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Strategy for NEET

Ajitanshu Singh Parihar

My strategy for clearing NEET was quite simple, I had to clear my concepts first. Clear concepts
have a very big advantage in competitions such as NEET/AIIMS. You never really know whether the
paper is going to be tough or easy the coming year, clear concepts are the foundation which will
always help you soar above the majority, every single time. It is like a weapon, which can be used
whenever you run into peril. Also, you must know that it is the ultimate weapon, no one can beat it.
If you have concepts, my friend, no physics or organic chemistry question is ever gonna be tough
again.

I had to drop an year, just because I didn't have it, you can now gauge its importance. However,
lucky as I was, I knew my fault right after the exam, thus had this target. You must also try your best
in acquiring clear concepts, it is the only thing which will help you in getting good marks(think
140+ in physics, 155+ in chemistry) in NEET, and a whole lot of percentile in AIIMS. This i turn, will
guarantee your selection. You never know, when the Biology paper will come tough, and a lot of
questions will be out of NCERT. In contrast, physics and chemistry will be in your pocket, always,
because you would have mastered them. No question in physics or chemistry is ever out of syllabus,
it is always based on the chapters you read during those 2 years.

Now, you must be thinking, "enough about the importance, tell me already!!" OK, for physics, clear
concepts are synonymous with HC Verma, if you want the former, you have to have the latter.
There's a reason why nearly all toppers of engineering and medical entrance tests recommend this
book. It is a gold standard, believe me. Though some people will always be there to tell you that
HCV is for JEE, bla bla bla... you need not follow this book,.... just practice questions,.....HCV is not
for people like you....., you do just the thing I did, ignore.

You must have heard of the saying, "whenever someone starts going up in the world, there are
always people who will drag him down". This is just that.

So, on how to use this book, I recommend that you read it from cover to cover, leave nothing at all,
not even the preface. It has been written by a guy who has just retired from IIT Kanpur, after
teaching physics for 38 years. Every line, every word is gold, you must seize it, or else, someone
will. Now, please try reading in between the lines, that is, don't read the sentences monotonously,
try to understand what each line is trying to convey. This will take time, but you will soon get a hang
of it. That is when you have actually started learning physics, not just reading it. Once you get a
habit of it, physics will seem super easy, and the entrance questions will be a piece of cake. Also,
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try to solve all the exercises after each chapter. Try, at least. No one has ever been able
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the whole exercises of HCV in one go, you will always have doubts. I myself had 10-15 questions in
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doubts out of 40-50 total. When the number used to increase to 80-90 questions, my doubts where
no less than 25, and these were serious doubts, wherein
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must have the urge to get an answer to a question, my teachers always used to say this. Those who
lack this quality have been found to lack in perseverance, and they don't know what "struggle"
means. I myself had to give 5-6 hours minimum to these exercises, so you shouldn't bother about
time when you do them. For those who have their 2 years in hand, this is the time when you must
start doing these exercises, this opportunity will never come back; for those who have dropped, like
me, if I could do them, why can't you? Also, please note that you don't rush through reading the
chapter, it is infact the treasure which will help you in solving the exercises, don't do this, you won't
be even to understand the questions, and the purpose is lost.

Thankfully, for organic chemistry, the learning process is not so difficult. However, it does involve a
teacher. I think the subject is the only one which requires a teacher, and a brilliant one in that(who
himself has clear concepts) to teach you. I guess it goes from guru to shishya kind of way, like in old
times. Once the teacher has cleared up all the concepts, Organic will seem like a breeze. I was
fortunate enough to have an excellent teacher, and when he completed the syllabus, the first thing I
did was to check how many questions on an average come every year in NEET from this section,
since I was guaranteed of that many questions to be correct :) That is the level of confidence you
should have after completing the syllabus of organic chemistry. Every single question should be in
your grip. If this is not the case, sorry, your organic is not upto the level. After the syllabus is
complete, you have to solve many questions, since in organic, concepts are reinforced when you
solve questions, and this leads to a deeper understanding of Organic Chemistry. I solved a single
book, Advanced Problems in Organic Chemistry for JEE, by MS Chauhan. The reason I solved the
book for JEE and not for Medical was that JEE requires your concepts to solve nearly all the
questions, that is, you won't be able to even touch a single problem in the paper if your concepts are
not clear thus the book tests your concepts, which was my goal. Note that you won't be able to solve
a lot of questions in the chapters given, but you must solve those with reagents which you know of,
or seem familiar. This book has also been recommended by my teachers, for the ones who want to
absolutely excel in Organic Chemistry. This should be enough for organic, and believe me, all
organic is scoring(just like it was for me :))

For Biology, only NCERT is required. 85-86 questions out of 90 in NEET are from NCERT, someway
or the other. You have to memorise each and every line, however insignificant it may seem, because
every line in NCERT has 90% chances of coming in the exam, one way or the other. 100% questions
in AIIMS come from NCERT, so no need at all to follow anything else. Believe me, if you reading
anything else, you are just wasting your time, better run and play somewhere. Now, you must be
thinking, "How on Earth am I supposed to memorise the whole book?". The key is to revise, every
week. This was a golden rule told to me by a very close friend, and believe me, for someone who
barely remembers names, at a time when NEET was just around the corner, I too had the whole
NCERT by heart. You must also strive for the same.

However, NCERT is not all about memorising. Here also, you have to read between the lines, and
you will be surprised to know the deeper meaning of the lines of NCERT, it is almost like magic.
AIIMS asks AR from between the lines, and when you find the question which you thought about
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while reading the NCERT in the paper, the feeling is unbelievable.
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Now, about the sacred time table.Answer
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out for yourself. Everyone gives
time table just so that you have an idea of how it should look, not for you to imitate. You must
assimilate your life in your timetable. Every home is different, the conditions are different
everywhere. You must make such a timetable which allows you to study maximally, and without
any undue tensions about the problems you may face when you execute the time table. For
example, if you have a habit of waking up early, but read somewhere that this topper used to study
till 2 AM, and you decide to follow that, your life will be haywire. The 2AM thing worked for that
guy, it may not, necessarily for you. This is what I mean when I tell you to make your own timetable.
For appearance sake, I'm giving my daily timetable.

I used to wake up at 7, do yoga for 45 minutes daily. Then at 8, the newspaper(hobby) would arrive. I
used to sit at around 9 to study everyday, however this time duration lessened as the paper came
nearer. At 2, I would go for bath and just after that, lunch. All this ended by 3. Then again studies. At
6, I would have something as I was always hungry and tired by then. From 7, back to the table. At 9,
dinner. 9:30 back to studies, till 11. At 11, I would sleep. Repeat.

The year I went to Allen, my time table shifted, but the gist was still the same. Wake up at 7, yoga,
breakfast at 8, study from 8:15 till 11:30, then have lunch in mess, return, study as much as I
could(since after lunch, I felt drowsy). At 1:15, go to Allen. Return at 9, after having dinner. Talk to
parents, then study till 11 whatever had been taught the same day. Repeat.

You have to make your own timetable, I will mention this again.

For the exam, remember that NCERT is the bible. You must cover all the NCERTs thoroughly before
the exam, otherwise it will be your loss. All the ARs in AIIMS come from the NCERTs, in some way
or the other. Most of the physical chemistry in the exam is from NCERT, no other information is
required. ALL of the inorganic is straight from the NCERTs. NCERT is your brahmastra, believe me.

Here, I have mentioned only the the books which I absolutely had to. I will make a book list soon.

Best of Luck! See you on the other side!!

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