PREPARATION TIPS FOR NEET

If you will be able to finish the complete syllabus by mid-February then you will have plenty of time for revision. Further, a proper revision plan will help you in scoring 650+ in the NEET 2020. A lot of times students end up messing it up in the last 2–3 months. However, it is the most crucial time wherein you need to give it your all. Thus, your result will definitely depend upon what you have done in these last few months. Further, your study plan for the last 2 months should be as following -

MAKE A CHECKLIST

You will be able to able work in a more efficient manner if you will have a checklist. As with that you will already have tasks that are needed to be done. Thus, you will not waste your time thinking about what all has to be done.

REFER TO YOUR NOTES ONLY

During this time, you should not refer to any of the books or other study material, just stick to your notes. Focus on those only or otherwise you will end up messing it all up in your head. In the last 2 months you should start studying any new topic. Just revise the ones you have studied till now.

SOLVE PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTION PAPERS

You should try and solve at least 2 papers everyday. Moreover, try to solve them within a given period of time. In this way, your problem solving speed will increase and you will be able to solve the complete paper within the given period of time. NEET Previous Years’ Papers are available online. In addition, a lot of books are also available in the market, wherein last years’ papers are given. Online Mock Tests are also available which are completely free. Just make sure that you solve question papers as much as possible.

Furthermore, you also need to take care of the smallest things, which are as following:

1. Take proper sleep and make sure that your mind gets some time to relax.
2. Do some physical activities or yoga or meditation to calm your mind.
3. Eat properly
4. Make sure that you have your admit card in place.

BE CAREFUL WITH THE[1]

After the latest announcement on NEET eligibility criteria by NTA, you should keep an eye on syllabus too.

There is no update on NEET syllabus yet but stay updated who knows NTA shoot the students with the syllabus update.

Moreover, with the objective to clear the neet exam, it’s important to know about the complete syllabus, so that you only focus on something which is required to crack the exam.

2. MANAGE YOUR TIME

As we discussed the study timetable for neet above, time management is the key to follow that schedule.

Managing time can even help you spare some ME TIME as well. In which you can do what you like or what your hobbies are or anything that refreshes you.

3. DON’T UNDERESTIMATE YOUR DOUBTS

Neglecting any topic just because you find it hard to understand is a big ‘no-no’. You should focus even more on those topics and get the doubts cleared.

There are chances that basic questions from the topic, you left unstudied, appear in the exam. So, it’s important you at least know the basics of each and every chapter of the neet exam syllabus.

4. SOLVE AS MANY TEST PAPERS AS YOU CAN[2]

Practice makes the man perfect, and the more you practice with the test papers the more you get yourself ready for the actual exam.

In today’s world, everything is online and it’s too easy to find test series for neet online to practice. Solving test papers also help in evaluating your performance.

Try comparing the test you solve with the previous one. This will help in reducing the chances of committing mistakes and increase in the performance with every test you take will also motivate you.

5. NOTE YOUR MISTAKES

Mistakes are the best teacher.

Try making a note which contains all the mistakes you made in the tests or in while preparing. After a certain period of time, you will end up having a number of mistakes.

Review them and make sure you are not doing it in your next step.

Regular review of your mistakes is important. So that you learn from them and not commit them in the exam.

6. PREPARE NOTES WHILE TAKING CLASS

Making class notes and reviewing them after the class is one of the best practices for exam preparation.

Students tend to remember the longest what they write while taking the class.

Revise later from the notes. This smart revision technique will save your time and boost your confidence to make more optimized notes.

7. BE CONFIDENT

Have confidence in yourself. The positive attitude will lead you towards strong preparation and strong preparation will lead you to positive results.

Self-belief is the key to success.

8. CONSISTENCY

The previous point don’t just help you crack the neet exam but to crack every challenge of your life. ‘Believe Yourself, Be Consistent’ with what you are doing and you know what you are doing is right.

To this post’s context, you should be consistent with your studies. Make it your habit to complete your daily targets until you succeed.

9. DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE NOTIFICATIONS ON NEET

These changes may arise a doubt about your neet preparation that whether to focus on preparation or not. But I would suggest not to do that.

Changes will come and go, just don’t focus on that.

Let’s talk about more about notifications. A few days back NTA announced that the NEET exam will happen twice in a year from 2020 onwards.

But, the latest notification by NTA says, NEET will happen only once in a year.

Don’t allow these notifications have an impact on your preparation. Once or twice, doesn’t matter, you have to give your best shot in the very first chance you get

Fix Time For Each Topic:

As its the time to do revision than it is necessary to make a fixed schedule and start doing revision. Set a time limit to cover each topic, it will help you complete your revision before the exam.

Don't Learn New Topics:-

While doing revision focus only those topics which you have learned earlier, don't start new topics. Avoid any new topic which is not important for the exam and have not prepared properly. It will be better if you focus on old topics only. It will be helpful for you in building a strong knowledge of the same. Also, you will be able to memorize the concepts properly.

