Students’ Speak: How to obtain high GATE percentile in one-month preparation?

By: Abdullah Salman

Practice and practice until you succeed. One can just get better with practice. The mock papers could help you after the previous question paper practise. 

For students preparing for GATE in the last month, there is a need for a focused preparation strategy. To begin with, General Aptitude and Mathematics are the two most crucial and scoring sections in the exam carrying 30 marks out of the 100 marks of the GATE paper. This section is far easier in the whole syllabus of GATE paper in comparison to reasoning and logical aptitude. Check the latest question paper and work on it and go for thorough analysis.

Make a timetable

An important part is making a timetable for how to prepare for GATE in one month. This timetable will let you know where you stand in your journey of GATE preparation. So always start with a timetable as per your need and requirement and do it on your own. Keep track of your timetable weekly as where you are currently going. As this tool will help you to know where you are wasting time and when you could give your best.

SWOT Analysis

This will help you in knowing your strengths and weaknesses. You could strategise your preparation and topics accordingly and do not completely neglect the topics in which you are weak. Sometimes there is a chance that you may get easy questions too in the exam.

Last-month GATE Preparation Tips

Well, how to prepare for GATE strategy is no different from all-important exams. The methodology basically remains the same. Its execution differs, that’s all. Get clarity of concepts on all the topics. GATE is reportedly analytical in nature. This is the sure-shot strategy required for GATE.

Hand notes: Always make notes whenever you are studying concepts or formulae. You will feel lucky for your last-minute notes as this will work like wonders.

Speed and accuracy: These are key in the exam. So keep an eye on numerical questions first. A change in single-digit could result in losing huge marks. You just need to be good at calculations and be cautious.

GATE sample papers: Practice and practice until you succeed. One can just get better with practice. The mock papers could help you after the previous question paper practise. This will help you with improvement as you will know where you are committing silly mistakes. Analyse your mocks judicially and practise as much you can.

Health is more important in this Journey so take at least seven hours of sleep and during three hours of continuous preparation take a power nap of at least 15-20 minutes.

About the Author:

Abdullah Salman M. is currently pursuing an MBA in General Management from TSM, Madurai. He has 15 months of work experience as a Network Engineer. He hails from Vellore, Tamil Nadu and has previously completed BE (ECE), from Anna University, Chennai.