How to prepare for CUCET in 3 months: Prep tips, preparation strategies and plans

Preparing for CUCET? Shiksha helps you on how you can plan out your schedule and what steps you take to ace the entrance exam.

CUCET is one of the most challenging entrance exams in India as students are offered admission in various undergraduate, postgraduate and RP programmes in different streams. However, just don’t allow the stress to get to you, because, the more you stress, the more you panic and through that, the preparation for CUCET won’t go right. It is best to put yourself to the test in order to ace CUCET.

CUCET is a national-level entrance exam and over thousands of students all over from India appear for the entrance exam for admission in central universities in the nation.

In order to ace CUCET, students need to prepare well enough, get all the right material to study, sort out their time schedule, solve mock tests, know the exam pattern and marking scheme. Here are a few steps on preparing for CUCET.

Stepwise Preparation for CUCET

Step 1: Understand the CUCET exam pattern and marking scheme.

Step 2: Get the syllabus for the course applied for in CUCET.

Step 3: Get all the study material you can to prepare better for CUCET. 

Step 4: Create a day to day and weekly time table on how much material you can study on a daily basis.

Step 5: Try and solve as many question papers as you can, including sample papers and give mock tests to know your strengths and weaknesses.

How to prepare for CUCET?

Shiksha lists the various steps on how you can prepare well for CUCET, how to plan and strategize your schedule before the big day arrives.

Know the CUCET Pattern

The exam pattern is like a blueprint, it gives you an idea and a background of the entrance exam. The CUCET exam pattern is as such that the pattern is different for MA and MSc based courses. You should know the duration of CUCET, the medium of the exam and other such information. It is imperative for the candidate to have a brief idea of the CUCET exam pattern to make matters easier. 

Know the CUCET Marking Scheme

You should also know the marking scheme before you sit down to write the answers. Why? So that there is no wastage of time on trying to decide which sections and questions to attempt. If you have applied for an MSc course, you should know that mathematics requires plenty of calculations. You should know whether the question paper will be long answer questions or in MCQ format. You should know the total amount of sections and how many marks does one section carry. If you know the marking scheme of the entrance exam, you will be able to focus much better on the question paper.

To know the CUCET pattern and marking scheme, click here.

Know the CUCET Syllabus

The syllabus is basically the Holy Grail when it comes to preparing for any entrance exam. Once you have the syllabus, you have all the topics covered. The only aspect which is left up to you is to study. Jot down all the topics which you think is difficult and you require more time to cover and topics which you just need to read through and understand. You can do so by following the below-mentioned pointers:

• Cover topics which you find tough to answer. The more you practice, the more you perfect it.
• Cover topics which carry the most number of marks.
• Be it any course, complete the syllabus. Do not leave anything out.

To know the CUCET syllabus, click here.

Go through Prep Books

Buy the necessary prep books as CUCET is not a child's play. In order to ace the national-level entrance exam, get all the study material and prep books that you can. Be it Mathematics, Journalism, BBA or event Performing Arts, do not take any course lightly. Get the study material and read about the course as much as you can. The more you read, the knowledge you gain on the topic, subject and course. Prep books will help you prepare for questions which cover the entire syllabus.

Prepare a Time Table

Draw out a time table before you get started. Make out an hourly, daily and weekly plan on how much you can cover before the date of the entrance exam. A time table never fails as you will have covered all the topics in time and also have spare time to revise what you have studied. Be it section to section, hardest to easy topics, a time table will help you cover the course well within time.

Refer to Past Years’ Question Papers

Get the pas years CUCET question papers. Through the question papers, you can understand the topics which are covered, the type of questions which can come, the weightage of the different sections. Try and attempt the question papers. Challenge yourself as much as you can as it will make matters easier when you sit down for the real entrance exam. Try and finish the question paper within the time period.

For more details on the CUCET, you can go through the following links:

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