours should you study?
For starters, some of you out there must be toppers of your class or among the top 10% of your class. But that is just a performance in your class or best at a school level. It means till now you have been competing among a small student base of 50 - 1000 students.
But once you start preparing for IIT-JEE or AIEEE entrance, the competition is huge. Last year in 2012, over 5 lakh students appeared for IIT-JEE and over 12 lakh for AIEEE. And now that a common exam is suggested for both IITs and NITs, you can expect the number of people appearing for the CET to be around 20 lakhs! So, now you need to be among top 5% even to get considered for a seat in IIT!
Are you ready for this?
To get admission into an IIT is very difficult task. Even the smartest people or the most hard working guy can also fail to get good score in the exam, let alone getting a seat!
So, you need to prepare yourself mentally as well as physically to face this competition. Mentally, you need to think wide when you think of competition you are facing. Remember there are more than 10000 schools (just CBSE) in India. So don’t get defocused and remember that you have to compete with unknowns.
Most of you would have scored well in your school level examinations by not even spending 20 hours on studies at home. This is not going to be enough with such a huge competition. You need to scale up your efforts and set a target of 50-55 hours studies at home every week.
But just sitting in front of the books for these 50-55 hours is not enough. You have to study with full concentration, no disturbance, and continuously for 3 hour sessions. The idea is to simulate real exam conditions. While studying, you have to create an atmosphere as if you are sitting in exam.
Avoid following during a long planned study session:
Study on a desk if you have it at home. Avoid studying while lying down on a bed.
Don’t get up from your desk during 3 hours of study session. Even not for drinking water.
Listen your favorite music during studies.
No phone calls and no SMS during studies.
Study with 100 percent concentration as if you are sitting in exam.
Suggested month wise study plan:
Give first preference to basics. Read NCERT if you don’t have grip on basics.
October: Math – functions, limits, continuity and differentiability, Complex Numbers
Physics – electrostatics, capacitors, electric current, Magnetics, Properties of matter
Chemistry – Nomenclature, isomerism, GOC, Hydrocarbons, S, P, D block and transition elements
November: Math – Application of derivatives, integration, Quadratic Equations
Physics – Electromagnetic Induction, Modern Physics
Chemistry – Aldehydes and Ketones, Alcohols and Ethers, Amines
December: Maths – Straight lines, circles, parabola, Properties of triangle
Physics – Optics, Mechanics
Chemistry – States of Matter, Thermodynamics, Electrochemistry, Equilibrium
January & February: Give at least to month for your boards’ preparation as new exam format demands it.
March: As soon as your exams get over, collect all the test papers (your institute’s) and last year IIT problems of above chapters.
April: Revise thoroughly your Notes and don’t read anything new. Don’t read anything 4 days before the big day to relieve you from tension. Be confident and cool.