Category: How to Prepare

Coaching classes

You would have probably joined one by now or must be thinking of joining one, even if you don’t want to, but because rest of your friends are joining you don’t want to be left out. Also the fear, that you might lose in the competition and that coaching classed might teach you that something extra also makes you join one. I had joined a test series in my first attempt and I was very happy that I did, as because of that I thought I was studying for every Sundays test. Well, that was my biggest mistake, as any coaching center deliberately sets a paper that asks questions about any subject in so much detail that you feel you don’t know anything!!!

AIPG exams or for that any other exams never ever go in that minute detail of each and every subject.If you just analyse past 5 year question papers, you will be surprised that around 100 – 120 questions are just repeats!!!! Yes, that is the truth! So instead of focusing on that, we in fear of flunking out next test series, study subjects in so much detail from textbooks, that we waste our time, energy and money in gaining the knowledge which is futile for entrance exam.

coaching

I am not saying don’t join a caching class, but don’t totally follow their pattern. Make your own pattern and and don’t take results of the mock exams conducted by them seriously.

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Group vs Self study

 

Group vs Self study

group study

 

I have experience of both! Well you have to figure out what is best for you. In my first attempt, I group studied. It was helpful, specially when you were demotivated or frustrated to study but your groupies kept on reading stuff so atleast you could hear information!! But them again, getting overloaded with lot of info is equally detrimental. Lot of time is also wasted sometimes.

Self study requires lot of dedication, isolation and planning. In my second attempt, since I Stuck religiously to my plan and time table, I enjoyed studying by myself. I could follow my intuitions, without a second doubt and had faith in myself. Also, I kept on revising my methods and could actually study faster and efficiently.

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Make your own notes

 

make your notes

 

You will go through many texbooks, many chapters, but its not possible to open them again and again and that’s how we skip revising them. To avoid this blundering mistake, Always keep a diary with you whenever you study to jot down important key points, which you must revise on a daily basis. This will be particularly helpful when you are solving national boards.

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Important Topics

important

200 questions are asked in Exam paper. If you have studied even decently, you will be able to answer atleast 150. A bit of hardwork will let you attempt another 20. It’s the last 30 questions that will set you apart from rest of the crowd and decide your ranking. Making any mistake in answering any repeated question is like committing a suicide.

YOU CANNOT MAKE A MISTAKE IN A REPEATED QUESTION.

This is your 4th  key to success.

For that you need to analyses which are the favorite question that keep on recurring, making it an important topic for you.  You need to mark those questions which are repeated more than thrice in last 5 years and then read a bit more about their sub topics. Also, If a new question has been asked you need to pay special attention to it and read entirely about it.

 

For example, In 2009 AIPG paper a question was asked about protapers. Previous papers had no hint about any such question. So I read in detail about them, their diameter, lenth tip, etc and as predicted, 2010 AIPG paper had a question related to the tip length of pro taper.

 

So here, we are preparing for a predicted new question and studying in the right direction according to our analysis. Have faith in your gut feeling and intuition.

This is your 5th key to success.

How to Study/Prepare for MDS

how

Now, you have all the required materials. Next hurdle is how to prepare? Everyone in detail advises you what to study, no one says how to do it. Well, I will describe my first hand experience.

My method was as follows:-

  • Prepare a proper time table for 3 months.
  • Everyday study for no more than 8 hours
  • 5 hours to solve papers. ( that way, Mudit Khanna, pulse, Amit Ashish, Bhatia are covered)

The shocking thing that you will realize while solving papers is amount of times repetition occurs of the same question!!

Try this yourself.

For example, take following papers of the same year say 2009

AIPG 2009 (Dental NEET PG paper)

AIIMS 2009 (May and November) (Both Dental and Medical) (4 papers)

AIPGMEE 2009 (Mudit khanna)

So in all 6 papers. Now compare the questions, you will be surprised to see 20-25% same questions in all the papers!!

So if you solve all these papers together, not only you are inadvertly revising them on the same day, also you are now understanding the question paper pattern.

Make sure you have the right list of all the required books.

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To understand the important topics , getting inside the paper setters mind and using your intuition as to what new topics might be asked based on your analysis is the third key to success.

  • 1 hour to solve National boards
  • 1 hour to solve dental pulse ( I just studied clinical part)
  • 1 hour to go through your diary / textbooks.
  • 1 hour of your recreational activity mandatory.

The rest of the hours you may spend as you wish to.