Hello, this is Shreyas jain, GATE2020 AIR 166.
Backstory- After 10th standard , I went to kota with a dream of getting into IIT(obviously) . Then in 2nd year of kota when everything was going quite good then in the month of September ,dengue came and took away 2 months of my life leaving behind lots of syllabus to complete.In 12th standard i managed to get 89.2% in state boards and 149 marks in JEE mains and 90 marks in advance.My mains rank was around 28k and I got into JIIT noida (CSE) because i couldn’t convince myself to take a drop for a year (Fear of failure).
JIIT has a great coding culture therefore from second year onwards i was into competitive coding and was doing good(not great) then in 3rd year ,it took me almost a month to convince myself to start preparing for gate because the fear was still there and i knew that i could get a 8-10lpa job without major difficulties. So i joined ME(delhi) weekend batch and started my prep in the month of January 2019. For the semester exams, like most of us, i only studied just to pass the exams with respectable marks,so i knew i had go through each concepts and subject thoroughly. while studying i figured out that coaching notes were not enough so i started going through textbooks for some specific topics and while solving previous year book i somehow came across gateoverflow and i was surprised by the quality of discussions on each question.My strategy was simple, i learnt almost every concept taught in class, then solved their workbook and then solve previous year along with GO. I utilised my summer vacations to the fullest. I don’t know how many times i have revised each subject and this habit of revising everything helped me alot in the month of Dec and Jan . Each of friend got placed in the bracket of 8-32lpa , obviously i was happy for them but at the same time was getting nervous , so by the end of September i was very serious with my preparation . After diwali , when my prep was on a full swing, I suffered from Pilonidal Sinus, which is not very common among people. Now,I was very tensed because things were following the similar path to what happened during my JEE prep. After 2-3 week of regular visits to surgeon,i finally decided to get myself operated as soon as possible so that i can continue my prep afterwards. I was discharged from hospital on 29th of November but was still not allowed to unnecessarily sit for next 15 days bcoz of stitches at the lower back. After disturbing my prep for almost 45days, that too at the peak time of everyone’s prep, I planned to first complete DBMS by the December last week , which was the only subject that was left. Then in the month of january i pushed myself more and more. I used to give 2 full length on alternate days and revised and solved previous year book twice in the span of 35 days. Finally exam day came, i was satisfied with my prep and finally I’am happy with my result.
Some Suggestions:
1. Gate prep is 40% concepts and 60% revision and practice, just be consistent with your preparation.
- Self-study teaches you more.
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Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. – Benjamin franklin . If i had not had solved or revised everything beforehand then after wasting so many days i could have been in some serious trouble.
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The law of attraction is always working,regardless of whether or not we are aware of it,so stay positive.
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Life is unpredictable so prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
ALL THE BEST TO THE FUTURE ASPIRANTS!!
