Tips to Consider While Preparing for Entrance Exams

1. Be aware of your strengths and weaknesses

Every student should know his strengths and weaknesses before starting the preparation. As it is difficult to excel in all topics, there are topics in which each individual feels confident about. Students should try to cover up topics they feel confident about first, as it boosts their confidence.

 2.Refer fewer books for theory

As students have a habit to refer multiple books for theory, it harms them more than benefiting them. Every book explains topics differently so students get confused among various descriptions styles. Students should try to follow 1 or 2 at most, books from good authors.

3.Create a practical study plan

Students tend to plan more and execute less. Competitive exams like CAT, MAT, CMAT etc can be really challenging if not prepared with a practical stratergy. Create a practical study plan. Know how much syllabus you can cover in a day. Give more time to topics you find difficult and keep some buffer time as well.

 4.Previous year questions are the key

For the last month students should focus on solving the previous year questions. As these are the questions that were previously asked it gives an idea of the difficulty level of questions. also aim for solving the previous year questions in the same time frame as the actual exam ,as it will help students to develop a time management strategy for actual exam.

 5.Utilize technique of elimination

Utilize method of elimination. Begin by taking out 2 choices which have minimal possibility of being right. In some cases, regardless of the questions, the facts contained in the choices itself can be utilized to solve. Choosing a last answer out of 2 is easier and in some cases one can use intuitions as well.

6.Use shortcuts

Every student must memorize shortcuts which they can to prepare for entrance exams. Be it for remembering formulas or memorizing charts, using short cuts saves your time. There are some standard shortcuts which you can memorize into but creating your own would be a great idea as well because you will remember it better.