IIT JEE 2012: It's all about preparing the right way

With just few months to go for the Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE), stress would be at all time high. It is time when students would be preparing and revising. They would also be taking numerous practice tests to ace the examination. However, students should work around the three golden rules- conceptual clarity, contextual familiarity and application expertise to crack the JEE 2012.

Let us go through some expert tips to score well. Remember don't panic and have faith in yourself.

10 Days before IIT JEE 2012

These ten days before the final examination are very crucial. It is time to prepare, practice and revise. Let us go through tips on how to revise and beat the stress during the last 10 days-:

1) Start concentrating on the topics that you have covered rather than wasting time on new topics.

2) Take many mock tests to see where you stand and your weak areas.

3) Revise all important concepts and formulae.

4) Scan all the topics in a stipulated time frame. If you still have some doubts, try to get them resolved as soon as possible.

5) Revise last year question papers. When you're taking them you must time yourself to gear up for the examination days.

6) Divide the total time into components based on total number of questions and your conceptual knowledge.

7) Eat, sleep well and relax yourself. You don't want to feel stressed out days before the exam.

1 Day before IIT JEE 2012

1) Take this time in revising topics that you have covered but are not very good in it.

2) Avoid doing new topics

3) Revise all formulas and short notes

4) Eat and sleep for at least eight hours before you go for the exam.

5) Pack all important stuff for the exam- admit card, pencils, pens, erasers, sharpeners, all related stationary.

6) If you don't know the location of your test centre, try finding out the exact location so that you don't get lost on the d day. If your exam centre is in another city, you should reach a day before the exam.

On the day of IIT JEE 2012

1) Wake up early in morning.

2) Eat a light meal and have enough water.

3) You must reach the test centre on time. Reach at least 45 minutes before the test starts.

4) Check if you have the admit card and all necessary documents

5) Once you reach the centre and gave been given a seat to sit, you must synchronise your wristwatch with centre watch.

6) Once you get the paper, read the instructions carefully.

7) Fill your details clearly and with pencil only.

8) Give all three subjects equal time - 50 minutes each

9) If you want to do some rough work, use the space allotted to you.

10) You must attempt those questions whose answers you're 100% sure.

11) Be cautious about negative marking

12) Avoid wasting time on questions that you're not familiar with.

13) Use the diagram or value of constants given in the paper in solving a numerical. If the value is not mentioned, use the one you remember

14) Keep some time to revise your paper

15) If you don't know the answers, avoid getting panicked.

Goodbye IIT-JEE; 1 test from 2013

The government will scrap all engineering entrance exams from 2013-14. It has also come up with a novel idea of hiking tuition fees: students will not feel the pinch during the course of study, but they will have to pay up once they get a job.

Currently, various state boards and institutions, including the IITs, conduct at least 150 entrance exams every year. The government decided to dump all such exams, including the IIT-JEE and the AIEEE, at a meeting of IIT Council (IIT directors) and officials from the ministry of human resource development (HRD). Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal chaired the meeting.

“There will be one merit list. Institutes, including the IITs, will have to pick up students from this list,” Sibal said. “The list will be based on Std 12 marks and the entrance test results. Also, students will be counselled before they choose a course.” This test will be similar to the common entrance exam for medical courses beginning next year.

While rejecting the report of the Anil Kakodkar Committee that had suggested a five-fold fee hike for IITs (BTech and MTech programmes), the government, in principle, approved a fee hike. Sibal said students would continue paying Rs50,000 as annual fee, but they would have to “pay back” the difference money — the fee paid by a student and the money spent on him by an IIT — once they get a job.

Those from the SC/ST and OBC categories and students going for higher education or joining an IIT faculty would be exempted from this policy. The exemption would encourage students to take up research work and meet the faculty shortage, Sibal said. 
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“At present, the fees are nominal because of government subsidy,” he said. “The actual cost works out to nearly Rs6-8 lakh per student. Students can surely pay back this amount in easy instalments, considering the plush jobs they land with once they get their degrees.”

