JEE preparation is a long process and lakhs of aspirants appear for the exam every year. They spend a lot of time on their preparations and do a lot of hard work, but not many get their desired rank.
The reason behind this is that they commit some common mistakes that are avoidable. Let’s learn about those mistakes and help all you aspirants to avoid the same.
Following are 15 such mistakes that IIT JEE aspirants must avoid:
1. Getting many books
Less is more. Refer lesser books to study for JEE exam and practice within study groups. Sharing books can be an option to be economical.
Once you’ve completed your IIT JEE syllabus, go ahead and practice and rewrite everything you’ve learned in preparation for JEE advanced. Stick to a few good JEE reference books for the first few days of IIT JEE preparation, which are of higher quality, and contain many practice exercises.
Usually, NCERT books are perfect for your best kind of preparation. However, you can buy a few extra books for practice but don’t go overboard to make a massive pile of books and end up reading none of them properly.
2. One Subject Strategy
Balance your practice among all subjects to score in each one of them. A good exam strategy includes covering all subjects with average preparation, rather than over-emphasizing on only one.
Many IIT JEE aspirants prepare selectively. It’s essential to understand the syllabus, exam guidelines, and weightage of various JEE topics, but we all know the JEE is unpredictable.
Concentrating on only one or two subjects while preparing for JEE will not help you achieve the desired rank. Therefore, keep your preparation balanced and devote equal time to all subjects to achieve the best results.
3. Omitting Difficult Questions
Omitting questions that seem difficult is a sign of weak preparation. Questions containing different logic and concepts need to be practiced to make the command in the exam syllabus.
It’s not unknown that practice makes perfect. You can also gain perfection in attempting difficult questions when you practice consistently. Leaving those questions unattended won’t help your cause.
Instead, you’re going to lose the marks that will cost you a lot in terms of your final rank.
4. Ignoring Tests and Practice
Testing in the simulated environment builds a temperament that helps in gaining insights for exam preparation. Practicing the real exam gives birth to the strategy required for training the nerves.
The best resource for practicing questions is through mock tests that can help you gain the much-needed boost to your preparation if you’re facing troubles with difficult questions.
Also Read: How to Prepare for JEE Main 2021?
5. Avoiding Class XI Syllabus
Many students commit this mistake as they focus more on the class 12th syllabus rather than class 11th. Make sure you don’t commit this mistake! You need to prepare parallelly for both class 11th and 12th syllabus and basic concepts.
Having strengthened fundamentals in class 11th is a must for every aspirant. No shortcut exists in this case. If your fundamentals are poor, you can struggle to understand the chapters of the class 12th.
Also Read: Preparing for JEE Main 2021? Here is How You Can Revise Class 11 Topics
6. Over Involvement in Entertainment
While preparing for a crucial exam like IITJEE, the scope of leisure time gets limited. Constant focus and a stern mindset are required, at the least.
It’s not that you should become a monk and restrict yourself from everything, but there’s a method to it. For example, you can have entertainment sources like social media, playing games on phones, and watching TV but only to a limited extent.
It shouldn’t hamper your preparation at all, and if you want to secure that dream AIR, you’ll have to curb your over-involvement in entertainment sources.
7. Worrying Too Much
Worrying has solved no problem to date. If you spend half of your time worrying about how your exam would go, how you will prepare for such a vast syllabus, and things like this, then it’s going to yield you nothing.
Instead, be focused on practicing questions and concepts and building exam temperament. Stop worrying. Start acting!
8. Waiting for Last Moment
When the exam date approaches, so do anxiety and tension. Ensure that you are ready with all the preparation in advance to avoid any last moment jitters.
The last-minute preparation is overwhelming, and you’ll start feeling the pressure immediately. Try to avoid this situation and complete your prep well in time so that you get enough time for revision.
9. Self-Doubt
Doubting your preparation will lead to a lot of distress, and you’ll find yourself in a tricky situation. Have confidence in yourself, give your 100%, and you’ll succeed.
Self-doubt will dent your confidence, and it’s best to avoid doubting yourself for trivial mistakes or a bad performance in any of the tests.
10. Comparing Your Progress
It won’t ever help you if you keep comparing your progress with what your friends are doing. This will keep your mind disturbed.
Keep your mind focused on your growth and preparation. That’s the only way you can succeed rather than thinking about what others are doing.
11. Focusing on Easier Subject
Aspirants tend to be bend towards either with easier or their favorite subjects. You should prevent practicing only the easier subjects aggressively, and you should maintain a balance.
This will not help in the long run, and one must give equal importance and devote time to complex subjects and topics.
12. Avoiding Your Hobbies
We understand that you are preparing for one of the toughest exams in the country, but that doesn’t mean you compromise or avoid your hobbies. Study but spare some time for the things you love.
Go out for that morning or evening walk, play some sport for recreation, or keep taking small breaks in between your studies. Otherwise, your mind will get clogged, and you won’t be able to concentrate properly.
13. Review Peers’ Question Paper
Instead of indulging in discussion or review of peer exam, it is advisable to thoroughly analyze own performance, strategy, and behaviour during the exam. This may help to correct the mistakes and know your strengths.
14. Avoid Breaks During Exam Even
if you avoid the above-mentioned mistakes throughout your preparation, you’ll be doing yourself a lot of harm if you take unwanted breaks during the exam.
Taking breaks during your preparation is advisable as it helps refresh your mind, but it is strictly not advisable to take little breaks during the exam as it hampers the continuity and the rhythm built so far.
Avoid taking those breaking as your focus might shift, and it will lead to a lack of concentration.
15. Bird Watching in Exam
Apart from not taking breaks, you must also ensure that you don’t end up distracting yourself by doing bird watching during the exam.
Bird watching during the exam is not going to fetch you any marks. It will just hamper your concentration.
All your focus and attention must be only on the computer screen and the questions that need to be solved. Everything else can wait, but the ticking clock won’t. Always keep this in your mind.
Conclusion
To sum it up, the above-mentioned mistakes are a complete no-no for all aspirants. We hope you won’t commit these at any cost and knock it out of the park in the exam.
