Dropping
a year to prepare for JEE exam is an option quite a number of students go for.
It could be due to dissatisfaction with the preparation or the poor strategy to
crack the exam. Whatever may be the reason to drop, the goal is the same:
getting enrolled in good engineering college. Since NTA has begun conducting
JEE Main exam twice in a year from 2019, JEE candidates have now twice the
opportunity to sit for the exam. In a way it is good that now candidates can be
little relaxed to be more focused on their preparation. The syllabus and exam
pattern remain unchanged.
But, if you couldn’t get the rank or make it to the
institute you wish you could have, even after availing both the chances, then
don’t worry, we are here to help you! Don’t lose hope, there are many ways to bounce back from
failure . We will be discussing everything a dropper should
know about JEE Main Preparation, from study habits to overcome
demotivation to JEE study plan.
Given
the fact that NTA conducted January Slot nearly coincides with the Class 12
Board exams, a lot many 2019 students must have settled for a drop year to
achieve their ambition of making it through the most prestigious engineering
institutes in upcoming JEE Main exams 2020. Read on to know how to prepare well
through your drop year and stay close to success!
Don’t
bother about what others may think about your decision. Everyone, right from
your parents to friends, distant relatives and teachers must have bombarded you
with questions and shown apprehension about your decision to take a year off
for your JEE preparation. Now is the time to shut out the negativity and focus
on your goal. Feed your mind with positive thoughts and belief that you will
make it through JEE Entrance exam with flying colours.
Droppers
have a lot of extra time as compared to regular class 12th students and so
managing time is of utmost importance in the drop year. Moreover, for a JEE
Main dropper, the January exam is the best preferred one to attempt as compared
to April, which can be kept as a backup. Considering this and your own strong
and weak areas, allocate the time of your drop year in 3 phases:
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Phase 1-This time should be devoted to studying and
covering JEE Syllabus. The initial months are crucial for every student, since
the start lays down the foundation. A dropper must start with the basics and
should remember that he/she has to do everything from scratch. The first phase
is the longest, will last till October 2019.
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Phase 2- This time should be dedicated for a revision of the
concepts covered in Phase 1. It should ideally involve solving any doubts or
misconceptions you might have. Phase 2 should end a good 20–25 days before the
actual exam.
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Phase 3-In the last phase, you must solve as many test series and mock tests as possible. Ensure that you attempt these
tests regularly and that they replicate the actual JEE Main exam in terms of
exam pattern and difficulty.
One
productive hour counts more than five hours of distracted studying. With an
exam like JEE Main, any amount of time can seem to be insufficient, but now is
the time when the paucity of time becomes a pressing concern. Follow the given
productive study habits and see what major difference they can bring in your
JEE Main preparation:
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JEE Exam Study Habits should be made
in such a way that every chapter is started from scratch and then a lot of JEE
Main level questions are practiced. Once the concept is strong, its application
should be learned by practicing a good number of questions. After this, you
should focus on advanced-level problems. Give time to each question and don’t
stick to time limits in the first round of problem-solving.
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Throughout the preparation time, it
is important that you mark the difficult questions that either took you awhile
to solve or the ones that you couldn’t solve. By doing this, you will always
know where to start when revising and you will avoid solving questions that you
already know over and over again.
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The daily schedule should be such
that each sitting of 2 hours will be followed with a break of at least 15
minutes. Also, try doing at least two subjects daily so that you don’t get
bored.
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Every week, keep one day for revision
or back log completion.
·
Increase the frequency of the tests
that you give from the month of November.
·
It could prove beneficial if you
could study in a group where all are like minded. Since
you are dropping a year, you should highly think about hanging out with people
who have dropped as well so that you can stay motivated and find company to
discuss your preparation strategies.
·
Maintain a healthy lifestyle and take a balanced diet to stay
productive. A healthy mind lives in a healthy body. Physical health is
imperative for mental health.
As a dropper, you may have already attempted one or
may be both the JEE Main exams for the sake of experience, so you already have
an idea about the nature of the examination. If not, then referring to JEE previous years’ question papers
from MTG’s Explorers will definitely help in this
process. In addition to this, you must take MTG’s online test series and mock tests to analyse your exam preparedness.
After
attempting these tests, it is absolutely essential for you to analyze the test
and go back to both – the questions you have missed and the questions that you
scored negatively in. Based on these questions, all you will need to do is to
relook at the concepts and take requisite remedial actions.
Besides this, the benefits of solving online mock tests and JEE Explorer can also help in revising the entire
syllabus within a fortnight, simply by approaching the topics related to the
questions posed in these papers and test series. This means you can fine tune
the topics or subjects that you may find yourself lacking before the exam.
If you think you will make it without getting the
right JEE Main resources, don’t even consider it! It is important that this one
year of preparation is spent clearing your concepts through the right set of
books. MTG gives you the most authentic, well-explained and accurate JEE main Resources.
Apart from the right books, read and re-read from
NCERT Textbooks, because many questions in NTA conducted JEE Main exams were
directly framed from NCERT books. So, to score good
marks in JEE Main you must learn NCERT by heart, for which you must revise
from MTG’s NCERT at your Fingertips series .
You can also read MTG Monthly magazine to keep
yourself well aware of the need-of-the-time! Read out blog to know What Wonders can MTG Monthly
Magazine Do in JEE Preparation.
A
candidate can appear in the JEE Exam for 3 consecutive years and hence, it is
important that they make each of their attempt count and go through all the
important JEE topics thoroughly. Taking a year off to focus on JEE preparation
is not unusual. Your conviction for decision and the right approach as
discussed here will give fruitful results.
