wish I could but m not a neet aspirant
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Answer:Having been a NEET aspirant, as you look back in hindsight, you often tend to realise, if not regret, the mistakes you made and the things you perhaps could have done better. Having made some of these mistakes myself, and seen so many others make them…I just hope my answer makes you think about these things. I don’t want to offend or criticise anyone, and this is just my opinion…after all, who am I to judge any NEET aspirant, everybody has different circumstances, and you’re under enough pressure anyways…but well, here goes.
Stop being inconsiderate
You don’t go to a coaching institute to prove to your peers and your professors how brilliant you are. Believe me, nobody’s interested.
I had this amazing Physics teacher at Aakash, who would give a formula/trick for every possible situation you could think of. (which was a boon to me, since I found Physics difficult.)
But every time Sir began writing the formula, there would be this one snarky overconfident voice, “Sir formula mat batao, ham derive kar lenge”. Sir, of course was impervious to this, and would write it nevertheless…but that isn’t the point.
If you’re that confident, and have the aptitude to be able to solve a question without a trick, Good for you…it’ll help you in NEET…but there are people who genuinely want to learn, and when you say stuff like this, it hurts them. There’s enough self doubt anyways. You don’t need to make it worse.
And more than that, you might say “ham derive kar lenge” now, when you take 5 minutes to solve a question you’ve seen before using a concept that you’ve JUST learned…but when you’re sitting in that exam hall during NEET, with the clock in front of you ticking, a completely new set of questions, your mind exploding with that unimaginable amount of information, pressed for time, the fear of failure slowly creeping up to give you a panic attack….You might just regret not writing that formula down.
I’m not advocating the use of tricks, or abandoning your conceptual methods if you’re confident and genuinely passionate about a subject…just don’t let it get to your head, and become a platform for your arrogance. It doesn’t help anyone, least of all you.
By the same principle, Stop scrolling down that AIATS list to see the marks/ranks of your batchmates and then telling them, “Tera paper/Physics/chem/Bio toh kaafi bura gaya hai/Tujhe paper mein kya ho gaya?/Tera Physics/Chem/Bio weak hai na wohi/” Again, there’s enough self doubt, people are under enough stress, you don’t know what circumstances the other person has to work through. Stop being a mean viciously hyper-competitive arrogant patronising …. (well, you know what I’m talking about)
Similarly, if you’ve solved a question Sir’s given, don’t blurt out the answer…if you’ve solved it, good for you…but just wait, sit down and keep quiet…maybe re check it, is there a catch in the question that you’ve missed?, if not, move on to the next question. Wait for others to solve it. Sir’s going to discuss it anyway, and you blurting out the answer is terribly discouraging to others who’re trying to solve it.
P.S. the first answer that is shouted out in class is almost always wrong, so yeah…chill if your answer differs from the one shouted out.
The reason I delved so much into this was.
Yeah, I was ranting a little…(okay a lot XD)
You might not realise this now, but these 2–3 years are crucial for your emotional development. Medical college is a whole different ball game, and your attitude, your interpersonal relationships, your communication skills, your humility become as important, if not more, as your academic calibre. The kind of person you choose to become in these two years makes more difference than you think. P.S. your seniors and professors will suck that arrogance right out of you.
2. Stop doubting yourself
Trust yourself. You can do this. Just keep calm, keep working hard. Give those tests, identify your mistakes, see your weak areas, work on them, practice, get better. Learn to move on. Just hang in there, you’ll do great. Just don’t give up. It isn’t over until it’s over.
3. Please stop going through previous year cutoffs/Expected marks vs ranks/last rank to get into XYZ college etc. etc.
So just, close that phone…and keep calm and study, or do a paper. Stop thinking so much. I know it’s easier said than done, but just try..okay? Focus on what you can (and should) do.
4. When you want to ask for help, ASK FOR HELP…don’t BOAST.
This is a problem I face more NOW rather than when I was preparing for NEET. When you genuinely want to ask for advice or help from a senior, we’re here okay, we’re there and more than willing to help you, and we’ll give you some good practical helpful advice okay…but if you’re again, trying to show off how brilliant you are, again, nobody’s interested. I’ll just write down some of the things I’ve been asked.