Preparation for CET-Engineering Entrance Exam

Becoming an engineer is a dream of many science students. This dream can come true only if you are able to successfully crack the engineering entrance exams. In India, every year countless students appear for engineering entrance exams which are conducted for admission to best engineering colleges in India. Despite of knowing that engineering is one of the toughest courses; students try their level best to enter in. Maharashtra alone offers over one lakh engineering seats. But even to get an entry into one among the top engineering institutes in Maharashtra one has to clear and be among the toppers. Some of the important examinations which are held in India for admission to engineering courses are JEE Mains and Advanced, Karnataka CET, BITSAT, VITEEE , Kerala KEAM , COMED-K etc. Passing these exams with flying colors is not an easy task. But hard core preparation and setting up a study schedule can make it easy for the students. Here are some important tips for preparing for engineering entrance exams.

Set a Time Table Study you daily schedule and accordingly make a healthy timetable. Decide which topic to study on what day and in how much duration, according to your potential. Ensure that you don’t study at a stretch because this can lead to saturation. Take 15-20 mins. of break every 2-3 hours. Understand don’t mug up Clear and strong fundamentals are very important in order to understand any concept in engineering. You can mug up formulas but not the concepts and calculations. So better make your fundamentals clear and then study a concept. Despite of several efforts, if you still feel unsure or get stuck up midway, then assume that you need guidance. Learn from the Masters it’s not easy to understand every concept on your own, but if some learned person explains you, you will be able to understand it better and faster. Thus join a good coaching center and get guidance. Apart from this if you have any queries and doubts that will also get clarified.

Practice Practice makes a man perfect! Now this quote stands true for those preparing for engineering entrance exams. You must dig out the sample papers, may be of last few years and practice solving those papers to judge where you stand. Follow the clock Time management is very important part of engineering entrance exams. The paper pattern, duration of the paper and the number of questions to be attempted in the given amount of time is not something you will be able to pick up on the day of the examination. So it is important that you solve papers in the decided time limit.

Mock tests You must try attempting mock tests. This will help you figure out where you stand in terms of speed and preparedness. Not only this, you will also get an experience similar to that of the final entrance exam, check your score and accordingly work hard towards improvising the area you lack in.

Stop Guessing Every guess can’t win you a jack pot and if the wild guess goes wrong you will land up losing your marks. Beware of negative marking. If you’re not sure about some answer but feel that 80% this guess could be right, only then choose that as your answer.

Stay Healthy while you are preparing hard for the D-day don’t neglect your health. Give importance to eating healthy and sleeping sound too. Stay positive. A healthy state of mind and body will help you focus better and learn with ease.

Kaushik Kumar is a dynamic and enthusiastic educationist who loves to spend a lot of the time designing and developing strategic content for various audiences. And when not writing content, he loves to travel to top engineering colleges in India and talk to students regarding their experiences and expectations. He frequently talks about careers in IT, importance of soft skills, team dynamics, motivation and leadership.