Greetings Readers
First of all wishing all the readers a Happy Republic Day. Whatever we do in our lives, our nation should get some benefit too from our efforts, and the medical profession is something that has a great contribution to the development of our country.
Getting back to the topic, Board Exams are coming near as the time is moving, although due to State Elections, CBSE has postponed the Boards which will now begin from March 9,2017 somewhat later as compared to last year's 1 March,2016. Although this means they will end later too with Biology on 5th April,2017 and Physical Education on 12th April(changed as of 27/10/2017)
This schedule changes a few things for your study schedule. If NEET 2017 is held on 30th April or 7th May, your available free time post all Board exams decreases. Last year I was free from PCB and English on 21st March, with only Physical Education left that too on 28th March, so I shifted to NEET preparation back in March itself. Many friends with Bio-Tech, Hindi had boards finished on 21st March itself. They too got free and resumed NEET preparation right away. So, the thing you need to know is that you have to utilize the time very cautiously as negligence can lead to loss in either Boards or NEET, although in Boards it's not that problematic even if damage occurs(although everyone wants to score good, I know) than in NEET, which can make you drop one whole year.
I am not trying to scare or depress you, but while preparing the Boards keep in mind your NEET preparation too, and don't just go blindly at getting 90+% in Boards. That ain't getting you admission in a medical college.
Now I will discuss about exactly how to prepare for Boards in a way that will help in NEET too, as NEET is also based on NCERT pattern, especially the Biology part.
DISCLAIMER: I will give most of the suggestions based on CBSE Board pattern and papers, although some of the general tips may help students from other Boards too.
First of all wishing all the readers a Happy Republic Day. Whatever we do in our lives, our nation should get some benefit too from our efforts, and the medical profession is something that has a great contribution to the development of our country.
Getting back to the topic, Board Exams are coming near as the time is moving, although due to State Elections, CBSE has postponed the Boards which will now begin from March 9,2017 somewhat later as compared to last year's 1 March,2016. Although this means they will end later too with Biology on 5th April,2017 and Physical Education on 12th April(changed as of 27/10/2017)
This schedule changes a few things for your study schedule. If NEET 2017 is held on 30th April or 7th May, your available free time post all Board exams decreases. Last year I was free from PCB and English on 21st March, with only Physical Education left that too on 28th March, so I shifted to NEET preparation back in March itself. Many friends with Bio-Tech, Hindi had boards finished on 21st March itself. They too got free and resumed NEET preparation right away. So, the thing you need to know is that you have to utilize the time very cautiously as negligence can lead to loss in either Boards or NEET, although in Boards it's not that problematic even if damage occurs(although everyone wants to score good, I know) than in NEET, which can make you drop one whole year.
I am not trying to scare or depress you, but while preparing the Boards keep in mind your NEET preparation too, and don't just go blindly at getting 90+% in Boards. That ain't getting you admission in a medical college.
Now I will discuss about exactly how to prepare for Boards in a way that will help in NEET too, as NEET is also based on NCERT pattern, especially the Biology part.
DISCLAIMER: I will give most of the suggestions based on CBSE Board pattern and papers, although some of the general tips may help students from other Boards too.
- First thing, that Boards is a Subjective paper unlike NEET which is an objective paper. Here, it matters HOW you solved the questions,unlike NEET. You have to write a presentable answer sheet, so that the examiner doesn't get too uncomfortable checking it, resulting in loss of marks even with correct answers. You have to get your writing and the speed of writing in line with the time allotted. I know radical changes can't happen, but practice will surely help you improve it which will give an extra edge to you in the Boards, so that at least you can finish and write out whatever you know, leave aside the questions you got wrong or couldn't solve.
- Next, coming from objective NEET preparation, students can't remember lengthy definitions, and also the derivations in Physics, which are asked quite a lot in Boards. For definitions, I recommend you to stick to NCERT for all the three subjects, although in the case of Physics, 'S.L Arora Class 12 Physics' has got some quite simplified definitions, so you can prefer them over NCERT ones. Also, for derivations of Physics and the diagrams related to them, S.L. Arora is the book to go for, which gives Physics derivations in the clearest way, also concise enough for remembering and with connecting statements. Do write the derivations and try to learn them, to be able to write them without seeing anything.
- Subjective questions are quite different as they need to be solved in a particular manner and steps, so you definitely need to practice them using pen and paper. For question practice , you need to complete only one thing : Past year papers; nothing else is needed. I did the Arihant papers which had solved past 8 years papers, and trust me 80% of questions in Boards are either same or just with different numerical values as compared to past year papers. So, completely solve them with pen and paper, although you can avoid simple definitions or repeated questions, to save time. If you do this diligently, nothing's stopping you from acing the Board exams.
- If you are not thorough with some concepts, you can definitely refer your coaching notes to improve them. I too revised entirely the coaching notes of Class 12, which helped me get a strong conceptual base for Boards and simultaneously helped for NEET, acting as a good revision too. Do read the NCERT book completely once too for Chemistry and Biology, as the questions directly come from between the lines of NCERT book.
- Also, amidst this Board preparation if you get time, since the Board dates have been postponed, this time can be dedicated to NEET exam stuff, like revising coaching notes, completing left over topics of Class 11, solving questions from books. Utilise this time efficiently as post-boards you are hardly left with one month for the whole syllabus, therefore it's better to get a head start before hand.
- Keep giving objective tests once a week(before Boards), provided your coaching takes them, which will prevent from "breaking of link" from NEET pattern.
- Don't panic too much about how will the Boards go and what will be your result, just give the Boards peacefully and get back to NEET preparation.
- No one's gonna ask your Board marks in Medical College, as they don't matter there. Also, the CBSE is very lenient in marking most of the times, so even if any blunder happens, don't let the stress affect your NEET preparation. I myself messed up Physics badly and had literally left blank questions worth of 11-12 marks. Still got 60/70 in theory! In English too I felt very nervous about my answers,feeling that I would get 80-85 only, although later landed with a 95/100. I don't know it happened, may be my answers were genuinely very good and the examiner was delighted with them.God knows how it happened. That's typical CBSE! Numerous funny incidents of CBSE being lenient exist so chill out.
Also, thanks for all the support you people are giving on the Blog and Quora. I am quite overwhelmed with the positive feedback and this motivates me to continue my efforts to keep helping you for NEET and AIIMS preparation.
Till then
Bye!
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