They’re not the kind of exams you’re used to in school, but you know you have to prepare hard for them if you want to go to college. Almost every admission procedure requires that you score a certain percentage in one or more competitive exams, so unless you’re good and ready in the most efficient way possible, it’s hard to get your foot in the door that almost every other high school graduate is trying to open. If you’re looking for extra help, here are a few secrets that will help you achieve success:
• Start early: Know what you want to do before you graduate from high school and work on achieving your goal step by step. Be familiar with the requirements you must meet, the subjects you need to study, and the grades you must secure. When you begin early, you gain a head start not just on your peers, but also in your attempt to crack the exam.
• Do your research: Make a list of the colleges you want to attend and the prerequisites for admission to each of them. Don’t rely on secondhand sources for your information; instead, call the admissions office or check the official website of the institutions you’re interested in and get your queries and doubts resolved. Ask if there are any additional qualifications that you could meet in order to secure scholarships or other perks, and ensure that you send in your application well before the due date.
• Do a little everyday: Studying for an exam is a continuous process, one that must be done little by little and on a regular basis. If you try to cram everything a few days or even a few weeks before the big day, your lack of preparation is going to show you up. When it comes to competitive exams, it’s not just your grades that matter, but how well you’ve done in comparison to every other person who has taken the exam as well. And when a whole nation is competing with you, preparation is everything. So besides starting as early as you can, dedicate a few hours every day to preparing for your exam.
• Time yourself: Most competitive exams are all about time; they’re multiple choice options that have to be solved in less than a minute, and you often have just a few seconds to come up with each answer. While it’s easy to stay within the time limit for standard questions in English and other general subjects, it’s a different issue for those that involve solving mathematical or scientific equations and problems. Sometimes you get so caught up in trying to crack one equation that you neglect too many other questions in the process. So conduct as many dry runs as you can and perfect a way to answer as many questions as you can in the limited time available. Many students perform badly not because they don’t know the answers but because they do not complete the tests for lack of time.
• Stay calm and collected: Don’t panic at any stage of the exam, when preparing for it or writing it. If you’ve prepared well, your confidence should help you stay calm and collected, even when you think you’re pressed for time and the pressure starts to build. When you stick to your game plan, it’s easy to do your best.
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Friday, 23 May 2008
Study tips for IITJEE
PART -II
1.Try to visualize the problem by drawing the diagram.Free body diagram helps in solving mechanics problem.
2.Be sure your units are correct.It will many times prevent making mistakes.
3.Whenever you get any numerical answer,Judge the answer.Does the number look practical
4.Try to Break the problems into manageable pieces
5. Read your text books no of times so that you understand concept in each line
6.Do not panic in exam if you are not able to solve first problem.stay cool and attempt the other one.Most of the times we get panic lose all the time.
7 After every mock test,check your mistakes and try to avoid them again.Try to Learn something from each test
8.IITJEE may change the pattern but concept will remain same always,so if you are good,You should not worry about the pattern
9.Enter the examination in a positive mood to crack the test.
10. Prepare all the stationeries before hand.
11. Stay relax. A calm mind works better
12. Be very careful while reading the instructions,you might know the answer,but you fill it incorrectly so you will lose even what you know.
13. It is not important to attempt many question.You aim should be do the question correct.This way you will avoid negative marks.
14.You should reach the test centre at least half an hour before the exam.So that you can relax.
15.Master Time Management Skills
16.Scan all the topics in a stipulated time frame.
17. Plan your schedule for your revision and exercise.
18 .Start concentration on the topics that you have covered rather wasting time on new topics particularly when exam is just few days ahead.
1.Try to visualize the problem by drawing the diagram.Free body diagram helps in solving mechanics problem.
2.Be sure your units are correct.It will many times prevent making mistakes.
3.Whenever you get any numerical answer,Judge the answer.Does the number look practical
4.Try to Break the problems into manageable pieces
5. Read your text books no of times so that you understand concept in each line
6.Do not panic in exam if you are not able to solve first problem.stay cool and attempt the other one.Most of the times we get panic lose all the time.
7 After every mock test,check your mistakes and try to avoid them again.Try to Learn something from each test
8.IITJEE may change the pattern but concept will remain same always,so if you are good,You should not worry about the pattern
9.Enter the examination in a positive mood to crack the test.
10. Prepare all the stationeries before hand.
11. Stay relax. A calm mind works better
12. Be very careful while reading the instructions,you might know the answer,but you fill it incorrectly so you will lose even what you know.
13. It is not important to attempt many question.You aim should be do the question correct.This way you will avoid negative marks.
14.You should reach the test centre at least half an hour before the exam.So that you can relax.
15.Master Time Management Skills
16.Scan all the topics in a stipulated time frame.
17. Plan your schedule for your revision and exercise.
18 .Start concentration on the topics that you have covered rather wasting time on new topics particularly when exam is just few days ahead.
Thursday, 8 May 2008
Study Tips for IITJEE
PART 1
1. Concentrate on the basic concepts.Strengthen your fundamentals.Master the basic of each chapter.Do many times so that you know the concept by heart.NCERT books are good for the concept.So first should be to study the NCERT books and familarize all the concepts.HC verma is also good for concept
2. Once you are through with the concepts,you need to develop problem solving skills.Pick one good physics and start solving the questions.Initially problems of low level should be tried and only when you have mastered them,you should go on to solving intricate JEE type problems.ALways give full attempt the question before seeing the solutions.Try to recall all the formula,concepts and try the solve the problems.Dont take too many Physics books .One or two should be sufficent.