But the government wants a foolproof system in place to ensure students pay back the difference money. The degrees, which will soon be in a DMAT format, will reflect the difference money as loan and employers will be asked to deduct it from a student’s salary and deposit it with the government.

The government knows that several states might oppose its plan of a common entrance test for engineering courses because a large chunk of engineering colleges comes under state purview.

But it is confident of having the support of state governments because of the Supreme Court order in favour of a common entrance exam for medical courses. Sibal said that the Centre would discuss the matter with all state education ministers and representatives of all state boards.

Four Steps of Goal Achievement

Positive thinking can do miracle even at last moment,  But Y at last moment,  Y not since begining.

Exam time – panic in heart, whether i can do it or not ? question haunts . It’s nothing , but panic , a feeling of pressure comes out , that i’m not still prepared.Here are effective methods which helps you a lot , how to prepare for exams in most refined way, without being  scared and give best short in real time scenario.

Always think positively since begining  while you are preparing  for engineering entrance or any other exam , which will come out unscathed from grueling in the  examination. When u put 100% efforts into something with firm determination , surely you will be getting  zoombastic  results . Never under estimate  the power of positivity – it’s  a inner flame  which resides in you all time, try to look  on it  and energize yourself , and focus on it as worshiper .

Proper sleep  and rest  is necessary for brain. Brain has power to handle immense information, but overloading on anything will get collaspe to handle .

There must be proper planning  to study, avoid all ilk of confusions. Clear up the mess, schedule the studies, don’t try to dwell to much on a single questions , otherwise, it takes lott of time which gets wasted ultimately and  there are might be chances of getting bored from studies  or a particular subject. Always study intelligently rather than deliigently. It’s better to go for mock test online and skip those which are more time consuming .

Four steps to achieve  success in exam , they are  - Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully.Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.

Follow this surely you will shoot from stars and finally land on moon.

TIME MANAGEMENT FOR IIT JEE

A very crucial issue facing JEE aspirants like you is the problem of time management. We’ve heard all sorts of remarks and queries from students claiming that lack of time management is becoming their nemesis:

"How many hours should I study everyday?"

"I cannot handle JEE preparation along with my Boards preparation"

"I feel very sleepy while studying!"

"How did you manage your studies during your preparation time?"

"I am very distracted with things like my iPod and spending time on Facebook."

"Should I spend time on things other than studies? Like sports or cultural activities?"

We are sure you can identify with some of these issues.

So what is that secret to great time management? What is that magic potion that will do away with every distraction that hinders your progress? How can you ensure the most effective management of your efforts?

The truth is that there’s no single formula or methodology applicable to everyone for effective time management. Each individual is unique. Therefore, everyone cannot be fit into a single success formula of exam .

You must figure out your own schedule that optimizes your time spent on studies while still giving you ample time to have fun. We would strongly discourage you from abandoning all extra-curricular activities and "focusing" only on studies. This is what you must have been advised to do by peers and elders. This strategy does not always work. What we would suggest is a balanced mix of studies as well as other things that you like doing, like playing soccer or listening to music, or spending time on the internet.

Here are some general pointers that you could use to draw up your own time-table:

— Studies should be your first priority, but not the only thing that you do. You must fit in other interesting activities in you schedule, things that you like doing.

— Figure out the time of the day that best suits you for studying. For some, it is early morning while for many others, it is late nights. Once you’ve determined when is the best time for you to study, construct your study schedule around that time of the day.

— There is no particular number of hours that you must put in everyday for studying. But one very important thing is to be regular and consistently follow your daily time-table. Also, make sure that you revise and practice regularly. For example, suppose that you are able to put in 4 hours of study everyday. You could possibly use 2 of those 4 hours for advancing along your (unfinished) syllabus and the other 2 for revising parts of what you’ve already covered up to that particular day.

