Preparing for Board and IIT JEE

Today (24 Jan 2009) Mint paper carried an article titled Tricks from Tutors.
You may find it on www.livemint.com.

Now you have to think of Boards as well as IIT JEE. Your good performance in Board examination is stepping stone for IIT JEE. There is no conflict between the two. Every concept that you use for board examination is useful for JEE also.

Some suggestions

If you are academically bright student, the next couple of weeks is the time for you to concentrate on concepts that you have not revised earlier. Don't waste time revisiting waht you alread know.

Weaker students have to revise what they know and perfect that.

If you have to appear for competitive examinations, devote 20% of time to prepare for these examinations until mid-February.

5 R's for success: Reorganize, Revise, Rest, Relax and Reassure

Reorganize: Collect and organize you study material for each retrieval.


Connect the course content to everyday ideas to have a greater recall. Try acronyms, mnemonics, rhymes that associate with the concepts.

I personally advocate somebody in the family asking some questions everyday. When you are not able to answer, revise the topic and natural association between that event and the topic will be there.

First understand and then memorize. If you memorize without understanding, examination anxiety may prevent you from recollecting it.

Practice writing answers and attempt some mock tests. It will tell you how much time you are taking to write answers.

Have a timetable for a day, but be flexible around it. Don't get stressed. You may stretch on a day or slightly relax on another day. Stay refreshed and start everyday with enthusiasm.

Ask questions and answer questions about IIT JEE Subjects

KNOL QUESTION AND ANSWER BOARD
http://knol.google.com/k/narayana-rao-kvss/-/2utb2lsm2k7a/654#

Nomenclature of Organic Compounds - Practice set

Nomenclature when two or more substituents are in the compound

Visit

http://iit-jee-chemistry-ps.blogspot.com/2008/12/nomenclature-of-organic-compounds.html

The exercise has compound names and you have to visualize the structural formula and line formula.

Sets - Example Revision - Number of Elements in a Set

Formulas used to solve the example problems.

n(A U B) = n(A)+n(B) - N(A∩B)

n(A-B) = n(A)-n(A∩B)

n(A'∩B') = n(U) - n(A∩B) = n((A∩B)')

Happy Graduate from IIITM Gwalior

Answered with data about my IIT JEE rank, admission offer from IIT, refusal of the offer to take up course of interest at IIITM Gwalior, top grades throughout college, internship selection through a national level contest, pre-placement offer, achievements at workplace, recognition received etc. And oh yeah, the GMAT score too (though it was present in the application.)

Received an acceptance call on 20th November from ISB Hyderabad.

I work as a software development engineer for a dream software company and located in Hyderabad. I have been working here since May 2007 (first and only job and 18 months experience as of writing this post.) My GMAT score is 760

Sid's Scribble

http://sidsscribble.blogspot.com/2008/12/road-to-isb.html

Strategy from December 2008 - April 2009

Many have to learn some new materials/chapters. Some institutes have completed the full syllabus.

If you have not yet completed full syllabus, you have to learn daily some new materials by sitting in the class, studying at home and doing problems in these chapters.

Revision: Have a plan to complete one full revision of all chapters by December end.

Mastering chapters: Have a plan to master at least one chapter for day. I earliest said five point revision per hour. Do five point revision for the chapter you want to master on a day.

Study Plan for Examination - JEE 2009

Complete revision of all chapters once before Dec 31.

Jan 1 to Feb 15. Complete revision of all principles at the rate of 3 chapters per day.

Daily solve 100 problems including some difficult examples

Second revision of principles Feb 16 to 31 March

Daily solve 100 problems including some difficult examples

Third revision 1 April to 7th April - 15 Chapters a day. Revise some difficult problems.

Relax for one or two days.

Do revision as you feel without tiring yourself before the examination.

All the best for the examination. Go with all the confidence. You have done your best preparation.

Your comments and plan welcome