IIT JEE Prep...
The following Yahoo IM is the inspiration of this blog. Hope it will help in general..First I thought that I will write reply back but then I thought that whatever I might write may be applicable to many candidates...So why mail...Why not Blog? I had put name as *****.
"hey sir! thanx for adding me. my name is **** and am a high school student.am in 11th standard at present,and am kinda preparing for the IIT JEE exams.i dun think i am gonna make it,but as they say,what's the harm in trying! so that's what am doing,and that's what's about me.i would love to know more about you sir and i would be obliged if we strike some good frndship here.hope to hear more from you.c ya.gnite."
Ok. In this I am not going to be a moral advisor or any stuff like that but I would definately want to narrate my own story and I think stories help, true stories.
I had my schooling from CMS, Statio Road, Lucknow. And in class Tenth, whenever I came across any IIT student I instantly felt immense amount of respect. Quite certain, IIT was a distant dream back in those days for almost all of us. And why it should not be...Not only you, whole of the family earned a lot of respect. I lived in an irrigation colony where there were not many instances of IIT qualifiers. When I was in XI standard, only 'one respected bhaiya' achieved the hallmark. Not sure whether I can make it or not, I started very poorly in class XI. The adolescent age syndrome led me to do everything else but IIT prep. The resultant - In the my class XI I came second position from the bottom. The memories of that are still fresh. Till that time, the distance between me and IIT was increased to infinite amount. The toughness of the exam and my wasted year - Gosh - I am certainly not for IIT. Something was sure after my class XI. Something changed after that. From the start of Class XII, I became more responsive and 'kinda' believed in myself. I would not say that I instantly believed that I am going to make it but it was gradual. The determination was solid but the guilt of wasted year was also accompanying it. How the change of heart happened after Class XI is another story - something personal - in nutshell it was my Dad, who was much troubled with my acts in Class XI. The point is that in class XI - IIT was distant dream - too big to hit, at the start of Class XII, it was too big to miss.
*****, when I saw your message, I could feel that you are much better than me. At least I was negative about the IIT selection at the end of my XI exam and you are 'kinda preparing' and Why? because everyone else is. Sort of trend. My advise is DON'T DO THAT. If you want to make it to IIT, just start believing that you can do it. That change of attitude would make a lot of difference. Remember Nike - 'Just do it'. That should be the motto. And after wasting my Class XI like hell and being the lowest strata of intellectual hierarchy - there was one thing which segregated me from the rest. The determination set me apart. I was not the super born intelligence - not that I hd proved anything of that sort till date but the ability for hard work is there. That is the fundamental trait that I knew I had. And guess what - when you start believing yourself - others do. I formed a study group with one of my friend in my class XII and started with the Physics and Maths coaching - typical trend. Throughout my prep, I could not feel the difference, the difference of the attitude is just as big as intelligence.
So first of all, forget about the tons of intelligence required to clear the exam, forget about what other have to say about you today (think what you want to say them tomorrow), forget about that your school doesn't have the history of producing IIT as the adjacent school has.. Alas!, forget about everything else. What you should do is to change your statement from 'i dun think i am gonna make it' to 'i know i am gonna make it'.
And its not that day dreaming will fetch you a seat...No. Not right. Dreaming is the first step. Hard work the second. Put in your consistent hard work and do not get dismayed by the (un)crackable questions of Irodov or TMH. That will happen and you will have your own cycle of low times but right now...Believe in yourself and Don't prepare kinda.....NEVER. Either you can or you cannot and whatever you think - You are right in that. Don't let the school teachers or fellow students remarks about you determine what you are and what you can do.
So from now on...its not the case 'what's the harm in trying'? Believe me, in IIT you are not going to compete with scores of students who are appearing for the Exam. Chances are, 99% are with the attitude 'What's the harm'. Rest 1% get selected.
Will be delighted to clarify any other doubts you might have but the basic pretext is - Remove the self doubt first. I might not solve the irodov question 'doubts' now as it had been some 10 odd years when I left preparing but I can try to help you discover you already know - You will make it.
"hey sir! thanx for adding me. my name is **** and am a high school student.am in 11th standard at present,and am kinda preparing for the IIT JEE exams.i dun think i am gonna make it,but as they say,what's the harm in trying! so that's what am doing,and that's what's about me.i would love to know more about you sir and i would be obliged if we strike some good frndship here.hope to hear more from you.c ya.gnite."
