“First of all, I didn’t know about the examination well, honestly speaking I don’t have much idea about JEE exam what is its pattern, Difficulty level, management etc. I just heard about the IIT Entrance exam from the talks going around me at that time, I remember it was 2019 just before corona Pandemic when I was asked about my carrier from my parents & family and I just directly said the word IIT, so I stepped into the competitive field of entrance examination in 2021 thinking about a great carrier & of course to support my family (a dream of every middle-class boy). So, I joined a good coaching institute (Allen)in Jaipur initially thinking that “I will get the best teachers and Materials etc.”. This decision was taken by me only, there is not any external force like parents & family etc. that can drive me to take this decision forcefully.

- When I started my online coaching journey, I was 200 precent motivated & after 10 days it started exponentially decreasing coming down to some 10 percent. I started bunking lectures, leaving assignments, exercises because it was very tough for me to do all the stuff online & managing it was not so very easy for me. As the 11th class session proceeded towards the end, I have nothing in my hands, lots of lectures remaining & more than 50 percent of module was left. And getting ill for almost 15 days at the end which is very crucial makes it even more difficult for me to cover backlogs. SO, I decided to take a break from all studies keeping in mind to release pressure from me. Then I started learning things from my-self directly from modules of coaching which is the biggest mistake ever I have done in whole journey. I created some notes by reading a bit of theory like titration from chemistry & waves from physics which is quite difficult to understand. I never get relied on the coaching materials because they were only made for toppers not for an average Genius student who keeps fighting to score some rank in mock tests. My advice is that you should prepare your notes well enough from your understanding of lectures and from questions you have solved from modules or any PYQ book that you referred. Primarily I used a combination of both books of good authors (E.g. Clayden for theory) and modules for practicing some very-good problems which worked for me. You should find yourself that what combination is good for you with must prepared notes from classes. Even though I am giving you advice to write notes. I myself haven’t prepared proper notes at all due to the harsh situation I was facing at that time & even unable to manage the time for everything. But at the end, when your examination comes nearby you need your notes in your hands to get prepared for final exams. I usually not able to distribute time between subjects during my preparation because I was weak in all subjects initially. I was not able to understand concepts from live lectures. At that time, I was not aware about the YouTube which is the biggest resource which I have used in my whole preparation which leads to the success finally.

So, when I entered class 12th , a burden of clearing JEE along with good percentage in board examination comes in. Family expectations was on its peak, because I was a bright hard-working student in school who always want good grades. Again, I was in the same coaching but with having more burden than before due to backlogs in all three subjects in 11th . Again, all situations were against me, having more & more worse situations as the time Passes by. Since it was again corona period our board exams are going to held in two parts so for scoring good in board, I keep a hold on my Jee preparation to just score well in exams so due to this I get Deviated from JEE preparation and get busy in attending practicals and pre-board exams at the end.

I remember the pattern of my preparation usually I watch lectures online, prepared notes roughly & sometimes I was lazy enough to prepare notes and thought that “Kya he Yaar Dekho Bhi sahi, likho Bhi sahi, chodo baad me bna luga ya, Kisi se le luga” but that kind of attitude always brings backlog in your studies. Chemistry was a type of subject that I don’t like enough in all three, math was tough for me I was almost got failed in math pre-board exam but I knew, I love math so in spite of that I scored 99/100 marks in final board exam. Physics was initially tough for me but at the end I stared loving it, the bond that physics had with nature and its phenomena’s hits my curious brain harder to do it more. In between that all stuff there was a time when I was struggling with the subjects so I decided to join a local coaching near my home so that I can understand all the things specially chemistry. The instructor of chemistry was highly qualified and he taught me by heart. He always relates a boring subject like chemistry with fundamentals of nature so I imagined all the things he taught to me and by the time I mastered chemistry, which helped me to score a good percentile so I can say that chemistry is a must do subject in syllabus of JEE. I enjoyed that time since I made few friends over there so joining there was my best decision. Painful part of the story is that you will always get hurdles in every inch of your journey, and if u think that only you are suffering in preparation, is a worst myth you can ever think off. If you are ill then many others are also ill, if you cannot solve the PYQ’s then there are many others who are unable to solve it too. There is one tip that will make the race super easy but I will give it in the last so that you can understand it by reading the other half of the story. So doing all this Hussle gets me a good score of 94 percent in board examination’s but sadly not even able to score 80 percentile in my first attempt of JEE Main so I worked hard , thinking about not to give up every second leads me to score more than previous one (87 percentile) but still not enough to get a good rank .I cried Infront of my father who always supported me in worst times, without caring about result and decided to give one more shot for this exam.

-In my drop year, I decided to go outside of my comfort zone & took admission into coaching again in Jaipur & started living in hostel, nearby my coaching. This was the first time I lived without my parents, and due to that I got nervous after few days and started crying, when my family did a video call as usual. But after that day I become stronger exponentially as I learned & gained experience outside of my comfort zone. But after 3 months of joining in coaching, I heard about the notification for Jee mains examination which is going to happen 3 months earlier than expected so it was just like a tremor, I consulted some people for the scenario & after that I took the decision to leave coaching and do some self-study in my home because I think it will support me emotionally in my roughest phase. I also took the decision to focus only on Jee main because due to lack of time and pressure of clearing Mains exam. I only solved PYQ’s and despite of that I was not able to complete full syllabus in all three subjects. One of the mistakes that people do is they think that completing whole syllabus leads them to clear exam but it is partially true. I almost leaved 8-9 chapters which includes (waves, ray optics, permutations & combinations like important chapters etc.), still the thing worked from me is to give attention to only those chapters which I have completed & making them perfect by practicing questions. But I have covered the basics of some chapters that I leaved because there could be a possibility that a formula-based question comes from that.

Now it is time to discuss the most important resource of my whole JEE preparation i.e. YouTube. it is the best resource that any JEE / NEET aspirant can have in their preparation journey. At my initial days of preparation, I was unaware about YouTube but in coaching I was unable to understand many chapters in subjects so when I tried it on YouTube it was one of the easiest for me. The best online teachers that you can find on this planet is on YouTube and for free. Some of the channels that I followed was vedantu, mathon go, physics wallah, Pankaj sir chemistry & some small channels too. There is a saying that “It is better to have something then to have nothing”. So, I practiced them but as I have said that there are hurdles in every inch, sadly I became ill after spending few days in my home. I suffered from minor & major asthmatic attacks which continues for one month and finally I got recovered just before exactly one week from my shift which is the toughest shift of April attempt (12th April 2023 shift-1).

-I haven’t opened the book in that month even I was unable to remember some formulas. Here again YouTube helps me to revise in an organized way by doing one shots of some topics and I have also prepared short notes at last to remember things easily specially it helps in chemistry subject.so after giving exam I started waiting for result but after checking answer sheets I was a bit disappointed so I thought that I will get less than my first attempt (95 percentile) But when the result came next day early in the morning when my sister told me the result, I was that much shocked That my face was not having a single expression. I scored more than 97 percentile. My mother was quite emotional when she came to know and I knew that my hard work, dedication, attitude let me towards success.

The major motivation that let me to clear exam is “I Will never give up; whatever the situation is I will fight till the end not taking care about the win or loss because it’s always a win when you give your 201 percent”. When I was in exam hall, the most important thing I came to know is to stay calm mentally, since JEE is not all about knowledge but it is about your mental stability, composure, will power. .