Anybody willing to take GATE or have already taken the exam share your ideas

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hope you have passed out the exam with success.

Sharing some tips which may be useful for the futuristic exam appeasers.


Tips and Tricks for GATE Aspirants

1..Aim for taking GATE exam varies from candidate to candidate. Students from private engineering colleges try to get into M.Tech in order to have stamp of the better known institutions and for them reasonable percentile serves the purpose. On the other hand, students studying in well established institutes may aim to get into IIT or other equivalent institutions. For them very high percentile is essential.

2..Normally 3 to 4 months of serious study will be sufficient for the preparation.

3..Those students who are in final year have to schedule their studies as semester exam in winter and other engagements may absorb lot of time.

4..First of all make a proper strategy before starting preparation of the examination.

5..You have to choose the subject and study as per the syllabus mentioned in the GATE brochure.

6..Collect the Syllabus for the GATE exam.

7..Collect all the relevant books for the subject. This collection must include the books for Fundamental and basic concepts as well as for specific problems, guide book for GATE and previous year question papers.

8..Always try to go through the standard books which are easily available and in which you can easily understand the concepts. This will improve your learning ability.

9..Mean time you should be in touch with some GATE experienced persons for proper guidance.

10..Read syllabus and question papers carefully so that it will easy for you to make a proper approach.

11..Start preparing from the initial topics i.e. the basic ones and note down the basic concepts (definitions, unit, dimension etc.) as well as necessary theories, formulae etc.

12..Try to solve as many problems as possible from different book as well as try to find more and more tricks.

13..Try to apply your own logics and tricks in solving problems and note it down because it will save your time in the examination hall.

14..Conduct self tests based on various chapters. Continue the self tests and try to achieve a very good score.

15..Practice more and more problems and follow the same procedure for the rest of the chapters and subjects.

16..Finally, go for self tests based on whole syllabus and if necessary take help of others in conducting self-tests.

17..To do all these things one has to spend lots of time on studies and should be very sincere throughout the preparation.

18..One month before the examination you should start revising the course as many times as possible so that on the day before the exam you will be prepared enough to crack the exam.

19..In the revision stage concentrate more on the selected topics.

20..Always reach the examination centre 30 min before the start of the exam. It helps you to stay cool and calm during exam.

21..Keep all your necessary stationeries and admit card with you before going to the examination centre.

22...During exam try to attempt section A which is compulsory and that to Q1 carrying one mark each and those in Q2 carrying two marks each.

23..It’s very important to manage the time well during the exam. So manage the time well during the exam.

24..In the examination hall one should not get panickly upon receiving the question paper rather candidates should stay cool before the test so that they do not get confused while attempting the paper.

25..Time management is important but not at the cost of answering the paper accurately.

26..Always try to attempt only those questions in which you are pretty confident and you know the answer very well.

27..Read the questions carefully and apply proper logic before marking the answer.

28..Always avoid the negative marking.

29...Do not attempt unnecessary questions in which you are not confident because that may cost you much.

30..Do not try to get hold of the entire syllabus prescribed by GATE.
A selective preparation would be a very helpful concept and should be learned accurately.

31..Memorization of any problem without a clear idea of the concept will be a futile exercise.

32...I feel that it is better to have flexible time plan before going to exam and have a balance of mind. It helps in avoiding the silly mistakes.

33...Results of qualified candidates in GATE will give All India Rank and indicate percentile score. For example, a percentile score of 99 means you are in the top 1% category of the candidates who appeared for GATE.

34..Candidates who get less than 70 percentile get no score card.

35..After publication of GATE results, students must apply to individual Institutes to get their application forms.

36...Institutes advertise M.Tech admissions in leading newspapers from 1st April till end July. However some Institutes do not advertise and therefore students have to get the forms themselves.

37..Admission in the Institute is based on GATE percentile.

38..The concerned Institute may conduct written test and/or interview for the purpose of admission.

