How to balance between board and NEET preparation

Today I am going to discuss about a significant and most common problem among the NEET aspirants. That is how to balance between board and NEET preparation. I got many request asking for help in this regards. If you are also in same situation then watch this video till the end or else you can ignore​ this video here itself.

Well. If You are in a quandary or dilemma as to whether you should be preparing for your 12th standard board exams or get immersed  in your NEET 2018 Preparation, then you are not alone. You are among those lakhs of students who appear every year to get that coveted seat in a reputed medical college. But of course, seats are limited. If you miss out on these limited seats, you still need to have decent marks in your 12th standard so that you may get admission in an academic course. Else, you’ll be left with the prospect of having to spend a whole year preparing for the entrance tests for the following year. So how will you balance between those two. Here I will mention some tips so that it will be helpful for you to sort it out.

Be mentally prepared: While the boards are important exams and the performance of which will have an impact on your confidence level for the upcoming competitive exams, the more crucial exams are the latter. The thing to remember is that if you are preparing for NEET you are ready to face the boards too. Right about this time, you must be deep into your board exams’ revision. Soon after your boards, be ready to delve right back into your books for a more intense study and revision for your entrance exams.

Prepare a Suitable Schedule : Secondly it is mandatory for every medical aspirants to make a suitable schedule for study. Without a schedule your study time is very flexible which may not be effective for your preparation. Your time bounded plan is must to achieve your success. Planning is primary step for any mission. So effective plan and schedule is obligatory for a student to crack any medical entrance.

Make sub-division: divide your syllabus into small small portion and assign the time for that specific portion. Within that stipulated time try to finish that portion. You know if you study like this way then you will enjoy the study n you will never get bored with your study. This is a secret of toppers.. 

Focus on NCERT :  No need to worry about the NEET. Since NEET syllabus is completely based on NCERT. even most of the state board's syllabus also NCERT. So, go through the NCERT, try to be confident that you know everything of NCERT. Since in your board level you follow some reference book.. So it is enough for you to clear NEET. The only thing you need is to be familiar with the type of questions asked in the entrance exam. So you need to practice the previous year paper. Everyday devote some hours for practicing some MCQ. It will clear your concept as well.  Do one thing, after finishing of any portion for half an hour try to practice mcq as many as possible related to that portion.

In some state the state board syllabus is quiet different from NCERT. I would like to tell them try to buy NCERT text book and while studying your state board text book, correlate it with the NCERT text. It will help you a lot. It will make you familiar with the text. You know, being  familiar with NCERT , is most Important for any medical aspirants. You have already seen in the paper that direct NCERT lines or sentences are copied in the question paper. So it is necessary to thorough with the NCERT text.

Join a test series if possible : Test series will provide you the real depth of the exam. So it is necessary to join a test series. If you can't join a test series then there is an alternative for you. Since you have various books of MCQ . you arrange the question paper using those mcq And sit for the mock test. While sitting for mock test Take it seriously as you are​in real examination.

Give more importance to Common topics: There are many common topics in board syllabus and l NEET syllabus. Identify these topics and list them. Prepare them thoroughly and cover all aspects of these topics keeping the difficulty level of both the examinations in mind. Study them from your textbooks, guidebooks as well as from your NEET study material if any so that you cover everything at once and do not have to work on them twice.

All The Best