New Delhi:
In ten days from now, approximately 2.5 lakh students in Delhi will take the entrance exam for Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).
Although the exam lasts for six hours, it is the ultimate test of an entire year spent for the students devoted to a Mission that often seems impossible.
That is partly because the IIT and other rigorous entrance exams are held just days after Class 12 exams finish. Students have little time to recover from their Boards before getting into top gear for the most competitive test in India. The gap between boards and IIT entrance is of 20 days.
IIT aspirant Rahul Ghai's class 12 board exams are behind him but his days are still devoted to books. He leaves his house at 9 am everyday for an eight-hour tuition. It is all part of Mission IIT.
The mission is costing his parents Rs 50,000 in coaching classes alone. But there's a different cost too.
",I have been coming here since class eleven. School would end at 1 pm and I would be here by 3 pm. The toughest is to manage school science syllabus and IIT at the same time,", says Rahul.
Like Rahul, thousands of students have to juggle studying for the boards with the IIT entrance exam, which is followed by a series of other engineering exams for regional colleges.
Each exam requires different strategies.
Pramod Rana is the programme director of Brilliant Tutorials, a coaching institute that manages to send about 700 students to the IITs every year. He says the last few days are about time management.
",Do you sample papers, manage time, read the entire paper completely and assess the easy questions to attempt them first,", says Rana as tips for the aspirants.
Rohit and Rahul both got into IIT Delhi in 2007. Even they have some tips for those who are striving to get a place there.
",IIT is not about attempting 100 per cent, but about attempting what you know. Focus on your strengths, as that is what I did. I didn't start anything new or try new tricks in the final days,", suggests Rahul.
For about 2.5 lakh aspirants, all eyes are on the IIT JEE, the gateway to the mecca of engineering. Even after that there is no putting the pens down, as the AIEE, DCE, BITS Pilani are slated to follow the JEE. It is going to be one long month for science students.
Although the exam lasts for six hours, it is the ultimate test of an entire year spent for the students devoted to a Mission that often seems impossible.
That is partly because the IIT and other rigorous entrance exams are held just days after Class 12 exams finish. Students have little time to recover from their Boards before getting into top gear for the most competitive test in India. The gap between boards and IIT entrance is of 20 days.
IIT aspirant Rahul Ghai's class 12 board exams are behind him but his days are still devoted to books. He leaves his house at 9 am everyday for an eight-hour tuition. It is all part of Mission IIT.
The mission is costing his parents Rs 50,000 in coaching classes alone. But there's a different cost too.
",I have been coming here since class eleven. School would end at 1 pm and I would be here by 3 pm. The toughest is to manage school science syllabus and IIT at the same time,", says Rahul.
Like Rahul, thousands of students have to juggle studying for the boards with the IIT entrance exam, which is followed by a series of other engineering exams for regional colleges.
Each exam requires different strategies.
Pramod Rana is the programme director of Brilliant Tutorials, a coaching institute that manages to send about 700 students to the IITs every year. He says the last few days are about time management.
",Do you sample papers, manage time, read the entire paper completely and assess the easy questions to attempt them first,", says Rana as tips for the aspirants.
Rohit and Rahul both got into IIT Delhi in 2007. Even they have some tips for those who are striving to get a place there.
",IIT is not about attempting 100 per cent, but about attempting what you know. Focus on your strengths, as that is what I did. I didn't start anything new or try new tricks in the final days,", suggests Rahul.
For about 2.5 lakh aspirants, all eyes are on the IIT JEE, the gateway to the mecca of engineering. Even after that there is no putting the pens down, as the AIEE, DCE, BITS Pilani are slated to follow the JEE. It is going to be one long month for science students.