39..During the pursuit of M.Tech, you are paid a scholarship of Rs. 5000 per month by the Government of India. This amount is enough for living expenses including purchase of books etc. the scholarship is paid for the entire period of M.Tech.


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How to prepare for GATE exam?
GATE is an exam that tests you on your fundamental. The questions are generally derivations of the fundamentals. Preparation for GATE is an ongoing process, and is supposed to happen in stages. First get your fundamentals right, and then test yourself on those fundamentals. When you have done this, you should pit yourself with the competition, which means a mock test which would give you a percentile to let you know where you stand amongst competitors. How do you choose which coaching material to go with. This is something that is quite subjective. A coaching material cannot be assessed
until you have gone through it. So, you could go by the word of your seniors as to what coaching material they followed to prepare for GATE. Here are some parameters on which you can decide whether you should go for a particular coaching institute, use a particular coaching material, or tests.


1.Material Collection
Syllabus : All the relevant books based on the subject(Divide the books in two groups -
(1) Fundamental and basic concepts
(2) Problem oriented
Some books helpful for pre-requisite knowledge on the subject
Some good guide books for GATE
Previous questions papers

2.Keep contact with some expert and GATE experienced persons.

3.Study - Syllabus and Previous questions papers.

4.Start from the first chapter read at least 5 books, it will widen your knowledge(if necessary consult with the books for pre-requisite knowledge or with some expert) Note down the probable concepts(definitions, unit, dimension etc.) Note down necessary theories, formulae etc Solve problems as maximum as ossible(from text books, Guide books etc) Think about various tricks in solving problems(if necessary, note it) Go for series of self tests based on this chapter(take other's help to conduct tests) Continue the self tests until getting a very good score

5.Solve more and more problems, discover more and more new tricks…

6.Follow the same procedure for the rest chapters

7.Finally, go for self tests based on whole syllabus(take other's help to conduct these
tests)

8.Well, So...... on the exam day…you will be at your best, who can stop you?

10.Collection of quality books in their library: During the process of theory
conceptualization and building application capabilities, you need good books, which can really put your brain on exercise. Check out their library!

11.Flexibility in the Coaching Model: What happens when your pace of learning is much faster or slower than the average? Is there any mechanism by which the model can identify exactly where you need help and provide the same? Is it possible in that coaching model to minimize the wastage of your time?

12.Quality of questions discussed: Number of questions discussed is not that important. By discussing and solving 10-15 conceptual questions on each topic you can build a good application capability. On the other hand solving many tricky non-conceptual questions will simply waste your time.

13. Tests and evaluation model: How is the progress of your preparation tested and analyzed? To what extent the feedback helps in identifying the areas for further work?.This is the area where most of the students fail due to lack of proper test materials which can help them to build in themselves a real-test-like environment and temperament. Once you are able to choose
the correct assistance for your GATE journey, it will be an enjoying and thrilling experience.

14. Simulate actual test environment : This is very important. The actual test happens in a classroom, and is timed. When you take up the test, switch off your cell phone, have a timer which times your tests, and avoid taking any breaks. Also, if possible, take up a mock test series which enables you to take the test in a classroom environment.

15. Take up an all India test series which gives you your percentile and All India Rank : This is very important to avoid the “frog in the pond” syndrome. Students tend to take it easy if they attain a high score in the tests. However, GATE is an exam in which people are selected on their relative scores. So even if you have scored 95% it does not essentially translate to a percentile of 95. You are competing with the best in India, and to
get through GATE you should know where you stand to be among the ‘top few’ selected for the interview. A test series of this sort is being provided by GATE Forum

16.Analyze : Analyzing your test results is a very important part of taking the test. If you do not analyze, the test does not add value. You should minutely analyze and define as to where you could have scored more; analyze your accuracy rates in various topics and maintain a topic wise datasheet which lists your performance topic wise for different test papers.


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