JEE Advanced 2020 : 3 week study Plan to scale
up your preparation for JEE Advanced
Warren Buffet once asked Bill Gates if you
have to recruit students from one University
in the world which one would be that, Bill
Gates replied immediately it would be IIT.
Narayana Murthy said he wanted his son to
do Btech from IIT but he had to send him to
Cornell because he could not clear JEE.
So high is the reputation and prestige of
becoming an IITian.
So I would like to congratulate all students
who have cleared JEE Mains.
Before we gets into the main article let me
break the myth that JEE advanced is very difficult
contrary to that we believe that Questions
in JEE Advanced are not difficult but they
are just different and what they require is
a different approach and different mindset.
What is important to solve these questions
is how do you approach and attack them.
Given below are tips you should keep in mind
so as to prepare for Advanced.
Study schedule:
• First 15 days focus on revision and quality
practice.
It is advised that you should study at least
12 hours every day.
• In the next 5 days give 5 mock test followed
by analysis and revision.
Study around 9-10 hours every day.
• The last 2 days are cool down days where
you focus on relaxing your body little bit
and last minute revision.
Study 6-8 hours every day.
Sleep at least 7-8 hours in the last 2 days.
Revision:
• During revision focus strengthening weak
areas and also on deep thinking and conceptual
clarity
• Study the trend of the exam
• Do not try to study new chapter.
It is difficult to go deep in any new area
in 15 days time.
Quality is more important than Quantity
• Doing 1000 Quality questions in one subject
is more important than solving 10000 questions
which have not been carefully selected.
• Do not get trapped in hi fi questions
or irrelevant questions.
• Many times i have seen coaching’s giving
questions which are beyond the scope of JEE
• Remember it is not about running fact
but it is about running in the right direction.
Sharpening your Problem solving skills:
• While you are mastering fundamentals you
might face questions which take you hours
and still you may not be able to find the
solution.
It is OK and don’t think that your time
is getting waste.
All this time will help in sharpening your
problem solving skills.
In JEE you have questions which involve multiple
concepts and it these problems what is important
how you approach/attack a problem and this
skill develops with time.
So always remember the key to master the fundamentals
is continuous interplay between theory and
problem solving.
• Try to correlate the learning’s of your
subjects with the day to day life practical
examples or in other words correlate your
classroom learning with real life learning.
This will help you in understanding the fundamentals
better.
Whenever you study/learn a concept, try to
go deep into the concept and try to understand
the correlation of the concept with other
concepts of the same subject for example the
relation between a heat and light concept.
• Theory should lead to questions which
would lead to answers which would in turn
lead to more questions.
All subjects are equally important
• Analysis shows that in IIT-JEE and other
Engineering Entrance Examinations generally
many students could not be successful only
because of their poor marks in Chemistry in
spite of their very good performance in Physics
and Maths.
Even the successful students could get lower
rank in the merit list only because of poor
marks in Chemistry.
According to a survey, even intelligent students
devote approx.
80% of their total time to Physics and Maths
and only 20% to Chemistry.
The above analysis is not given with the objective
to divert the students from Physics or Maths
but to tell them to have a balanced study
and utilize the same time to secure more marks
and better rank.
• Also remember that most of the examinations
minimum qualifying marks are there for each
subject so irrespective of what is your total
score you have to get minimum marks in all
the subjects to qualify.
So never overdo any one subject at the cost
of other
• Also just imagine a scenario that the
paper of your favourite subject in which you
have spend maximum time comes very difficult
and so everybody scores less whereas the paper
in which you have not given sufficient time
comes easy or average.
In such scenario students who have focused
equally on all subjects will have an advantage.
Previous year papers:
• Attempt at least last 10 years papers
of JEE Advanced
• It is advised that previous year papers
till 2017 can be attempted chapter wise while
revising
• Previous year papers of 2018 and 2019
should be given in the form of test exactly
simulating exam like condition.
Mock test
• Attempt at least 5-6 Mock test followed
by deep post test analysis.
Post test analysis should highlight weak areas
for revision and also help in finalizing the
exam taking strategy.
• Study at least 9 hours each day.
In slots of 3 hours each.
Schedule your daily schedule according to
the actual examination.
In the first 2 slots you can appear in the
mock test whereas the third slot can be used
for post test analysis/revision.
Test taking strategy
• Decide the sequence in which you want
to attempt the papers.
Also decide the time for each section.
• JEE Advanced is a low scoring exam (50%
marks can get you a good rank) so the focus
in not on speed but on strike rate and selection.
• It is advised that you should first attempt
questions with one correct option
Remember the time has come to Give your 100%
and achieve your Goals
Also keep in mind that success in any competitive
exam is sum of Knowledge (you have acquired
in last 10 months) + Strategy (how do you
attempt a paper, combination of speed and
strike rate and other aspects) + strong mental
attitude to give your best.
Let me explain this with the help of cricket:
Even if you 
have a technically strong team, you need strategy(batting
or balling first, who opens batting/balling,
field placement, balling change) for every
game and a mentally strong players who can
score 20+ runs in the last over.
Even the greatest players like Virat need
strategy & strong mental attitude for every
game).