Ok. In this I am not going to be a moral advisor or any stuff like that but I would definately want to narrate my own story and I think stories help, true stories.
I had my schooling from CMS, Statio Road, Lucknow. And in class Tenth, whenever I came across any IIT student I instantly felt immense amount of respect. Quite certain, IIT was a distant dream back in those days for almost all of us. And why it should not be...Not only you, whole of the family earned a lot of respect. I lived in an irrigation colony where there were not many instances of IIT qualifiers. When I was in XI standard, only 'one respected bhaiya' achieved the hallmark. Not sure whether I can make it or not, I started very poorly in class XI. The adolescent age syndrome led me to do everything else but IIT prep. The resultant - In the my class XI I came second position from the bottom. The memories of that are still fresh. Till that time, the distance between me and IIT was increased to infinite amount. The toughness of the exam and my wasted year - Gosh - I am certainly not for IIT. Something was sure after my class XI. Something changed after that. From the start of Class XII, I became more responsive and 'kinda' believed in myself. I would not say that I instantly believed that I am going to make it but it was gradual. The determination was solid but the guilt of wasted year was also accompanying it. How the change of heart happened after Class XI is another story - something personal - in nutshell it was my Dad, who was much troubled with my acts in Class XI. The point is that in class XI - IIT was distant dream - too big to hit, at the start of Class XII, it was too big to miss.
*****, when I saw your message, I could feel that you are much better than me. At least I was negative about the IIT selection at the end of my XI exam and you are 'kinda preparing' and Why? because everyone else is. Sort of trend. My advise is DON'T DO THAT. If you want to make it to IIT, just start believing that you can do it. That change of attitude would make a lot of difference. Remember Nike - 'Just do it'. That should be the motto. And after wasting my Class XI like hell and being the lowest strata of intellectual hierarchy - there was one thing which segregated me from the rest. The determination set me apart. I was not the super born intelligence - not that I hd proved anything of that sort till date but the ability for hard work is there. That is the fundamental trait that I knew I had. And guess what - when you start believing yourself - others do. I formed a study group with one of my friend in my class XII and started with the Physics and Maths coaching - typical trend. Throughout my prep, I could not feel the difference, the difference of the attitude is just as big as intelligence.
So first of all, forget about the tons of intelligence required to clear the exam, forget about what other have to say about you today (think what you want to say them tomorrow), forget about that your school doesn't have the history of producing IIT as the adjacent school has.. Alas!, forget about everything else. What you should do is to change your statement from 'i dun think i am gonna make it' to 'i know i am gonna make it'.
And its not that day dreaming will fetch you a seat...No. Not right. Dreaming is the first step. Hard work the second. Put in your consistent hard work and do not get dismayed by the (un)crackable questions of Irodov or TMH. That will happen and you will have your own cycle of low times but right now...Believe in yourself and Don't prepare kinda.....NEVER. Either you can or you cannot and whatever you think - You are right in that. Don't let the school teachers or fellow students remarks about you determine what you are and what you can do.
So from now on...its not the case 'what's the harm in trying'? Believe me, in IIT you are not going to compete with scores of students who are appearing for the Exam. Chances are, 99% are with the attitude 'What's the harm'. Rest 1% get selected.
Will be delighted to clarify any other doubts you might have but the basic pretext is - Remove the self doubt first. I might not solve the irodov question 'doubts' now as it had been some 10 odd years when I left preparing but I can try to help you discover you already know - You will make it.
posted by Jhaaria - from IIT K 2001 at 4:39 PM
3 Comments:
superb !
sir!
i really respect you.i really do.thanks for all those superbly encouraging words.thank you veeeerrrry much.i am at loss of words right now.in one word ,this was awesome!!!
i'll try my best to shed away whatever doubts i have regarding this and focus more on my determination.can't really promise you right now but well,i am working on it!and i sincerely hope i can ask for help from you whenever required.if only it's not a trouble for you.
thanking you again.
*****.
'i sincerely hope i can ask for help from you whenever required.if only it's not a trouble for you.' - I would'nt have taken half a day to write the blog if I suspected that it can trouble me.
However, it is my sincere belief that you will make it. IIT or not I don't know but if you try then you will make it Big in life.
Let me know any problem you face at anytime.
I would be more than happy if I can make a difference in somebody life :)
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