Fix Your Priorities:-

Make a to do list. Shortlist the topics as per the difficulty level and their probability. Try to work on the easier ones first. Once you gain perfection for the easy concepts, go for the harder ones. Moreover, you should make sure that you are not spending more than enough time on any topic or chapter.

Practice Numerical:-

Make sure that you are practicing numerical properly and repeatedly. It is the section which needs focus and practice. Also, it is advised for you that you should go for the repetitive practice. It will be helpful for you in improving your knowledge for the concept and enhancing the problem-solving speed as well.

Solve Mock Test Papers:-

To increase speed and accuracy during the exam mock test papers helps a lot. Solving NEET Mock Test Papers, previous year papers and practice papers will make you familiar with the exam and also clear your concepts of solving the questions.

OUR Students plan:

Revision is the most important thing to achieve any goal . Well I am telling you my way , if it suits you adapt it ☺️

During revision I give my preference to biology first due to its more portion in the exam and being an easier /less time consuming subject. From Feb onwards I used to revise up whole bio (11 and 12 both) on Sunday's . I only read the highlighted points. For this I used two different coloured highlighters . Highlighted points were -

1. The points which I considered to be important from exam point of view
2. The points which I used to forget very easily .
3. The points which have already came in the exam .

In this my main focus was on the points which I used to forget very easily. The used to revise them on proper time interval usually on evey 3–4th day .

In rest of the week I used to do random questions . And I used to check my performance . Gradually I got to know my weak topics and I corrected them / learned them again.

For chemistry-

1. Inorganic - timely revision (at least once a week )
2. Organic - during revision I did questions and questions of it . I had learned it earlier (during december - January) so I used to do questions only . Then I analysed my weak points (example isomerism ) . I had written all the kinds of isomerism together and then I practiced only question of isomerism from different different books (errorless specially) . Thereby maKing it strong.
3. Physical chem - I had written all the chapterwise formulae and some concepts together . So in revision I revised the formulas and did questions .

For physics - I had my formula + concepts + tricks notebook . I used to revise the formula and did questions.

Apart from it , I also repeated those questions ( these were from my aakash packages or from test series ) again and again which I did wrong . So while revising the I used emphasize on them . Doing one paper everyday is more important during revision as it will help to find out your weak points and also your time management problem will be solved by it . And one thing more , it's not the quantity of revision time that matter , it's about how much u can do after revision . You should revise a topic /chapter as if you have to give the test today. It's the time when you can erase all of your weak points ☺️

My strategy changed every month specially in those last golden moments…

4.January :

• Our syllabus was just ended. So I was in a great pressure to cover it up as fast as possible.
• I did my best but wasn't able to cover ecology and modern physics and few last chaptes of organic.
• I was sort of depressed because of my uncovered syllabus…
• But still I didn't lost hope and tried my best

3.February :

• I completed above left topics (however just superficially)
• Revised my 11th thoroughly before boards exam (I was fresher)
• Also did MCQs of whole 11th chapters specially of my weak topics.

2.March :

• Board time
• Did preparation for NEET whole time, studied accordingly for boards just 2 days prior to every exam. (Result: 88%, not much impressive but still stasisfactory for me)
• Did only 12th while boards
• Completely left 11th as I already completed it.

1.April :

• As soon boards were over again started 11th revision as I just completed my 12th revision.
• Fastly did 11th and then 12th.
• Gave loads of mock test for Neet (at Aakash)
• More focused on MCQs
• Again solved previous years question papers.
• !NO DISTRACTIONS! at this crucial moment
• Took care of my health
• Completely avoided junk food (however I love it from the core of my heart)
• REMAIN MOTIVATED
• No negativetiy, no toxic people
• No new topic studied

*MAY*

• Finally the moment has came…
• I completely revised whole 11th and 12th in a week just prior to the main exam
• My confidence levels were high
• I felt happy…
• I felt confident..
• I believed in myself..

And

I DID IT…

If anyone asks me the most crucial period of NEET-UG prep. then I can say with great confidence that it is these last 3 to 4 months. It is a do or die or make or break situation. If you are thinking how to crack neet in just 90 days- Let me say straightforward it is simply not possible. But if you are looking for how to consolidate your 2 year prep. in last 3 months, go on this article might be a great tool to you.

1) Practice Time Based Mock Tests.

You can join a test series of any reputed coaching. Do not miss out any test regardless of your preparation. Try to arrange additional mock test papers, you may ask from previous aspirants for the same.
First of all, sit in a proper table chair arrangement where none can disturb you for 3 hours.
• Set a timer or alarm for 3 hours.
• Print a sample OMR sheet.
• Open up NEET sample paper or NEET mock test and give the test.Stop after 3 hours.
• Now check correct answers using answer keys given with NEET mock test or NEET sample paper.
• If any question was left, solve them also now.
• Analyze strengths and weaknesses. Work on your weakness. It will consume a lot of time to work over your weakness but its very important so that you dont commit the same mistakes the next time.
• You may also write after each test, what did you do wrong...say you made lot of silly mistakes or filled some questions wrong or say didnt manage time well

2) Solve previous year questions.

