As a medical aspirant you must be in a state of confusion with the new development announced on Friday, 10th August. Now, it is proposed that NEET 2019 will be an annual, pen-and-paper exam just as it was earlier. It is also anticipated that the NEET 2019 will be conducted by CBSE and not by NTA. All those who were preparing according to online NEET exam to be conducted by NTA must be feeling cheated and despair. BUT you don’t need to overthink about these announcements and waste your precious time. Think this way, the syllabus and pattern are the same for both the formats, whether it is online or offline. Such announcements should not deter your confidence and demoralize you. In fact, be prepared for anything and everything. If your concepts are crystal-clear and your foundation is strong, nothing should make you nervous. So, work just on yourself, strengthen your weak areas and study for NEET every day without fail.
Now comes the question what one must study and how to study for NEET to get a good, qualifying score. For the 12th class NEET aspirants, you are left with few months and you have other school exams running along and board exam also aligned for next year. Those who are repeating a year to write NEET again, are also left with few months. Though time does play a very important role but one should not get intimidated with the passing time. Rather with correct preparation strategy and right guidance, this limited time is more than enough for anyone to get a good score in NEET. Let us know the correct strategy and tips for NEET preparation.
7 Strategies for NEET Preparation
#1. Make a productive study plan and follow it religiously
We are well aware of our way of studying, whether we like to study in the morning or late at night, and likewise whether we like to study Biology first thing in the morning or Physics. The preferences vary from person to person, but one thing remains the same-syllabus.
There are total 97 chapters of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (38-Biology, 29-Physics, 30-Chemistry). To score 600+ marks in NEET, you are supposed to get 150 correct questions. For most, scoring in Biology is easy, Chemistry is average and Physics is difficult. With limited time left, you should do consistent and regular study. Now is the time that you should practise 50-100 MCQs per day from all the three subjects and give 9-11 hours of the day to just studying.
So, plan a productive but realistic study-plan for yourself, take adequate naps and breaks in between the study schedule. You should strike the right cord, balance of having fun and staying committed to your goal. If you feel tired of full-day study schedule, remind yourself that it is not just you who is studying for NEET, EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING IT. Time once gone, never comes back. Everything else does. Stay motivated, Stay focussed.
#2. Self-Study is the key to success
Whether you are taking coaching or not, remember one thing, it is only SELF-STUDY with which you can secure a good score and rank in NEET. Nobody can spoon feed you the important topics and formulas, nobody can write the exam on your behalf. No coaching can guarantee you success in NEET unless you don’t prepare well for the exam. Take out your me-time and study according to your own pace and pattern.
For well-defined self-study, prepare with MTG Complete NEET Guide. It covers complete syllabus and includes all the chapters of Class XI and XII. 11 years’ chapterwise AIPMT/NEET questions (2008 – 2018) with solutions are given at the end of every chapter. This gives you deep understanding about weightage of the chapter and number of questions asked in NEET. This book series will help in understanding the exam pattern and thus in NEET preparation.
#3. NCERT is your HOLY BOOK for NEET Preparation
Yes, it is a well known fact that all NEET aspirants know. Question paper of NEET as well as AIIMS are directly framed from NCERT textbooks. Read NCERT book thoroughly, buy only the latest edition of these books as the data changes in each edition. Questions are framed from data provided in NCERT books, so keep the latest edition with you to learn the new data. Also, NCERT books have supplementary material at end of the book. This material is informative and question can come from this as well. If you have solved all the questions and MCQs in NCERT Textbooks and NCERT Exemplar, then you’ve won half the battle.
To win the battle completely, Practise from Objective NCERT at your fingertips, the most trusted and reliable reference book for NEET. It has MCQs extracted and derived from each line, paragraph, diagram, table and data of the NCERT textbook. It has fully solved MCQs of NCERT Exemplar, completing your preparation from NCERT. Assertion and Reason questions are included for an edge in your AIIMS preparation. This is most recommended and hot-selling book series, a must buy in the bucket-list of all NEET aspirants.