— You must follow a balanced schedule with respect to all the three subjects. Studying only physics for days at a stretch, for example, is not a very good idea (although it might be fun; we did it ourselves too, but of course there are negative consequences). We would suggest touching upon at least two subjects everyday, and never neglecting any particular subject (its chemistry most of the times!) for more than 2-3 days. This way, you’ll be in touch with all the three subjects at any given point in time. Remember, if your aim is to maximize your rank JEE 2012, you must go in with your arsenal fully loaded, which means being very good in all the three subjects.

— Finally, if you are ever getting bored of studying, there’s no point continuing. Take a break for a while and then try to start afresh. But this does not mean studying for 5 minutes and taking a break of 55 minutes every hour!

The Power Of Meditation

How many of you like exams ? please raise your hands, up, high and nicely, well  as far my eye’s reaches to every corner, the answer is- NO, NO,  no, no one. Engineering entrance exams are very stressful and it will remain part of student life. If you are a student  , then exam is matter of concern. Thepower of Meditation is such a tool which help to calm your mind and build confidence.

Meditation is commonly associated with monks & mystics, but power of meditation is been realized by everyone and everyone is adopting this practice especially by students which helps them to  remove obstructive, negative & wondering thoughts of fantasies and help them to  calm the mind by creating deep sense of focus & improves concentration on studies, improves memory to memorize all subjects , clears the mind of debris & prepare them for high quality of work and activity.

The core advantage of meditation helps to relax the mind so that student can attain more knowledge  and it will become easier for the student to learn more study material for preparation. It is a effective tool that helps to improve the stress ,improves attention of a student and better to fight against stress.

The most easy & effective techniques of meditation which can be easily adopted by students which helps them to reduce stress , they can easily grasp it without taking time within few minutes.

The powerful antidote to stress is natural relaxation of body which can be done help of deep breathing, visualization, yoga & meditatioon helps to activate whole process.to achieve relaxation,one has to sit upright with straight spin ,placing your feet flat on floor,palms turned upward. Inhale sharply, it will be double breathing short & long . tense whole body until n unless it vibrate. hold your breath& forcibly exhale through mouth, well it will be double exhalation short & long. In this way it will help you to throw tension off.

Breath inhale & exhale slowly by counting to six to eight times, repart this excercise many times if possible and slowly and gradually. Finish this practice by inhaling, holding & exhaling deep breath . this practice is called measuring breathing excercise.

Hong-sau technique of meditation , it’s a simple breathing technique never try to control your breath, let it flow in normal manner in & out and do not try to hold it. In begining our body will be in a physical manner of awareness and you will feel your chest & diaphragm expand & contract but sooner or later you will realise it flows through nostrils calmly . in this your  eyes must be closed  and your concenteration will be in middle of forehead  in between of eyebrows, you wil realize this fact, the flow of breath is between the spritual eye of forehead. Donot allow the movement of eyes otherwise the concentration will be disturbed. Finish this practice through nose by exhaling thrice from the mouth.

Progressive muscle relaxation technique  is most effectively n widely accepted strategy to get way from the stress. Just take few minutes to relax by making yourself comfortable in loose fitted clothing. Try to inhale & exhale deep breaths slowly n gradually. Shift your attention to right foot by making muscles tense and tightly sqeezing it & try to hold for few counts and after that try to relax the muscles. You will feel your foot will become loose & limp. Same procedure is repeated for left foot.

Memorizing subjects is very difficult for every student and they eventually falls into boring method of reading books and retaining them. So fresh mind of learning is required , meditation is only way to improve studies and score good marks, - an average student  can turn into bright future of nation .

The bottom line is never try shortcut road to conquer the exams , mediation is best way to  improve your positive energy , brings clarity in thought along with creativity level which helps to visualize things in right perspective & silence inside helps in contemplation , it helps you to plan your studies and simultaneously it will boost your confidence which will become your ultimate weapon to fight exam stress.