Thoroughly solving previous year question papers are the single most important thing that a person ought to do. It highlights the trends of the exams and gives you the topics which you must cover as the first priority. While solving them also focus on which type of questions are frequently coming out from NCERT. For eg from.Morphology of flowering plants and ecology there is often a question which require knowledge more than NCERT. In physics it can also be seen that trend is shifting from conventional topics to the ones which are less asked in past. Eg. semiconductors. Previous 10 years are more than enough, do not go for much older papers as they are irrelevant.

3) Set your body clock

See, NEET is a 3 hour long tough, objective type paper with negative marking. So if you are not efficient and concentrated while attempting the paper, it may cost you very much. It is very important that you remain fresh, energetic and efficient in all of those 3 hours.
I think in 11th class and until end 3 months of 12th you should not think about sleep patterns at all, just try to maximise your efficient study hours as much as possible with atleast 7 hours of sleep
But when the exams starts approaching, it is very important to remain active in exam timings i.e. 10 to 1 ( or whatever time slot you get) So try to do maximum questions in that time and try not to study theory. Make those hours as your most efficient hours.

4) Know what to study

Complete first all the high yielding topics for all the 3 subjects first. Meet and consult your teachers regularly and make a smart study plan.

BIOLOGY- Do the final revisions from NCERT of biology. Solve only those books with NCERT based questions.

CHEMISTRY- Many students are not thorough with inorganic NCERT and commit errors in the main exam. As all the inorganic questions are directly picked from NCERT and the facts given in chapters of the BLOCKS are volatile make sure you timely re-revise them from NCERT. 
For physical chem., you can go for GRB publications for MCQ practice.Write down all the formulas in one place.
For organic chemistry, while reading NCERT, just expand your knowledge of 'only those' reactions given in NCERT by refering to your coaching notes.For questions solve test papers and coaching modules. Keep revising the last 2 chapters of NCERT ie. polymers and chem in everyday life. They are very short chapters and there are sureshot questions from these.

PHYSICS- Solve a variety of questions. You may refer to multiple books and sources. Get your doubts cleared, though it is time consuming, yet very important.Make a formula copy which you must revise timely upto the day before final exam.

5) Get into MCQ solving mode.

In last months you have to decrease the theory reading time and focus mainly on solving as many MCQs as possible. Reading theory of only that part of which you are getting questions wrong is very fruitful rather than going through entire theory again.Practice solving mcqs keeping time in mind. Avoid silly mistakes as much as you can. Look if there is an alternate quicker method to solve them.You may maintain a record of the number of questions you are solving on a daily basis.


As the exam approaches, your anxiety level naturaly increases. So stay motivated and hold your nerves. Mental toughness along with a smart study plan will surely ensure you success in the NEET UG exam!

Students suggestions:

I scored an AIR of 1437 (general category) and a state rank of 31 in NEET 2017.

I had made up my mind for Medical stream right when I was in class 9. Therefore I was very determined to crack the NEET. Moreover I was a mediocre student, so I had a tough competition.

I joined coaching mainly to be familiar with the NEET pattern of questions. When it comes to clearing of concepts, I depended more on private tutor and self study than coaching. Coaching institute was no doubt excellent except for the most complained physics faculty.

Let me quickly make a list of all the books I preferred : NCERT for all subjects which was basically my bible for the 2 years. Errorless Books for physics and chemistry.

Coming to the schedule, I had no definite schedule. Basically, I studied whenever I felt like studying, it could be even 2 am in the night or 6 am in the morning. I only studied about 8 hours a day all the year around.

Which was increased to 13–14 hours when the exams were approaching. I didn’t prefer late night study, so I used to complete most of my studies by 12 am.

I had to attend school on weekdays and coaching on weekends. I followed a strict schedule when there was only 3–4 months left for the exam:

7 am: Wake up & morning routine

8–9am: straight into physics problems, which should include sums from both class 11 and 12 from Errorless Books and previous year NEET question papers.

9–11 am: Biology theory followed by biology MCQ solving from the practise paper and Question banks provided by coaching institute as well as previous year papers.

11–1 pm: Chemistry organic or sometimes physical, but should be something that requires mental effort and solving,

1–3pm: Lunch break

3–7pm: Physics numericals because basically I was weak in this subject, comparatively.. contradictory to my NEET marks 165 where I scored more than Chemistry 145. XD

7–8pm: Break

8–9pm: Inorganic chemistry revison

9–1am: Biology theory and also sometimes physics and chemistry theory

All the best!