How I Prepared for NEET UG: My Journey to AIR 3108

I secured AIR 3108 in NEET UG 2023, and I'm now a 3rd-year MBBS student at Government Medical College, Kozhikode. People often ask what my preparation actually looked like. There was no secret trick. This is an honest account of what I did, what it cost me, and what I think is worth copying. It's what worked for me, not a guarantee for anyone else.

Notes for every chapter

I made notes for every chapter, across all four subjects. Writing them meant going through each chapter properly instead of just reading it, and later I had my own short version to revise from instead of going back to the full textbook every time.

A separate notebook with only formulas and equations

Besides the chapter notes, I kept one note that contained nothing but formulas and equations. No explanations, no theory, just the formulas themselves in one place. In the last stretch before an exam, that single note was what I reached for, since I could go through it quickly and find any formula without searching through chapters.

Physics and Chemistry: I solved every question

For Physics and Chemistry, I didn't just read and recognise things. I solved every question. Both subjects reward practice more than reading, and a concept only felt like mine after I had applied it to questions myself.

Biology: learned by heart

For Biology, I learned the content by heart. A large part of Biology is facts, terms, diagrams and exceptions, so for me the way forward was repeated revision until I knew it cold.

A mock test every day

I took a mock test every day. Doing it that regularly meant the exam format, the timer and sitting through a full paper stopped feeling unusual long before the real exam. That is also the reason I built this platform: I wanted other students to have the same practice without paying for it.

Sleep and routine: the honest version

My routine was simple: I woke up early and slept early, and I aimed for 8 hours of sleep. I'll be honest, though. There were times when I studied hard and lost sleep, and I won't pretend that never happened.

On the days of my coaching centre's exams, I slept only about 6 hours. I'm not recommending that as a plan. It's simply what those days looked like for me.

What you can take from this

• Practise every day under exam-like conditions, not just before the exam.
• Keep notes short enough that you can actually revise from them, and keep one place for formulas only.
• For Physics and Chemistry, solve questions instead of only reading solutions.
• Protect your sleep as much as you can, and treat short nights as the exception.
• Don't copy my routine exactly. Test it against your own scores and adjust.

You'll find more practical guides on the Study Guides page, including how to pace your paper and how to analyse your mock scores.