Thanks for A2A
Now I am eligible to answer this question as i have prepared at home for 6 months prior to NEET. So home can prove to be a boon for you if you are in the right direction. So listing out some points for you which might help!!
- Sit on a table and chair- This is very important for you…i know at times it may get tiring or you”ll just feel like ur bed is calling you sooo badly and those pillows just screaming for you but NOO… just remember if you go there you lose!!! Initially I also used to sit on my bed while studying no matter how much I was pushed but once I got determined with my chair the changes were very promising trust me. (If u dont have a table n chair just sit on the floor with crossed legs.)
- Isolation from family members- Yet very important point. Do not sit in the room where any kind of human being exists. Just tell them to stay away from you till NEET and shut the door of your room. Get out for breakfast lunch dinner sleeping and for some break and refreshments… NOT while you are studying!!! Your siblings or cousins might tell you ok we’ll just sit here while you study but just tell them to get out no pity on them!!😌
- Online class- This is not important for study point of view but discipline point of you. If you follow any particular coaching you will get a particular direction. And I would suggest join any classes irrespective of their popularity. I had joined Neetprep question bank and test series for mere 700 rupees(which was refunded later on) along with my Allen tests. Classes and tests help you in completing your syllabus and gives you proper time management. But please be very punctual…if you skip any portion of the test or dont revise what was taught in your online class, all of it starts getting piled up, after which it will affect your upcoming tests too. After an extreme point you may land up in a situation where you will completely ignore ur class and test pattern and end up saying ‘now I will study in my own way thats better’. But trust me that won’t help you and make things worse!!!
- Pomodoro app- This proved to be a very useful app during my self study days. I would recommend it to all the aspirants who are into self study now. With this you’ll get another level of confidence. Here you will get the feeling of achievement as soon as one work session ends and the 15 mints break will give you another level of happiness and positive energy inculcates in you which is most important for any student. If you are able to follow this nothing can stop you!! You will enjoy studies for sure. And most importantly with this you dont need to make any time table which I know is never followed…so telling to make any time table is useless.
- Turn internet off- Please turn your data off when you are with your books. It should be turned on ONLY when you are attending class, asking doubts, giving tests, or in your break sessions. Our brain is our biggest enemy while studying…it gives you all kind of ideas to run away from those questions and textbooks. As soon as you’ll get a notification Boom!! you are no longer with your books. One message …to one youtube video …to one call …you wont realise when your one message kills hours of your study.
- Fix sleeping hours- This should be done for sure. Take 5–8 hours of sleep according to your will but that should be fixed. Like one for noon rest for night hours and late night or early morning should be decided according to your preference.
- Offline tests- Studying online is fine but you can never ace it without offline tests because that’s the pattern of your NEET exam!! Use OMRs, printout of question sets and sit for straight 3 hours with locked rooms!! Solve all your previous years with printout of OMRs and time boundations for sure. Make it regular either weekly or twice a week and as the exam approaches near increase the frequency.
- Short notes- This is necessary for your quick revision in your exam times. If you succeed in making these short notes properly for each chapter, they are going to do wonders in your tests and with frequent revision they will stay in your permanent memory. The method to make this is..you should be thorough with your chapter and must have read atleast 2–3 times…so now when u sit with the chapter you know which points are most volatile and important for you and points where you usually dont pay attention to just jot them down. You dont have to write all the things from top to bottom.
- Deal with your mood swings- Extremely important!!! When one stays all the time with their books inside a four walled room…all kind of thoughts come in our mind. Confusion, fear, insecurity, anger, loneliness, lack of confidence, crying… this is normal for a NEET aspirant… but remember this carbon has to undergo extreme heat and pressure beneath the layers of lithos to gain that lusture like a diamond!!! So whenever any negativity comes to you try giving yourself some care… go out , talk to your family members, do things you like and once you get normal get back with the same enthusiasm!!! If you can… do try meditation daily for mental peace!!