My daughter is struggling with exam anxiety - How can she improve her scores for JEE?

Ans: Here you Go: (1) Whenever you study at home, study for 45-minutes. Then take a break of 10-minutes when you can move away from your study table, walk, have some water & relax. If you continue studying beyond 45-minutes, your concentration power will go down, resulting to low output. Most students commit this mistake. (2) On daily basis (morning or evening whichever will be convenient to you), do yoga or meditation or physical exercises or play any games / sports for at least 30-45 minutes. This will further reduce your stress / distractions. (3) Study tough topics / tough subjects (applicable to you) early morning with your fresh mind. (4) Eat a lot of green vegetables / fruits which you can afford for & Avoid soft drinks (5) Every day night, before going to bed, revise whatever you have studied during the day. (6) Also, revise every week whatever you have covered till date (here your short-notes which you should prepare will be helpful). (7) Keep practising questions on topics which you have covered either offline or online (8) Give utmost importance to wrongly answered / difficult / complicated / tough questions and have a separate note-book specially for this for each subject (PCM) (8) You might be aware that JEE rank is allotted on the basis of highest score in Maths, followed by Physics & Chemistry. Practice more and more in Maths, till you reach Speed & Accuracy (9) By the end of 9th/10th/11th/12th standard (December-January), attempt fully syllabus online test series, evaluate and analyse your performance such as, (a) which topic / unit / concept you are weak which needs your revision and improvement as this will disturb you when you appear in actual JEE exam (b) abnormal time taken to attempt any question which you can come to know from Online Test Series which you should reduce (c) which questions you skipped and why? (10) Please AVOID studying under pressure that you should get admission only into IITs/ NITs. Never advisable. Any one can be successful, even if he / she studies in NON-IIT / NON-NIT Colleges also. (11) Have Plan B & Plan C for other Colleges Entrance Exams / Disciplines-Streams. (11) Avoid comparing yourself with other students. (12) Also, it is highly ideal to appear in / attempt minimum 5-Entrance Exams (for both Govt & Private Engineering Colleges). You will have a lot of options (easiest method) to choose the best and most suitable one, keeping in view a lot of factors such as, College | Location | Your Interest | Stream Preference | Placement Records | College Culture | Your Short & Long Term Goals | Pressure You Can Go Through | Your AIR & Job Market Condition when you apply for your BTech & Even after. I hope I have answered to your question with value additions. All the BEST for Your Bright Future.

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Ans: Go for BHU Computer Science. BHU is a prestigious university with a strong focus on academic excellence. A BSc Honors in Computer Science will provide a specialized and deep understanding of the subject. I will not recommend taking drop of another year. After studying BSc she can join top engineering colleges in second year by lateral entry program.

Ans: Ishita Madam, prefer BSC (Hons) in Computer Science with BHU which is one of the top 5 Universities out of 100 in India, as per the NIRF Ranking of 2024 released just 10-days back. All the BEST for Your Daughter's Bright Future.

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Ans: Hello dear.
I want to suggest that, don't think of other options at this stage and create unnecessary panic. Let her appear for the upcoming JEE examination for 1st and 2nd attempts respectively. Because you have ample time to think about other options even after the examination is over. Your daughter will tell you about her expected score. Only asked her daughter to focus more on the JEE examination and try to score as much as possible. Even if scores well, she has a bright chance of getting admission to one of the prestigious NITs. Please contact us again when the JEE result will be out with the score. At that time, I can recommend to you what steps should be taken. But along with JEE, ask your daughter to appear for state-level engineering examinations and if possible VIT and BITS examinations. She will get into a good college even if she excels in one of the examinations i.e.. JEE, VIT, BITs, and State Level Entrance examination. Best of luck for her upcoming bright future.

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