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 Initiative by IIT Alumni) to answer some pertinent questions in this regard. CONCEPTREE  Learning is a JEE/NEET Preparation company with presence across Chennai city and other parts of Tamilnadu.

Question 1: Is there a real need to stress on the plan for last week of NEET preparation or students can just
go ahead with the plan that they have been following till now?
Answer: First of all, instead of calling this as last week of preparation we could call it as last leg of  preparation. Since the timelines available for students are usually in the range of months after Board Exams,  broadly the last leg falls within a week time before the final examination date. There are lot of considerations that the students have to make during this week  time to ensure that their efforts during the entire preparation phase will give them  fruitful results. The considerations can be around- Review methods, Focus areas, Practicing Model, Examination approach, general aspects and examination logistics

Question 2: What is the revision method/ review method that the students have to adopt?
Answer: During this last week of preparation, focus should be given to on topics where students commit usual mistakes or error prone areas in each chapter  instead of going through all theory again. This is where each student can cover up his/her drawbacks fully. Students should focus on mock tests that the they would have written in past and assignments already solved before.

 Question 3: What are the focus areas/chapters to be covered during this week?
Answer: Students can cover general high weight-age topics like;
Biology-Principles of Inheritance and Variation, Cell - The Unit of Life, Biological Classification, Morphology of Flowering Plants, Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants, Ecosystem , Plant Kingdom

Chemistry- General Chemistry (Chemical Bonding, Periodic Properties), Practical Chemistry ( Isolation, Identification, qualitative analysis), Hydro carbons, General Principles of Organic Chemistry,  Carbonyl compounds and carboxylic acids, thermodynamics, p-block, Equilibrium & Electro chemistry

Physics- Optics, Electrostatics, EMI& AC, Modern Physics, Mechanics, States of Matter (Solids/Liquids/Gases), Waves & Sound, Semi conductors and Communication systems

Students from Non CBSE background can focus more on CBSE specific topics (missing in their respective board syllabus).


Question 4: What is the ideal practice model for this week?
Answer: There is no one ideal practice model but the model that is followed by most of the rankers is practicing past years questions. Each student can practice at least past 10 years questions. While writing mock exams either by self or at an institute, it is better to try at least couple of papers in each category- easy, medium, hard to get acquainted for these possibilities.

Question 5:  What is the best examination approach that a student can follow?
Answer: Mostly we recommend students to begin with Biology ( spend around 75 minutes) and then chemistry (45 minutes-maximum) and remaining time on physics. However, during the examination, if a student feels saturation with one subject its is advisable to make a shift in stead of working out at your sub-optimal level.

 Question 6: What are the health, diet and sleep related tips for this week?
Answer: Most of the students would have spent time in extended study sessions till now which might result in creating unnecessary anxieties. At least during this time, follow a rigid structure for sleep, diet so that you can take care of your health. Be cautious about summer  as we are probably witnessing really hot weather. As much as possible avoid excess travel.

 Question 7: What are the examination logistics that students should consider?
Answer: Tamilnadu this year has three new NEET centres (Namakkal, Tirunelveli and Vellore) in addition to Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem and Tiruchy. Please make a recce plan for reaching your centre with the help of parents or others to make sure that you will avoid any  unwanted hicups on the final day.

There will be no arrangements made at centres to keep any of the barred items inside, this might even cause action under unfair means if you are found in possession of these items inside.

Please make sure that you maintain the dress code and carry the necessary documents;
1. Admit Card along with passport size photograph affixed on it
2. One Post Card Size Photograph affixed on the Proforma
3. One passport size photograph to be affixed on the attendance sheet

Items barred are mobile phones, bluetooth devices, wallets, goggles, chains, necklace, watch, wrist watch, camera etc., 


Question 8: Your final word of advise for the NEET aspirants from Tamilnadu
Answer: Be calm, composed during the final day that is what is going to give us best results. Think more about what you did than what you missed. I am sure your efforts will fetch you deserving results. For a good section of our students this format might be new. But as I always say, for Tamilnadu students the format might be new but not academic excellence. I am sure we will start imprinting our mark on NEET ranks list from this year.

All The Best...