Saturday 23 May 2015

"Success is NOT the result of Spontaneous Combustion,You have to put yourself on Fire"

Made easy Award Ceremony

I have written this blog for all those who needs motivation and want to achieve a good rank in the GATE exam.:-)

First of all i would like to tell you little bit about myself. My name is LAKSHYA and i have completed my B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from the College of Technology,Pantnagar (G.B.P.U.A & T),Uttarakhand in 2014.When i was in my 12th standard, i dreamed first time to go to an IIT. I had always wanted to study in an IIT , but i was not able to get a very good rank in IIT-JEE due to which i became very much disappointed.I gave AIEEE and through that i got admission in the College mentioned above.After joining that college it took me around 6 months to get settled there becoz i was not able to get mix-up with others.But after 6 months , I learnt how to manage everything in college and everyone became my friend.Now again that thought came to my mind that i have to go to an IIT , at that time i had decided that what is there in that if i am not doing my B.Tech from an IIT. I had decided that i will do my M.Tech from IIT. So from 2nd year onwards i had started my preparations for GATE.At that time i had thought that i will crack GATE and i will try my level best to get a very good rank.


So with the feeling of dedication and detemination i had started my preparations.I followed all the standard books during my preparation.When i came to 3rd year what i had done was that ,whatever topic is there in the GATE syllabus i used to read it from the standard book and then i solve the questions from the previous year GATE exam and other books. My 3rd year was completed and level of preparation also goes up.When i came to final year , from the very 1st day i started my prep again.I started preparing the subjects one by one and then i had solved the previous year GATE questions thoroughly.Whenever my one subject gets completed i had started solving GATE questions.So this was the simple strategy followed by me at that time in the final year.Also at that time around September i had joined the MADE-EASY online test series.So i had also practised the tests online .After that my campus placements had started and as i was among the toppers of my batch so i got selected for giving direct interview in TCS.


In November 2013 i got placed in TCS but still my GOAL was on GATE 2014. I had decided that i will celebrate with full heart when i will crack the GATE exam.So after the campus placements , i again continued my preparations with full dedication. But sometimes whenever i was giving the online tests i felt that i was lacking somewhere and that was time management for solving the question paper. I had realized this around December that my time management is not that good ,but still at that time i had decided that i will give my 100 percent.At last ,the day came when my GATE exam is there and i went to give the exam with full confidence ,but after the exam was over i was able to solve only 40 questions out of 65 and that is very less becoz out of 40 questions the percentage of 1 marks questions was more.I felt very bad becoz of my performance in GATE.I came to home and when my dad asked me about the exam i told him that i will not be able to get a good rank but after listening to this he said that "its ok i know one day you will do wonders".My dad always appreciates and motivates me. Now slowly and slowly the result day is coming and i knew that i will get a very bad result.


On 27th march 2014 the results get announced and i got AIR around 2500 and i became very much disappointed and i had realized that only becoz of lack of time management and slow speed i am standing at this much rank.At that time i was thinking that i know each and every concept and i know everything but only becoz of slow speed i was unable to get a good rank.At this time i was not able to decide whether i will prepare for GATE-2015 or i will join TCS. I was in a dilemma so what i had done at that time was i started taking guidance from my college seniours those who were pursuing M.Tech.And what they told me was that i should give one more try ,they said that its worth to do M.Tech from an IIT/IISC. So after taking their guidance i had discussed all these things with my dad and he said that "Beta dekh lo , if you want to prepare one more time you can but you can do this side by side with your job". I had listened to my dad words but inside my heart i know that if one wants to achieve something great in our life sometimes we have to take a risk.


So , I had listened to my inner voice and i had decided that i will join coaching in Delhi after my final year gets completed. I came to Delhi after my B.Tech was over and joined MADE-EASY in june 2014.I was the student of B-Batch in Made Easy.I started studying very seriously from the very first day with full enegy and dedication and a spirit of attaining something in life.Day by Day i was learning something more and more and i was feeling that the made easy faculties are very perfect in their subjects.I got very much motivated after i came to know how much hard work they had done in their life.They had taught us each and every topic very nicely and to the point.Whenever i was there in the class attending lectures, i was amazed by their knowledge and also their hard work and their contribution to our country.Yes,they are making nice Engineers who will achieve greater and greater heights.


I had attended all the lectures with full focus. What i had done was that during my coaching first i listen to the lecture and makes notes and after the lecture was finished i came to home and i used to read all the topic taught in the lecture from the notes and whatever i feel difficult in that topic i took help from the standard books. Side by side i was also solving previous year GATE questions from the corresponding topic that was running in the coaching and i was used to keep a watch in from of my eyes while solving the questions in order to improve my speed , it is very hard to do self studies for those who go to the coaching from their homes after travelling.But do'nt get disheartened and try to manage everything and whenever u are free try your level best to revise the syllabus that has already been completed.I had always tried to manage everything and i had revised everything time to time.


When september came ,the Made Easy online test series again started.So i had also practice them again.The online tests helped me a lot to improve my speed .My course was completed around 31st december 2014 and coaching was almost over.So i had got around 1 month time for doing self preparation as my GATE exam was scheduled on 7th feb 2015.In that one month i had done my preparation with full heart . In front of my eyes i saw only GATE at that time :-) .I had revised everything during this time and i had also solved previous year GATE questions two times.I am telling you its very must to solve the previous year GATE questions in order to get a very nice rank.On 7th february i had written the GATE exam again and this time i am 100 percent confident becoz i had done a lot to improve my speed and time management.After 1 month around 11 March 2015 i got 94 All India Rank.I was slightly not felt that much good becoz i was expecting myself to be in top 10.But i am happy that i am in top 100 :-).


