With the Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) scheduled on April 10, students should work around the three pillars of success-- conceptual clarity, contextual familiarity and application expertise.
Students can use the following advice for starting the final preparation for IIT-JEE.
Days before IIT-JEE
- Scan all the topics in a stipulated time frame
- Work backwards to plan your schedule for revision
- Start concentrating on the topics that you have covered rather than wasting time on new topics
- Revise and revise all important concepts and formulae. Even if you have studied 70 per cent of the syllabus thoroughly, do not harbour negative thoughts
- Caution – The IIT-JEE test may carry negative marking for wrong answer. So take calculated risk of guessing
Master time management skills
- Divide the total time into components based on total number of questions and your conceptual knowledge
- Gauge if you would be able to solve the question or not. Avoid taking risk if the probability of committing mistake is high
- Revise last year’s question papers and model test papers
A day before IIT-JEE
- Quick revision of your formulae and short notes. Do not read new topics just before the examination
- Organize yourself. Use this checklist — admit card (please read the overleaf instructions thoroughly), two pencils (sharpened at both ends), an eraser, a sharpener, wrist watch, one blue lead pen and other related stationeries
- Take sound sleep of at least 6-8 hours before the examination
The day of IIT-JEE
- Wake up early in the morning
- Eat a light meal
- Reach the test center at least half an hour before the exam.
- If your examination center is in another city reach their the day before the exam
- Ensure the place you stay is calm and clean
- Never go to the center on an empty stomach. Keep snacks handy. Keep relevant medicine handy. Carry water/ glucose for instant energy
During IIT-JEE
- Keep your permission letter on your table
- Re-check your stationeries
- Synchronize your wristwatch with the center clock, read instructions quickly
- Fill the information sheet Clarify even the simplest doubt
- Caution Do not use a red pen or pen where data to be filled with pencil only
- Give all three subjects equal time — 50 minutes each
- 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
- Carry out all rough work only in the space provided
- It is better to solve slightly fewer questions faultlessly
- While attempting questions, segregate them by the 7, m, 4 method
- If you don't know these questions do not waste time attempting them
- While attempting the answers, do not shade the answer key immediately. Instead, tick your response with a pencil on the answer paper
- Keep marking questions with7,m, 4 in the first round of solving the paper. All questions should be segregated into one of these three categories. This saves valuable time later
- Fill out the answer key 30 minutes before final time. Fill out the responses to questions attempted after this directly in the answer key
Dos & Don’ts
- Do not get de-motivated or overexcited with the question paper. Do not be depressed by tough questions
- Do not get emotionally attached to any question. It is not necessary that you will be able to solve a question from topics you have prepared well
- Do not argue with anyone
—The author is director, Career Point Infosystems, Kota
