Dec 02, 2004 07:14 PM
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(Updated Oct 20, 2008 11:14 AM)
Well m nt an iitian...bt I hope ma experience is definitely of help to the future aspirants.first things first,clearing iitjee isnt jst abt d prescribed buks,takin tests n blah blah...i guess its more abt d attitude.....isnt dat d mst crucial thing in life!i m almost certain I had laid ma hands of innumerable buks durin ma preparation time bt dat cudnt help me clearin it....if I have 2 single out 1 mst factor dat held me back.....i wud call it d right attitude..lemme tell u hw....maths was ma strngest subject.....bt guess wat I screwed up maths paper.....n did resonably well enof in oder subjects........m takn abt iitjee 2006......ya d iitjee wich was full of suprises!so all u dere knw dat its more bat preparing mentally dan practisin loadz of questions........if I m nt wrng iitjee cutoffs lie arnd 45% at d mst (tho dere hav been news evryde of individual cutoofs beieng as low as 0 in physics :) I doubt dat seriosly......bt ya dis statistics clearly sugggests u need nt b master in evry topic or need 2 complete d entire syllabus thoroughly as evry1 emphasizes on......its more abt selecting ur strength areas n wrkn on dat......say u concentrate on 80% of d entire syallbus n let d rest go 2 hell......m being realastic here.....come on its nt easy 2 balance boards n entrance tests prep at d same time........so do d best u can.........n ya please avoid takin drop unless u have no intentions of doin post graduation.....n I m sure if ur efforst r sincere u all wud land up in d top engineering institues if nt IIT!
