Last week of NEET preparation- Interview by Experts at CONCEPTREE

Interview by NEET Experts from CONCEPTREE With NEET exam date  almost close to a week’s time now, the main question on the minds of all the aspirants is what to  do in this week so that they can maximize their results. This is more so relevant for students of Tamilnadu  since a vast majority of them are new to the very objective format of assessment. We have Mr Pavan  kumar and his academic team from CONCEPTREE Learning (an...

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How parents can support growth mindset of children

Mindset is a simple idea discovered by world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck in decades of research on achievement and success. Two mindsets people can have: a fixed mindset and a growth mindset. In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic qualities, like intelligence or talent, are fixed traits. Instead of developing them, and believe that talent alone creates success, which is wrong. In a growth mindset, people...

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Is the Alternative Curriculum Model (NIOS) real answer to the crucial needs of students preparing for JEE/NEET?

Hi all,  Usually people write the blog and share credentials. But I somehow feel I should mention my credentials first before you (parents) decide upon reading further. I am Radharishna Govindarajulu. I have served 18 years in CBSE at various positions.After VRS, I have been working with a renowned ICSE school in Delhi as Academics Director. I myself have been a student of Tamilnadu Board and I had no clue on NIOS model until recently....

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Why Strong Foundation in 9th Standard is crucial for academic excellence in 10th Standard

"Let us make it gradual" is a popular way that Sir Edmund Hillary often suggests to Mountaineering enthusiasts. He is probably the greatest in this league being second to none having conquered 11 peaks in Himalayas before deciding to climb Mount Everest. While what he said is quite interesting for lot of us, let us look at the essence of it. Any mountain climber has to cover certain altitude to reach a peak and its one's choice...

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Must have books for JEE Advance preparation (Along with CONCEPTREE's Material and Rankers Choice Question Banks)

When a warrior walks into the war zone, most important thing to look for is the armory that he would carry along with his inherent traits like bravery and war skills. In Mahabharatha all of us have read the story of Karna not being able to carry his most powerful weapon to the field which has sort of not helped him explore his true potential. While we spoke a little bit mythological stuff here, same analogy applies to any JEE Advance aspirant...

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Must have books for cracking NEET (other than CONCEPTREE Material)

NCERT is the base book for NEET preparation. NCERT Exemplar questions book can used for objective type questions that might at times come directly in the NEET type exams. NCERT Exemplars can be downloaded at the link Here is a list of books to refer for NEET Medical entrance exam: Biology Books for NEET Preparation: NCERT Biology of Class XI and XII Trueman's Biology Vol 1 and 2 Past 28 years AIPMT/NEET solved questions...

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Some popular quotes that motivated IITians to achieve their goals

Hi all, This is just a sample and by no means exhaustive. I just went around my corridor last evening upon getting a request from Prashanth sir of CONCEPTREE. one of my other wing mate himself is also a student of my batch at CONCEPTREE Chennai. Cutting the story short, I got like 10 responses after which I ran a small survey on LAN chat over the weekend. This is what I could compile from the thoughts of IITM folks. "IITJEE. That can only...

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KVPY- Answer to why one needs to stay in touch with Maths/Science in Summer After 10th!!

Hello everyone, I am not sure how much eligible I am to talk about this but nevertheless I would like to share my thoughts on why to study in summer after 10th. To be honest, I didn't do much during my summer holidays after 10th. But I somehow felt that I should have for various reasons and here is one very compelling reason- KVPY. This is the first part of two-part Cracking KVPY SA 2017 Series, where I am going to share tips...

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I have no clue after Mains, what to do for Advance so that I can be an IITian after August 2017!

Now that the anxieties over JEE Mains seem to subside to a large extent, let us look at a realistic plan of giving a best shot at Advance in May. Before you go onto the remainder of this post, I would like to emphasize of one very important point here- If Physics decides whether you will crack Advance or not, Chemistry will decide what rank you will get!! After the Mains, we suddenly start seeing some of our friends pondering with big reference...

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