How To Crack IIT-JEE (Advanced) 2013

Did May 7 2013 bring glad tidings? Have you succeeded in clearing the first hurdle (IIT JEE Main 2013) and are now gearing yourself up to achieve your next objective (IIT-JEE Advanced 2013)? Do not let yourself lose the plot now or else it could be a case of so close and yet so far.

You need not be apprised of the basics concerning the preparation of IIT-JEE as you would not have cracked the preliminary examination without attaining mastery over your concepts. On following the techniques that we are going to discuss now, you can ensure that you have prepared both diligently as well as smartly for D-Day:

1. Your success in cracking IIT JEE Main should be a big morale booster. With 20 days to go for IIT-JEE Advanced, you should form a winner-like attitude and stay confident at all times.
2. Revision holds the key to success in any examination and IIT-JEE is no different. Keep revising the topics you are good at and refrain from taking up something new at the eleventh hour. As far as regular practice is concerned, you can try solving last 10 years questions. On joining a test series and featuring regularly within the top 1000, you can assume that your preparation is on the right track.
3. You have to give a certain amount of weightage to each section whether you like it or not. Your good scores in two out of the three subjects will be of no use if you fail to clear the cut-off in the third.
4. It is never good to entertain doubts. Whatever doubts you have, get them clarified from your teacher or friend and you will feel more confident about your preparation.
5. Negative marking can easily be your undoing if you try answering more questions in your bid to get a good score. Isn’t 0> -1 and -2?
6. On solving 40-80 numerical problems every day, you can ensure that you do not fall short of the regular practice that will determine how you fare on the day you finally take your examination.
7. In order to improve their speed, IIT aspirants are recommended that they start timing themselves.
8. Do not become complacent on achieving your daily target and try to raise the bar. You will not be the only candidate who is solving 100 questions every day and if you could push yourself further, do not hesitate and just do it.
9. Winners are known to peak at the right time. Your low rank in IIT JEE Main should not dampen your morale. If you really get your act together and keep persevering, you may stand a good chance of passing your examination with flying colors.
10. As a candidate appearing for IIT-JEE Advanced, you are bound to be intimidated by certain topics that may seem tougher than the rest. However, instead of feeling bogged down, you need to tell yourself that if others can master difficult topics, so can you. Speak to others, try harder and just pull out all stops. In addition to testing your knowledge, competitive exams test your character as well.    

With IIT-JEE Advanced scheduled to take place on June 2, candidates are left with less than a month to fine-tune their preparation and work on their weaknesses. It is extremely important for them to be in a right frame of mind and see the whole experience through come what may. Nothing is the end of the world but there is no excuse for lack of preparation. A candidate must not feel that had they prepared more diligently, they would have achieved their goal.