Something one of my teachers said.. you need more of smart studying than just lot of studying. It’s important to first chart out what and all you need to cover and den set on it as it is very difficult to cover everything. This we realize usually too late.

Quite often. But it’s very important to come back and get on top of your own doubts to succeed.

8-10 months of consistent serious preparation is important. It takes longer if one can’t maintain the consistency.

For the may exams I started preparing in dec as I had not done as well as I had wanted to in the November exams (owing to lack of consistency I mentioned above).

Yes. Too often. But over period of time as we solve more and more questions things become more familiar and easier to remember. For other too volatile things I had a separate must revise notes’ book which I used to revise often especially before exams.

My daily time table was based on the subject I had to finish that week. It also had to accommodate the regular weekend classes that I used to attend. I used to set daily targets n strive to finish those. It is often very difficult to stick to the time table but it organises things for us n without it we would feel very messy in the head.

That we need to analyses our own abilities before we set on this. Some people take lesser time to study the same things compared to others. Some people more. So to honestly understand these aspects and make sure we plan accordingly so that we cover the most important topics first and then the rest as much can be accommodated.  Apart from the studying the most important thing is to keep oneself motivated as very often we lose heart as it is a long duration if time.

Special mentions Rebecca ma’am ‘s biochem book.

I mostly gave more attention to notes that I had made during classes as they had the most updated information.. especially for pharmac and medicine For pgi I studied chaudhary

Get enough sleep the day before and reach the Centre on time as you don’t need extra tension that day.

Previous day I had a couple of books worth of revision material prepared during my regular studying time so I just went through those

Started from the first and went to the end. Kept extra 1/2-3/4 hour at the end and did the difficult questions and numerical at the end.

Yes. I think it would be very abnormal for anyone to not feel depressed atleast in few occasions during the entire time.  But the trick is to limit the duration. To keep motivating yourself. I had good family and friends support to help me out. It helps to talk to other seniors who have already gone through it. In the end it has to come from inside ourselves as in the end it’s just an exam and we just need to give a good enough try.