Greetings Readers
Long time no see,huh? That's what you must be thinking for me. Frankly speaking, I am continuing to suffer from the writer's block I mentioned previously and it gets difficult to get the flow to write something that could be genuinely helpful for you. I don't want to write blog posts for the sake of it, and it's my top priority that you really extract something beneficial from these. The blog will continue, and there is no doubt to it. I still love replying to questions and doubts, so those are utmost welcome
To start, the present time, end of January, beginning of February, subsequently March, with Boards for those in Class 12 and the finale month of April, is the most 'rich' or 'high yield' time which can turn how you fare in the final exam, no matter how good or bad you did in the past 2-3 years.
It's January ending and everyone has finished their coaching classes, Preboards and most of people are busy in revision,giving mock tests or preparing for boards. Now, with the subjective pattern of the Board exams and the extra two subjects, things do become tricky for those in Class 12 AND giving NEET 2018(I faced a similar situation, so can understand).
One thing I observed is that most, and I repeat most students get a hell lot confused when the Boards dates come near and they are clueless how to manage their NEET and Board preparations together. With that said, I wrote a blog post last year as Board Exam Preparation along with NEET Preparation : The Way to Do It In this post, I described how someone who is a strict NEET/AIIMS aspirant can crack the Boards in the limited time available, and some resources which are a must. Do read it, it will prove quite helpful to you.
In the month of February, your target should be tackling what needs to be done first,not necessarily what's important. Now why do I say that?
See with regard to Boards, Class 12 Biology and Chemistry are important but you can manage them later as you have ample of gap in between. Where you don't have the gap is Physics and also English, which is the first paper itself. Also, your Board practicals must have been started already, thus the scarcity of time. Also, this is a time where you need to maintain what you learnt in the past 1-2 years, as if you just focus on Board and return to NEET prep in April after Boards, a lot of it will be gone!
Sharing my personal experience is what I did was I focused mainly on Physics, Chemistry and English in the month of February with respect to Boards, as they were the initial papers with quite less gaps in between. I was already done with revising Class 11 Physics and Chemistry and my weak parts of Class 11 Biology till the end of January so had only the Class 12 part to focus on. I did my SL Arora, previous year Board questions and my NCERTs for Board preparation, but what I added was that I made a point to revise my coaching notes of Class 12, after every chapter I did for the Boards. This helped me retain the concepts in mind, also helping with sharpening numerical solving for Boards, in case something different comes. This alone proved to be quite a game-changer for my preparation, as in April, I had all my concepts fresh and it didn't take me along to pick up again.
Also, I did my English properly, in the last 10-12 days before the beginning of the exams, practicing to write long answers and papers. One thing that disturbed me in English was that I couldn't finish my paper in time in the Pre-Boards and some mock tests, although thanks to God, I finished it 5 min before in the Boards. So keep an eye on your writing speed as well, as it's a critical factor too.
Also, important is how you extract time for your NEET preparation in between the Board exams. As I see the date sheet of CBSE, the board exam which most of students will give, I see opportunities which can be a turn around for those preparing for your NEET 2018. Exams start from March 5 with English and it's initially hectic as Physics is on the 7th itself, which means around 10-12 days before March 5, you gotta focus on Boards only, as you have to give 2 exams in a short interval. Post 7 March, the schedule is quite relaxed with Chemistry on the 13th. 6 days gap, no troubles. The first 1-2 days of this gap could be used in preparing your NEET stuff. 3-4 dedicated days are good enough for acing a top score in the Chemistry exams.
Biology is on 27th, so a big gap of 2 weeks till Biology. This 14 days is the opportunity I am talking about. This time can be utilized to improve weak topics, do revision or whatever you felt was left before you started focusing on the Boards. This gives you the advantage over someone who doesn't utilise this time well, also saving you time before your Mega Revision in April. April is a month where you can't be stuck on topics for long. Sharing my own experience, even I had a gap of 10 days in between Chemistry and Biology, I used it to revise the Biology of Class 12, from my notes, NCERT and coaching booklets too. Also, I managed to brush up some topics of Class 11 Biology as well. Of the 10 days, I just dedicated the last 4 days to the Board paper, doing the previous year questions and revising NCERT, managing a decent 69/70 in theory.
If I, someone who didn't have a clue regarding Board preparations in December, can do it, so I firmly believe, you can too.
Physical Education, the optional for most people in coachings like Allen is quite late being on 13th April. For that my only recommendation would be picking the book 7 days before the exam, reading it thoroughly, then focus on the questions asked and remembering the useful stuff accordingly. You can give 50-50 time to your NEET stuff and Physical Education Paper till 3 days before the exam. Last 3 days, just to the subject, nothing else. Also,you must develop a way of answering the question, in case you don't know the precise answer. It's such a subject where you can write answers by your own thoughts only, and get good marks still.
I hope this gave you an initial idea of how crucial these 3 months are and what you can do to extract the best possible. Will also be writing 3 separate post for managing time and your preparation in each February, March and April, so stay tuned.
Do share the blog with your friends, juniors or those who plan to prepare for NEET/AIIMS. It will prove a great asset to them I assure you.
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Till then
Bye!