3.JEE paper consists of questions from various units.Some units are easiar to solve.So Students should try the following order for mastering the units
Thermodynamics:It is quite simple to master this topics.JEE paper always have few question from it.So easy to score those.
Hydrostatics and Bernoulli's Principle:This is also simple.
Waves in Elastic Media:THis too is simple to master.JEE always have one or two question from it.
Interference Beats and Doppler's Effect:Similarly for this.
Electrostatics :Coloumbs law,Potential,electric question are simple to attempt.
Electromagnetic Induction
Lorentz' Forces:Simple question from it.
Circuits with Capacitors:Easier to attempt with some practice and method to solve the circuits
Modern Physics (full):Always have some question from it.Easiar to master
Collisions:JEE paper have difficult question from this but easiar then below topics.It should attempted in the last
Rotational Motion:bit tough.It should attempted in the last
Gravitation, Elasticity, S.H.M. :bit tough.It should attempted in the last
4 Once you are through with the course.You should start taking Mock test.This will give you the feel of the examination.Try to give as many as possible.Judge your speed and accuracy.You wont feel tensed and stressed on the examination day this way.
5.Make shorts notes for last revision before examination.Those should contains all the important formule which will help you in solving the problems fast.
6. Develop an habbit of judgeing the question .You should be able to judge the question whether you should go for it or not.This is very important thing.There will always few question in JEE paper which will be very tough.If you put your head in those question,you will waste your time and you will not any thing.SO it is important to judge the question.You should never attempt any question which you dont know head and tail of it.
7.Before starting doing the IITJEE paper
Step 1: Take a quick glance of the paper so that you are aware what all type of question and what all topics are given.It should be done in first three minutes
Step 2:Search for questions of topics which is strong to you.Read the questions of the topics and if you have done similar type of question and you are confident about it.Attempt that question.Do this for all the topics u are strong in
You will always find few questions in this catogory
Step 3:Now try to find the questions in your strong topics which looks easy and solvable to you
Step 4: Try to find easy and solvable question to u in the topics you are not very strong
Please take a look at these post also
Physics Syllabus
Books for IITJEE Physics
Books for AIEEE Physics
1. Concentrate on the basic concepts.Strengthen your fundamentals.Master the basic of each chapter.Do many times so that you know the concept by heart.NCERT books are good for the concept.So first should be to study the NCERT books and familarize all the concepts.HC verma is also good for concept
2. Once you are through with the concepts,you need to develop problem solving skills.Pick one good physics and start solving the questions.Initially problems of low level should be tried and only when you have mastered them,you should go on to solving intricate JEE type problems.ALways give full attempt the question before seeing the solutions.Try to recall all the formula,concepts and try the solve the problems.Dont take too many Physics books .One or two should be sufficent.
3.JEE paper consists of questions from various units.Some units are easiar to solve.So Students should try the following order for mastering the units
Thermodynamics:It is quite simple to master this topics.JEE paper always have few question from it.So easy to score those.
Hydrostatics and Bernoulli's Principle:This is also simple.
Waves in Elastic Media:THis too is simple to master.JEE always have one or two question from it.
Interference Beats and Doppler's Effect:Similarly for this.
Electrostatics :Coloumbs law,Potential,electric question are simple to attempt.
Electromagnetic Induction
Lorentz' Forces:Simple question from it.
Circuits with Capacitors:Easier to attempt with some practice and method to solve the circuits
Modern Physics (full):Always have some question from it.Easiar to master
Collisions:JEE paper have difficult question from this but easiar then below topics.It should attempted in the last
Rotational Motion:bit tough.It should attempted in the last
Gravitation, Elasticity, S.H.M. :bit tough.It should attempted in the last
4 Once you are through with the course.You should start taking Mock test.This will give you the feel of the examination.Try to give as many as possible.Judge your speed and accuracy.You wont feel tensed and stressed on the examination day this way.
5.Make shorts notes for last revision before examination.Those should contains all the important formule which will help you in solving the problems fast.
6. Develop an habbit of judgeing the question .You should be able to judge the question whether you should go for it or not.This is very important thing.There will always few question in JEE paper which will be very tough.If you put your head in those question,you will waste your time and you will not any thing.SO it is important to judge the question.You should never attempt any question which you dont know head and tail of it.
7.Before starting doing the IITJEE paper
Step 1: Take a quick glance of the paper so that you are aware what all type of question and what all topics are given.It should be done in first three minutes
Step 2:Search for questions of topics which is strong to you.Read the questions of the topics and if you have done similar type of question and you are confident about it.Attempt that question.Do this for all the topics u are strong in
You will always find few questions in this catogory
Step 3:Now try to find the questions in your strong topics which looks easy and solvable to you
Step 4: Try to find easy and solvable question to u in the topics you are not very strong
Please take a look at these post also
Physics Syllabus
Books for IITJEE Physics
Books for AIEEE Physics
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