Friday 28 June 2013

Beginning of my JEE Preparation

In class 10th, I was taken to IIT-Kanpur by my school. That was simply an "amazing" place to be at -"huge campus", "one of the largest libraries of India", "sophisticated laboratories" and everything else you can imagine about a reputed engineering college. It was this day that I decided that I have to get into the IITs. I got a target for me. Soon after my board exams got over, I started to look for a good training institute for IIT-JEE 2013 preparation - tough task indeed.

Most of the coaching institutes claim that - "we are the best, we produce the best results." So, it was very difficult to choose the right institute. But, in the end, I decided to join FIITJEE Kanpur - a great decision indeed.

I missed the FTRE - "FIITJEE Talent Reward Exam", but I appeared for FIITJEE's admission test(in April 2011) and got 65% tuition fee waiver. 
The classes began on 29th April, 2011. We had about 35 students in our class. It was at this moment that I took a life changing decision for me - "I Left my school (ICSE Board) and joined a CBSE Board dummy school". In dummy schools, attendance is not at all mandatory. So I got sufficient time for my JEE preparation and I prepared for the exam of my life, whole heartedly.
I believe that joining a coaching institute gives a direction to one's preparation. Self study is also a good option but for doubt clearance and a healthy competition, a coaching institute is a good choice.
And now, the long journey began.

68 comments:

  1. I think u should also write about the day when jee advanced results were declared,(i mean ur first reaction,ur parents expressions, celebrations in coaching etc. etc.)..it will provide all jee aspirants a lot of motivation.

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  2. Yes I will write about it soon

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  4. Hello brother....i am a 2015 IIT-JEE aspirant....bt due to some unavoidable circumstances 2013 was wasted totally.....bt i have started again wid my 100%....i am AIMING FOR A 2DIGIT RANK....can i really achieve that?

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    1. How to move ahead to achieve that?

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    2. plan and study that's all.
      It's really simple man. Go ahead, no one is stopping you.
      You have a hell lot of time.
      Make use of it and forget such questions.
      Time and tide wait for none.
      If you will waste time today, then tomorrow time will waste you.

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    3. Exactly.. Btw I want to get into IIT-Bombay at any cost. Guide me please brother. Actually its my beginning.I have just passed class 10 with 10 CGPA..

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  5. Is it helpful and beneficial to solve fiitjee one year rsm ?

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  6. algebra is real area of concern anyways to improve it,esp p and c .if yes pls tell the books to follow.also i hav hardly one month.i hav practised frm arihant algebra but still hav a nagging doubt

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  7. Did you do one year rsm or the two year once ? It's there much difference between the two and which one is better ?

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    1. I did the 2 year RSM in some 2-3 month time period
      Well that was a different strategy.

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    2. can u pls tell how ..what is time management for that?

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  8. Hi AMAN,

    how did u make notes in class 12th during JEE preparation.
    in maths and physics there are many formulas and derivations to learn, Is there any need of learning the derivations for iitjee? what is the importance of these derivations apart from board exams? Are questions made based on derivations in IITJEE?

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    1. Learning formulas :
      Don't just learn formulas, understand them and their derivations. And most importantly, solve numerous problems. By solving problems, the formula will get fixed in your mind and you will not have to memorize it explicitly as a formula.
      For example - even after 7-8 months, I still remember all the formulae of electrostatics (the are innumerable formulae in that chapter) and I am able to apply then here (yes, we have an electromagnetism course in this semester). All this is because I loved that topic.

      Derivations : extremely important from the point of JEE advanced. Paper setters know that most students would just mug up the end results and sit for JEE. So, they have started framing questions from derivations.
      For example - suppose I tell you that potential by a point charge is k/r^2 instead of k/r. Now how will electric field vary ?
      Derivations from modern physics are the most important ones

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    2. Hi AMAN,

      How did u manage so many derivations in IITJEE preparation.
      Can u tell me on which chapters formulas derivations u emphasized more? How do we check that which derivations are important for iitjee and are in the eyes of the question paper setters? Do we need to learn the derivation of all the formulas in the conic sections?

