When should I begin my JEE preparation?

When should I begin my JEE preparation?

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Updated on Jan 21, 2025 15:17 IST

By Aman Goel

JEE preparation is one of the most crucial phases of one’s engineering career. JEE is the exam that opens the gates to the prestigious IITs, NITs, and several other institutes, for serious JEE aspirants. If you want to pursue engineering, acing JEE is what you should aim for.

Nowadays, due to the increase in the usage of the internet, the awareness about JEE has increased a lot among the students and their parents. Many questions are flooding the people’s minds and Quora as well, some of which include -- “When should JEE preparation be started?”, “Are two years sufficient for JEE?”, “When should I enroll my child in the JEE coaching?”. Some parents go to extremes like -- “My child is in class 2. Is it too late to start JEE preparation?”. Seriously?

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Studying the concepts proposed in the JEE curriculum and solving questions so as to become proficient in a topic is not the biggest challenge. The biggest challenge is devoting your entire JEE preparation phase to self-improvement and staying focused throughout. There are many sacrifices that you need to make during this phase; the biggest one being sacrificing your social life. You need to cut down the time you spend with your friends. You need to stop attending the majority of the family functions. You need to reduce the number of movies that you watch. All in all, you need to stop doing anything and everything that does not align with your goal -- cracking the JEE!

Q:   What is JEE Mains 2025 exam date session 2?

A:

NTA has announced the JEE Main 2025 exam date session 2. JEE Main 2025 session 2 will be held from April 1 to 8, 2025. NTA has started the JEE Main 2025 session 2 registration. JEE Main Application form 2025 session 2 is available on the website jeemain.nta.nic.in. The session 1 exam was conducted on January 22, 23, 24 28 and 29, 2025 for Paper 1. For Paper 2, the exam date was January 30, 2025. 

Q:   What is JEE Advanced 2025 exam date?

A:

The JEE Advanced 2025 exam will be held ion May 18. JEE Advanced 2025 will be conducted by IIT Kanpur. JEE Main 2025 qualified candidates who achieve rank among the top 2.5 lakh candidates could apply for JEE Advanced exam. Candidates can appear in JEE Advanced two consecutive times. JEE Advanced 2025 will be held in CBT mode and there will be 2 papers. Each paper will have 3 sections: Physics, Chemistry and Maths. Candidates had to attempt both papers 1 and 2 to be eligible for admission to the IITs.

Q:   Is watch allowed in JEE Advanced exam centre?

A:

No. A watch timer of 3 hours will be available on the computer screen of all the candidates to monitor thir exam timing. A candidate cannot carry or wear a atch inside the exam hall. Also, candidates cannot carry mobile phones, Bluetooth devices, earphones,  microphones, pagers, health bands or any other electronic gadgets, any printed/blank/hand written paper, log tables, writing pads, scales, eraser,  geometry/pencil-boxes, pouches, calculators, pen drives, electronic pens/Scanner, wallets, handbags, camera, goggles or similar such items.

If a student is hard working, focused, and is ready to make these sacrifices, half the battle is already won! Here, let’s discuss about the right time to start JEE preparation.

Typically speaking, 2 years (Class 11 and 12) are enough to prepare for JEE, if the preparation is done very seriously. However, many students start JEE preparation from as early as Class 8. Also, some students prepare for JEE only for 1 year. Let’s discuss about each case.

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Preparing for JEE for 2 years (only class 11 and 12)

The JEE syllabus typically consists of all that is taught in class 11 and 12. Hence, if the preparation is done very seriously, 2 years are enough for JEE preparation. However, it is not just the 2 years that matter here, it is also the strong foundation of concepts formed in the earlier classes -- Class 1 to 10. Hence, if a student has a strong understanding of concepts taught in class 1 to 10, and also has a good problem-solving aptitude, 2 years of JEE preparation would be enough to crack JEE.

But, if a student has not joined coaching before Class 11, he/she should practice solving mental ability questions so that his/her problem-solving aptitude is developed.

Preparing for JEE for more than 2 years (From before Class 11)

Q:   In how many cities will JEE Advanced exam be held?

A:

JEE Advanced 2025 will be held in 222 cities in India and 2 foreign centres.

Q:   How was JEE Main 22 January 2025 shift 1 exam?

A:

The subject-wise difficulty level of JEE Main January 22 shift 1 exam has been released. Candidates can check here the JEE Main 22 January shift 1 paper difficulty level based on subject expert analysis.

Mathematics: Students found the Mathematics section challenging, and it took them longer than expected to complete.

Physics: Many students informed that Physics section was easy.

Chemistry: The Chemistry section had the highest proportion of questions from Organic and Physical Chemistry.

Q:   Which subject was the toughest in JEE Mains 22 January 2025 shift 1 exam?

A:

The subject-wise difficulty level for JEE Mains January 22 shift 1 paper is available here by various coaching institutes based on feedback from students who appear in the exam.

As per students, Mathematics was toughest among all three subjects. Physics was easy to moderate while Chemistry was easy.

Q:   Is JEE Advanced 2025 going to be tough?

A:

The difficulty level of JEE Advanced will completely depend on the preparation of the candidates for the exam. JEE Advanced is known to be difficult. Last year, JEE Advanced witnessed a total number of 1,80,200 candidates appearing in both papers 1 and 2. In the exam, 48,248 candidates have been qualified. This data shows that the exam is a tough nut to crack. Therefore, the preparation should be strong. Aspirants should practice daily, take mocktests, revise all concepts and leave no topics from the JEE Advanced syllabus.

Q:   What is the GATE closing time of the JEE Advanced exam centre?

A:

The main entrance of the JEE Advanced examination centre will be closed at 9 am for Paper 1 and at 2:30 pm for Paper 2.

Many students join JEE coaching institutes before even entering Class 11 as well. Some students join coaching as early as in Class 8, as mentioned above! However, in such cases, the syllabus taught in the coaching institutes is not entirely the JEE syllabus. The coaching institutes, most of the time, teach the syllabus of the respective Board. However, they focus a lot on mental ability and increasing problem-solving aptitude. They also try to teach concepts that are a little more advanced than what is taught in school. All this is done so as to train the students so that they face lesser difficulty while actually studying the JEE syllabus later.

If a student is enrolled in a JEE coaching institute before class 11, he/she may be taught several JEE concepts in class 9 and 10 itself.  This gives the student a lot for time to read theory and practice questions for JEE. Many JEE top rankers start early and join coaching institutes before class 11 as well.

Preparing for JEE for only 1 year

JEE preparation for 1 year is sufficient if a student is not targeting admission into IITs. If JEE preparation is done seriously for 1 year, a pretty good JEE Main rank can be obtained, which would be sufficient to secure a seat in an NIT. Also, serious JEE preparation for 1 year can increase the possibility of admission into the institutes that take admission through entrance exams other than JEE.

Obtaining a seat in an IIT by doing JEE preparation for only 1 year might be a bit difficult since there are very few seats in IITs and all the top candidates prefer joining there. Hence, if you are thinking of joining an IIT, you should consider doing JEE preparation for 2 years or more.

About the Author:

Aman Goel is co-founder at a Tech Start-up. He holds a BTech in Computer Science Engineering from IIT Bombay with a JEE Advanced AIR 33 (Year 2013).

During his free time, he enjoys writing articles/blogs. He is an Entrepreneur, Coder, Speed-cuber, gamer, and fan of Air crash investigation!

 

 

 

 

 

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