Time to handle the constraints 💫

Chapter for when 

the clock is ticking in head...

Hiya GrATE Aspirants!

Sorry for being so quiet on the blog front previously. This post was supposed to have been up already before most of you got worried during the revisions but other priorities overtook the list. Today though, let's go to the elephant in the room and talk about strategies to face problems during revisions.

A preparation without revision is no real preparation, just as a home without love is no real home.

The biggest difficulty you face during this phase is- 'How to remember the subjects you've already completed while covering the new subjects? ' At this point, I at times used to feel really demotivated but the best thing was more the number of times you'll face this situation believe that the nearer you're to your goal.

But to deal with it here's the solution you need to know- 'Test Series.'

My Scenario- I had continued with my preparation+revision from December after a 7 weeks break due to college exams. So I only had two months for the revision. It was then I felt difficult to remember subjects i had assumed then that i had already finished but when i started with new subjects i couldn't recall various topics from previous subjects. So, I started with online tests series. 

Initially i gave tests of subjects which i had completed previously and continued with preparation of new subjects. Here, most important thing I did was to give time to the reviewing of test and then revising the subtopics that I forgot, vaguely or wrongly remembered while taking test. After covering considerable number of subjects i started taking full length tests (one in each day). Again, most important thing here I did was to take test in a similar kind of environment (complete silence, no disturbance, study material far from reach, restricted number of pages for rough work) AND took these tests at the same time as my final exam was scheduled for. This helped me set my body clock to work according to that time, and it was the best thing since i used to be a night person and my exam was in morning so this made my brain work faster during that time. Also, the full length exams help you work on your time management. 

Another thing to follow, i tried two three timing strategies initially on full length test series and then restricted ONLY to one i choose from those. Like, I attempted aptitude first as mind is fresh in the starting then i used to jump on 2 marks technical questions and lastly 1 mark technical questions. Also, test used to take 3 hours and then a rigorous review of the test took around 2-3 hours along with turning pages of notes to refresh the topics.

The solution was, therefore, revising subtopics by turning pages of notes after taking a test. This strategy helped me revise multiple subjects simultaneously instead of revising complete subjects again and again and also to keep up with the new subjects.

PS. You can take help from my strategy but try to follow what suits you best. 
However, this was just the first step in the staircase. Step further and switch to the next post here. Keep reading 😊