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    3. Sorry, I missed this one.
      ALL the derivations are important.
      Especially those which are present in NCERT.
      Yes, almost all derivations of conic sections are important

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  9. hey, did u study topics of jee or at least of 11th,12th beforehand.? like in 9th and 10th? as some(many?) students do.?

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    1. Unfortunately no, I never studied those topics.
      I never thought of this idea. I was just a mediocre student till class 10th.
      I enjoyed 9th and 10th and wasted infinite time.
      Many student do that.
      Here I have friends who are preparing for JEE from class 8th.
      Some of them knew the topics of class 11th in class 9th itself.
      It is advisable to start from the beginning.

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    2. Ohh.... Maybe ppl start as early as 8th stndrd(or even below.. :P) coz of sole interest in science and maths nd jee becomes just a pretext... But whatever.. ,if some1 can get a 33rd AIR in JEE(33 in iit..?seriously..?? holy sh*t.. :P)... after starting prep. in 11th(not to mention the prestigious olympiads u cleared).. it just shows that the only thing required to do well is motivation(like in case iitK).

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    3. I'm on my drop year right now(ya i screwed jee 2013) and almost done with my prep(well i know that no n amount of prep. Is enuf for jee).... N u don't know how positive impact an impact u have created by starting this blog... u give hope to normal teenagers who r just reaching class 11th to not just clear but get superhigh ranks in iit... good work man..!!

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    4. Thanks a lot for your compliment.
      It's because of you follower community that I am enthusiastic to write more and more.
      Also, there is a senior who has done something more than what I am doing. I am only inspired from him. Indirectly you should thank him.

      Yesterday we reached 906 hits in a single day(It doesn't count my own hits) . That's the highest till now.

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    5. wild guess... is that seniors' blog listed on ur blog..!! ... :P...

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    6. Which books did you follow for your JEE preparation?

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  12. how did u come 2 know bout lg wade is it because of air 1 iit jee 2010?

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    1. Actually the teacher who taught me organic chemistry was connected to Narayana. So he suggested me the book and told me that AIR 1, JEE 2010 studied that book for JEE

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  13. hey,,i'm in 10th right now and my school is only offering economics and computers as 5th subject with non medical..what should i go for??

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    1. Being a computer science student, I have no knowledge of economics.
      Computer must be fine but again - I can't really give any comment on this

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    3. And yeah, choose python if its available.My school has python also option so I am taking it as it is even easier than c++.

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    4. Hey Aman bhai ,did you take Comp. Sci. in 12th??in place of P.Ed.
      I mean changing from JAVA to C++ would have been really difficult...??

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  14. I am in 11 standard what should be my approach towards jee and pls suggest me the books that i should solve

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  15. i am appearing for 12th boards rightnow which would end on 26th march. Although i took coaching at fiitjee weekend progamme in 11th but due to my school i was not able to cope with the studies (due to attendance and school started taking compulsary tests on Saturday and Monday). IIT is my passion but i dont want to waste money in coaching anymore. i have IIT tutorial CDs. and i am planning to drop as i wont be able to prepare in 2 months. please suggest how to start preparation an d some good reference books.

    thnks
    Akshay

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    1. Go through the blog carefully. You will get all your answers

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    2. Did you top from the first day itself?

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  16. can u say the approx no of days that u took leave in dummy school including 11th and 12th
    yeah a reminder u said u would write a post saying how to start ur preparations.
    When i said my exams are getting over at 26th march 2014

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  17. Hello Aman bhaiya , regards
    
Can u plz tell me what books i should use for iit preparation PCM
    
Please only tell 1 or 2 most important books only as i was confused after reading the blog

    
I would also like to tell u that i have my brother's books ---
    
Morrison and boyd, Arihant Organic Chemistry, OP TANDON Inorganic, HCV Physics, Halliday Resnick, Irodov
    
Maths - Loney, Hall n Knight, A das gupta
    
And Maths MCQ Physics MCQ Chem MCQ

    
THEY ARE ABT 9 YRS OLD BUT EDITION IS SAME AS PRESENT ONES
    
SO WILL THEY BE ENOUGH
    
ALSO I AM PREPARING TO TAKE FIITJEE RSM

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  18. Please reply aman
    waiting desperately for ur reply

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    1. http://amangoeliitb.blogspot.in/2014/03/to-be-winner-start-early-post-for-those.html

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  19. Hello Sir!