Going to pursue M.Tech(TA) in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay.:-)            

Preparation strategy for GATE Aspirants.

It is very much necessary to have a good plan to achieve something.Those things which are done with proper planning and strategies will result into triumph.I am giving a strategy to follow for preparing for the GATE Exam.Those of you who are really intrested they can follow it but it is not required to follow this plan if you are having your own plan which is much better.But still i am giving it becoz i feel that it will be beneficial for some of the students.

Students who are still in college and self preparaing for GATE.

If you are in your final year or 3rd year or even in 2nd year you can follow these below mentioned things :-

1.  Make a habit to read everything from the standard books http://lakshkri.blogspot.in/2013/11/books-for-gate-preparation-computer.html.This will help you to know the concepts deeply(which is required for solving the GATE level questions).

2. You can buy any book to see the previous year GATE questions that has been asked.I had followed Made Easy Previous Year Gate questions book when i was in college and self preparaing for the GATE exam.

3. Whenever you will complete reading any topic,try first to solve the questions given in the exercises of the standard books and then solve the previous year GATE questions.

4. During your college you can also take the correspondence courses from any coaching institute.So that you can get more types of question in each subject from their question bank.It will help you to develop question solving skills.

5. Study everything without thinking about weightage and all becoz in the GATE exam anything can come and it can be of much marks than the expected weightage.

6.Try to follow the above mentioned points and then try to complete the GATE syllabus before 1 or 2 months of GATE exam.

7. Once the syllabus gets completed , make a revision plan which will tell you in which order you have to do the revision of subjects. Now try to revise the subjects according to their weightage becoz it will help you to quickly revise everything .You can follow my revision plan if you want, i have mentioned it in the bottom of this blog.

8. Most important is to improve your speed of solving the questions becoz it is the thing due to which many students will not be able to get a good rank.So for this you must join the online test series and try to solve the questions with proper time management. Avoid silly mistakes

9. Now you have 1 or 2 months in your hand.And you have to do only two things first is the revision and second is side by side giving online test series.

10. I have seen many students even me also that they focus very less on Aptitude and Maths portion which comparises of 30 marks together.Do these two things also with full focus becoz they will increase your marks in the GATE exam.Make a habit of doing Aptitude and Maths regularly that will be very much helpful.

Finally i want to say that if you study properly and with proper planning , i am telling you definitely you will get a single digit rank. :-)

Students that are passed out from the college (may be placed somewhere) but want to prepare for GATE , you can follow below things :)

First i want to tell you something, those of you who are in final year and will get pass out this year and those who passed out last year in 2014,do not get disappointed with your GATE result.
Don't feel bad about yourself little bit also.If you are dedicated for GATE its better to try one more time becoz its worth to do ME/M.Tech from a good college.

Some of you are having placement offers in your hand and are in a dilemma what to do , either to leave the job offer and do preparations or not??. I want to say that its only depend on you that what you want to do and you have to listen to your heart in order to take the proper decision.I was also in the same dilemma last year but i had decided to drop and started preparing for GATE.You can take guidance from others in such situations.Now if you decide to prepare for the GATE exam you can follow the things which i am going to tell you now.

1. Its better to join some coaching for GATE but it is not compulsory.Coaching will help you to fill the missing dots in your last time preparation.

2. If  you are doing coaching follow only the lecture notes and solve as much questions as you can from the standard books and other question banks.

3. Only coaching will not help you to get a nice rank.You have to study yourself also in order to gain something.

4. When you are doing coaching ,no need to study the theory and other concepts from the standard books becoz whatever has been taught to you in coaching is more than enough .But still if you face any difficult topic you can go for the books.Otherwise only for question practice purpose go for the standard books.

5. Whenever any doubt arises in any topic or question , first try your level best to clear the doubt and then only move forward.

6. Solve the previous years GATE question papers atleast 2 times properly and do this by proper time management.

7. After everything gets completed you will have sometime for doing self study.In that time you revise everything and focus on GATE questions.

8. Do NOT leave the Maths and Aptitude portion.

Whenever you will finish everything and want to do revision , you can revise everything.I had made a revision plan according to the last 23 years average weight of the subjects when i was preparing for the GATE 2015 .With the help of this i will be able to complete the revision quickly.Hope it will help you.


                                                            Revision Plan 
Technical

1. Programming and data structures (9  marks)
2. Computer Networks (8  marks)   
3. D.B.M.S (8  marks)   
4.Operating System (8 marks)  
5.Computer Organization(7  marks)
6.Theory of Computation (7  marks)
7. Algorithms (7 marks)
8. Compiler Design (6  marks)
9 Digital Logics (5 marks)
10 Software engg and web technology (5 marks)

Revise the above mentioned subjects starting from the first and revise atleast 2 times.

Non-Technical

Engg Maths - 6 marks
Discrete Maths - 9 marks

General ability - 15 Marks  

(* Weightage given above (both technical and non-technical subjects ) are for an idea only and depends upon previous GATE exams. Weightage may not be same in the future GATE exams so plz study everything and learn concepts and do not by heart anything ).

Along with the Technical subjects revision,everyday side by side do aptitude and Maths questions it will definitely going to help you.

Hope this blog will help you and motivates you all. Start preparing and all of you will achieve a nice rank.:-) And Remember, those who will believe in themselves and do hard work , no matter where they are standing presently ,they will definitely achieve great things in the future.Stay focused and keep shipping :-). :)


                                       "Knowledge is the Supreme Goal"   

Dedicated to my respected mom,dad,brother,sister,cousins and my all the friends.God Bless you all.