Meet Vatsa Ashish Batra, NEET topper, AIR 2, as he shares a day in his life, preparations strategy, and interesting tips to beat the exam stress.
Vatsa Ashish Batra - NEET AIR 2
NEET exam requires a lot of hard work and dedication and Vatsa Ashish Batra, who has a twin brother has worked his fingers to the bone by cracking NEET with AIR 2. He shares in an interview with one of India’s top coaching institutes that “preparing together, discussing doubts” with his twin brother helped him achieve this milestone to ace NEET.
Some core pieces of advice that Vatsa has for the students aspiring to sit for the NEET exam are:
1. Consistency is the key to success
2. Error analysis is crucial to evaluate self-performance. After every mock test analyse your performance
3. Learn from your mistakes. Try to avoid repeating the same mistake twice.
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4. It is important to have faith in yourself even when you fail, believe that it will work out and you can do it.
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- Performance Anxiety – How to beat it?
- Preparation Strategy- A Day in the Life of Vatsa
- Did Coaching help him excel in NEET?
- Know Vatsa Personal Life – Family and Personal Interests
Performance Anxiety – How to beat it?
Performance anxiety factor before the exam can be reduced by attempting a lot of mock tests. This will definitely boost your confidence. Vatsa believes that rather than focusing on securing 720, it is important to work on the questions at hand.
In addition to academic pursuits, Vatsa took the route of meditation on an everyday basis to keep his calm. It even helped him surmount the negative vibes. He shares, it is important to know the art of controlling the mind and thoughts rather than letting the mind control your actions. Meditation helps in beating the stress that can otherwise impact performance in the exam.
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Preparation Strategy- A Day in the Life of Vatsa
As he shares his day, here are some preparation strategies followed by Vatsa to gear up for the exam:
1. Study for One and a half hour intervals followed by 15 to 20 minutes/30 minutes break depending upon the demand of the topic in hand.
2. In his leisure time, he preferred listening to music or taking a stroll outside in the lap of nature.
Did Coaching help him excel in NEET?
He has accredited the contribution of the experienced faculty in enabling him to accomplish this feat. He even shared that the faculty was quite approachable and would often ask him if his preparation is on track. The study material provided by the coaching institutes is also instrumental in guiding the students toward success.
Know Vatsa Personal Life – Family and Personal Interests
Vatsa has a father and an elder brother. Both of them motivated him to pursue medicine as a career field after class 12. His elder brother is a third-year MBBS aspirant. While being serious about his studies, he indulged in watching web series to relax his mind.
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