    I've decided to write Fiitjee's admission's test as that's the only best possible option.

    Could you please mention some general topics(if not all) from which I can prepare in all 3 subjects, as I badly need to get a fee waiver >50%?

    If possible do mention what all you did days before the admission test.

    Thanks!!

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    1. just study your class 10th books well.

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    2. Sir,

      What do you feel about the admissions test paper.
      Is it too difficult? How much work should I put in during the next 2 weeks to get a good score in the test?

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    3. well it's easy if you have prepared for class 10th well

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  20. Hello aman sir
    I hve passed tenth class and now i hve to make a choice btwn dummy schools and regular schools for my iit coaching. So i m vry vry confused and tensed too...! Plz rply to my post as soon as u see it.

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  21. Hello Aman Bhaiya
    I am a JEE 2017 aspirant. After studying whatever is taught in my coaching institutes, I am able to do 85% to 90% of the questions in my Resonance Study Material. Which other package would you suggest so that I do not get over-confident and mess up in my exams?( Bhaiya,I have no intention of bragging...it is my genuine problem.Please help me.)

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  22. Hello Aman Bhaiya
    I am a JEE 2017 aspirant. After studying whatever is taught in my coaching institutes, I am able to do 85% to 90% of the questions in my Resonance Study Material. Which other package would you suggest so that I do not get over-confident and mess up in my exams?( Bhaiya,I have no intention of bragging...it is my genuine problem.Please help me.)

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    1. You can rather purchase books.
      Resonance material is good.
      You can use books parallel to it

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    2. Thank you Bhaiyaa

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    3. Thank you Bhaiyaa

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  24. hello sir
    as you also had kaysons with u
    so i just wanted to ask is it good to crack jee

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  25. Woah.... Thats a nice of a blog of urs Aman bhaiya.... Nice.... Btw am a 2018 Jee aspirant and planning of goin to kota...would that be useful as da current place where am living doesnt have gud coaching classes... And yeah can u name some gud coaching classes?.... Am too nervous abt da Jee 2018....

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  27. Sir
    Though ur choice of joining some good institute must have been on sound Reece. I m not preferring for some inst. Rather some subject teachers like PhD iit chemistry(writes books also) maths iit writing books for good publisher. Is it advisable to follow the mix of studying this ways...taking some faeries test of reputed inst. ReferRing books recommended in ur blog and following some scientific recommended techniques for study and keeping balance...

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  28. Hey aman. What was your batch code when you joined fiitjee

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  29. HELLO AMAN . MY SON HAS STARTED PREPARING FOR JEE IN XI GRADE FROM THIS ACDEMIC YEAR . HE HAS SCORED 10 CGPA IN HIS SCHOOL BOARDS . I HAD ENROLLED HIM TO RESONANCE INSTITUTE IN SURAT WHICH HE QUIT AFTER 1 MONTH DUE TO POOR FACULTIES . HE IS NOW TAKING ONE TO ONE COACHING FOR UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT AND ALSO ATTENDING SCHOOL . CAN YOU SUGGEST STUDY MATERIAL WHICH CAN BE HELPFUL FOR HIM ?

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  30. Is it important to go to institutes like FiitJee , resonance , allen or we can get a 2 digit rank by studying ffrom private coachings and self study?

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  31. Is it important to go to institutes like FiitJee , resonance , allen or we can get a 2 digit rank by studying ffrom private coachings and self study?

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  32. Hi
    I am preparing for jee2019
    While solving problems especially in physical chemistry i get very irritated when my answers come wrong. This is causing so much problem that I am not able to sit and study contiuously(or even focus) for even an hour. Can u pls give some advice?

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  34. Bhaiya did you also used Kaysons material in your JEE main

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