#4. Practice Previous Year’s Papers To Know the Pattern of NEET till Last Year
When HRD ministry in earlier announcement informed that NTA will be conducting NEET exam, they also said that each candidate will get a unique set of questions, picked by software. The main motive behind this is to ensure rote-learning and intensive coaching are not much of help to candidates, unless examinee is thorough with the syllabus. A great move indeed!
Though you need to realize by practising from the previous years papers, one only gets to practise from a bank of questions. As you need to practise 50-100 MCQs per day, you need a pretty good question bank for the same. Besides, by practising from previous years papers, one gets a close look of the type and pattern of questions asked in last so many years. This also helps to predict the type of questions that may come this yearwhich will only relax your over-excited nerves and the expectation will also be realistic.There is no denial about the importance of previous years papers and with this MTG NEET Chapterwise Explorer.
MTG NEET Chapterwise Explorer is a chapterwise question bank having questions from past 31 years NEET/AIPMT exam. It is a quintessential for all NEET aspirants to experience the exam-feel by practising questions asked in NEET exams. This will help you to be more focussed and directed, and with this we come to our next strategy.
#5. Focus on important topics with respect to NEET exam
It is good to work hard but only when you know you are working in the right direction and so you need to figure out the RIGHT direction. As said by Abraham Lincoln, “If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the axe”. You don’t need to sharpen an axe (pun intended), but plan and strategize to get a good scoring rank. Your plan is to know important topics asked in the exam and to pay more attention to these topics. Practice as many questions from these topics as possible. But how would you know about these topics? MTG NEET Champion is the best resource for this.
MTG NEET Champion gives an insight of important topics of NCERT chapter through the graphical analysis of the WEIGHTAGE of each topic. It also highlights those questions which are frequently asked in different exams and those which are asked many times year-after-year. It has chapter-wise and topic-wise segregation of previous 11 years’ MCQs of entrance exams. An all-round resource to prepare for NEET exam.
#6. Analyse your weak areas and work towards improving them
You have started in the right direction, you are utilizing the time correctly but the output is just satisfactory and not excellent. In such situation, you need to analyse the errors you had made while solving the question papers. Now, how will that be possible? It can be possible when you will enrol yourself in MTG online test series for NEET.
MTG Online Test Series provides you an opportunity to evaluate your preparation and strengthen the weak areas to get desired result in the actual examination. This online test series programme automatically assesses the improvement areas and gives an opportunity to compare your preparedness with peers. Thus, gives a complete performance analysis in all domains.
Moreover, new Objective NCERT at your Fingertips has 5 Online Mock Tests with Preparation Meter to gauze preparedness. Definitely a complete resource for NEET exam.
#7. No rote-learning, understand concepts and practise applications-based questions
As mentioned above, it is a general notion that Physics is the toughest to solve of all the three subjects. Physics is a logical and application driven subject and indeed with better understanding can one solve it errorlessly. It is essential in case of Physics to develop good understanding of the subject which can best be achieved with MTG Rank Up Physics. It is a 5 Volume book series which covers each and every sphere of Physics. The theoretical part of this series is presented in a simple manner to develop the core understanding of the subject. To grasp the concepts strongly, each unit of the series is supplemented with self-explanatory diagram, table, flow charts, graphs, examples etc.
For Biology, besides NCERT textbook and Objective NCERT at your fingertips, Objective Botany and Objective Zoology books are foolproof resources to get a tight grip of Biology. These books elaborately explain each and every concept for in-depth understanding.
Apart from all these books, MTG Monthly Magazines-Biology Today, Physics for You, Chemistry Today-are indispensable. NEET aspirants can benefit a lot from the exam-oriented articles, mock test papers, concept maps, challenging problems, success stories, puzzles and many more important articles published in the magazines.
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At the end we will like to mention that be positive, think positive and perform your bestest without regretting. A positive mind will provide positive result. Stay focussed, be in the company of focussed friends and take help of your Teachers time-to-time. Remember, all wars are won or lost in our minds. The power of subconscious mind can do wonders.
