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How many hours we should spent for neet preparation in addition to state board preparation?


Sonika 24th Oct, 2017
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Basit Lone 24th Feb, 2018

Which book I have to recommend

 

Dr.Debtanu Banerjee 26th Oct, 2017
I think the preparation is pretty much the same..its the same textual matter..
Ya maybe the contextual way of asking wuestions and pattern may be different..
So i would say 4-6 hours a day of study should do..
And try solving papers of both exams.. timed mock exam helps a lot...
Aakash ..allen kota,etc help a lot in that regard of exam practice..
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Gunjan Singhal 26th Oct, 2017
I'm assuming here that your state boards are NCERT based. This is what I've seen and done -  we gave all our quality time in neet preparation when we still had a while before the boards.

From quality time I mean the period in which the brain is fully active. You pick up things in 5 mins instead of struggling with them for over an hour. So the amount of it depends on your capacity and your goal. I'd say go for the topics you have to cover instead of the time you have to study.

For state boards, you will just have to assemble all the knowledge from your neet preparation. Which you can start doing a month prior to the papers or even later. But don't gush over the boards too much. If you have your concepts clear, writing them down won't take much of an effort.
Neha Sharma 26th Oct, 2017
U should devote maximum of ur time to NEET preparation because board marks won't be of any value once u get into a medical college .
U can study for ur board exam in the end maybe last 2 months .2 months are more than enough for board .
Focus on ur neet preparation .
Plus if u are studying regularly u won't have any difficulty in school exams and board as well and u should never forget that ur main aim is to crack NEET
Nikita Chauhan 25th Oct, 2017
Maintaining a balance can get difficult sometimes. And your question has also baffled many aspirants not only in the past, but also continues to confuse students at present.
The key is to prioritize, as they say that, our five fingers are not equal, so is the analogy of management of your preparation for your boards and entrance.
I personally believe in "FIRST THINGS FIRST" kind of approach. You know your board exams are coming up. And if not all the time, then at least a few significant hours of preparation is absolutely mandatory. You can consider giving sometime to your concepts by sharpening your problem solving ability (so that you do not go off track as you prepare for your School level examination). Nonetheless, your immediate priority should be the event up ahead. Whatever comes first, should be given the necessary attention first. This should help you think Clearly.
As such, there is no specificity when it comes to the "NUMBER OF HOURS YOU SHOULD BE SPENDING FOR PREPARING FOR YOUR ENTRANCE EXAMS".
Remember, at the end of the day, the quality of your results will decide if you've made it to a medical college or not. So FOCUS ON THE QUALITY OF YOUR EFFORTS INSTEAD OF THE NUMBER OF HOURS YOU'VE PUT INTO IT (QUANTITY I mean to say).
Aditi Upadhye 25th Oct, 2017
Very easily you can incorporate state boards preparation with that of NEET. So no extra hours needed. What you can do is read the topic from state board textbook, read the same from NCERT, This way you automatically get two readings of the same topic, cementing your concept, Solve the questions behind each chapter of the textbook so your theory answers are prepared, Now as you have read the text thoroughly, you can solve MCQs from that topic from a NEET MCQ book. This is a very handy method and helped me score 85+ percent without any extra efforts.
Arika Sangeeta DSouza 25th Oct, 2017
Every student has different methods of studying, different timings for peak concentration and grasping concepts. I can't give you the exact number of hours because what I think may work and what may actually work might end up being two completely different things. The main difference between State Board and NCERT textbooks is that NCERT has just a little bit more in terms of concepts. So first, you can cover the State Board portion and then do NCERT prescribed textbooks for NEET, that way you cover the basics twice, thus strengthening it for NEET questions Check out this link for a few tips: https://www.careers360.com/question-im-in-12th-i-want-to-score-in-neet-but-i-havent-proper-knowledge-and-books-too-what-should-i-dohow-can-i-get-neet-related-pre-yr-paper?icn=question-title-details&ici=topic-detail-page Hope this answers your question!
Sachin 25th Oct, 2017
U don't need any extra effort just focus on the state board syllabus and in addition to that u should also focus on 11th syllabus. Read the syllabus thouroughly .
Dr Parmanand Agarwal 25th Oct, 2017
Hi Sonika, Study hours is a very relative term...it may be you can remember something in 2 hrs what somebody else will tke 4 hrs.....So it vary person to person...More important to complete your syllabus and revise it...iYou are aspiring for MBBS seat through NEET entrance...But u didn't mention in which standard you are in 11/12/ passed 12 ..Secondly, you will writing NEET and AIIMS in 2018 ? or 2019 ?....Passing in state board in important and a prerequisite for giving these entrance exams....if i have to tell the time you have for state board exam and NEET preparation ...I would say 20 % for State board and 80 % for NEET....with NEET preparation also you will cover most of course of state board like of Physics, Chemistry & Biology...Hopefully you got the point...If you need any other help..Let us know...Best of luck
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29th Oct, 2017
I'm in class 12 and writing neet exam in 2018
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Anurag Kumar 24th Oct, 2017

In my opinion, NEET preparation should be your priority over board exams preparation. If you get above 60% marks, you are eligible for MBBS in any college if you crack AIIMS. Even if you get 95% marks, there is NO advantage.
During my 11th and 12th, I used to prepare for AIPMT only. I gave only two months for board exams (January and February 2014) and managed to get 96.8% marks. I eventually cracked AIIMS and AIPMT with double digit ranks too.
Spend most of your time preparing for NEET. Boards and NEET are not mutually exclusive, the subjects and topics are same. You just need good writing skills for boards which you can practice in last two months.
Best of luck for preparation.

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