So, you thought that your dream of becoming a doctor means that you have nothing to do with the world of glamour? Well, here are some of the medical test preparation tips from Fashion Divas that feature on Page 3 that can help you crack PMT examinations:

Be Passionate About What You Do

Fashion is the Passion for the Divas. Every minute, and every second of their lives is devoted to looking beautiful and looking glam. Similarly, it is important for medical aspirants to make medicine their passion area. Every minute of your life should be focused on one thing - to become a doctor.

Just like it becomes second nature to fashion divas to pose at their best angles whenever they see a camera, it should become your second nature to find scientific answers to the diseases you come across, physics principles of why things happen the way they do, and chemical constitutions that you have covered. In the field of medicine, doctors come across a variety of diseases and patients. The practice of keeping yourself updated about latest developments in the field you are interested in and the medical entrance exams you are preparing for will come in handy later.

There Are Never Any Shortcuts

Irrespective of what your favorite coaching institutes might tell you, there are never any shortcuts to anything. Just think of a fashion model with a painted face but a rough skin, bloated body and coarse hair. What will her audience say? Will she even get assignments? The beloved Kingfisher models sweat it out in the gyms and spend hours on their skincare every day of their lives and yet have a smiling face. In fact, minimal makeup is becoming a fad these days, just to show how good the ‘natural' looks of the model are.

A medical aspirant also needs to crack their medical entrance exams the hard way. You need to study all the year round and yes, take their morning and evening walks and yoga sessions to keep their bodies fit and minds calm. Only those who are well prepared and have a calm mind residing in a healthy body can hope for stars in the medical entrance tests. Last-minute preparations and sleepless nights can fool the parents but they will not fool the knowledgeable teachers who are going to grade your papers.

Don't Let Your Nails Chip

Have you noticed what the favorite pastime of fashion divas is when they are off-screen and are relaxing in a company of friends? Well, they pick up a filer and file their nails and then, coat them with nail varnish. It is to keep their nails glowing with a healthy pink and white color. Medical aspirants, too, need to keep their grip strong on their best subjects. Schedule your revisions on a regular basis, so that you don't forget what you have already studied.

Revisions need to be done at three stages:

• After a topic: Once you finish a topic, revise it again. Write down the definitions and formulas and solve the problems - just to see how much you remember. If there is something you can't understand, get your doubts resolved by a competent teacher.
• After you complete a unit: Once you finish the unit, revise all the topics you have covered, write down definitions and formulas, and solve problems. Teaching someone who is dumber than you is a good way to gauge how much you have understood the topic yourself. If you do not have anyone to teach, teach yourself. This will help you assess which are your strong topics and which ones need more attention.
• After you complete a subject: Once you complete the syllabus for a subject, quickly go back and revise all the important points once again. On the day of the exam, your brain might go numb but your fingers will remember what you have written time and again. Constant revision gets encoded in your Subconscious, which has a much better memory power than your Conscious Mind.

Do Your Rehearsals...!

Whether you are walking on a ramp or preparing for your medical entrance exams, you must always do your rehearsals. Solve the questions papers from past five or ten years, and take as many mock tests and practice tests as possible. These days, a number of good coaching institutes and online medical coaching programs conduct online practice tests for the students to give them the feel of the online exams that are being conducted these days.

Read the instructions on your form and hall ticket carefully and be ready with your blue or black ball point pens and pencils in time before the exam.

On the day of the Screen Test or the Medical Exam, concentrate on all the hard work you have done and feel confident that you will be the hero of the day.

Best of Luck!

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Source: Ruchi Shrimali (Shiksha Team)
Date: 23^rd May, 2011