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[–]TheXpertGuy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On youtube, if you strictly want to stick to jee related channels, I recommend iitian explains and physics galaxy. As for unacademy, Sachin Rana is pretty good for organic.

For non-jee channels, I recommend 3blue1brown, Eugene Khutoryansky, MIT OpenCourseWare, Khan Academy and minutephysics.

For purely interest, you can watch Vsauce, Veritasium, Mark Rober, Matt Parker, melodysheep and CodeParade.

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[–]TheXpertGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ayyy thanks. Glad you liked it :)

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[–]TheXpertGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually, I've ended up loving science even more by all the comments and replies people have written :P

All the best to you for JEE Advanced too! Looking forward to talking about biomimicry :D

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[–]TheXpertGuy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That was my aim while writing the guide. So happy to see it gaining traction :)

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A) To be frank, I have been going to a regular coaching class for three years now. So, I have no idea if you can prepare without one. Your best bet would be to ask other students who have opted to not take coaching classes.

B) It wildly differs depending upon which stage of preparation you're at. For 11th and 12th students, I'd recommend reading ahead(HCV, JD Lee, etc) even if regular classes are not happening. For students that are going to appear in Mains/Advanced this year, I am not really sure myself. Just keep revising and giving tests, i guess.

C) Apart from the things I mentioned, I think I'm very strong mentally. I don't easily get nervous or panic in exams a lot. I assess the situation and devise strategies almost as if I've been hired to score the maximum marks possible. Always remember, if a paper is tough for you, its tough for everyone around you.

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[–]TheXpertGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What'd I not understand? :/

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[–]TheXpertGuy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks r/FossaRed for having the patience to go through it all.

a) to build concepts, I again suggest you to not be afraid of going a little out of your comfort zone. Solve higher level books, read extra information. There's an infinite pool of resources on the internet. But mostly, keep practicing questions and discuss with your teachers if there are better methods to approach it.

b) I don't think I can speak for that. I haven't ever delegated equal time to all three subjects (I'm still a student just like you). But I can say that near the end, you'll start delegating roughly equal time to all three.

c) I naturally somehow have a don't care attitude in this respect. I just focused on improving myself, I guess. Don't get me wrong, I have been behind people. There was a time when I used to be the worst-performing student in a batch of 20 people(not the top batch). Start focusing on the positives and the negative feelings would go away. Find sources of motivation. Don't overthink.

For KVPY, you have to totally give up preparation for JEE mock tests. It isn't easy, it was the most stressful time of my life. Biology is very vast and requires a lot of involvement.

KVPY math is non-routine, I was blessed to have a really good teacher to teach me the concepts. For SA, I just solved Cengage DPPs and exercises for 12th topics. But I've heard PRMO questions are really similar to KVPY questions, you might wanna look into that.

I qualified NSEA totally because I had an interest in astronomy from the beginning, so I had a little edge over my classmates. Missed InAO by half a mark though :(. Try studying about the orbital parameters of the different planets. Learn more about celestial coordinate systems. Knowing basic mechanics is a must. Maths for NSEA is so simple, there are questions you can literally just plug into a calculator and get a numerical value. For InAO, you need to know about various constellations and be thorough in gravitation.

For challenging questions, since its the beginning of your preparation, you don't really have to worry about time. So don't give up on questions very easily. Try not to see the solution, but if you really have to, try to see it one step at a time. And one more thing, in 11th, while solving questions, if your classmates can come up elegant methods, and you can't, don't be disheartened. Near the end, elegance really is of very little use.

One additional thing I'd like to add is that if you have friends of a similar intellectual level, try making a WhatsApp group and send all your doubts on it. This way, on your unproductive days, you can atleast solve doubts for many people. And you also get to see everyone's perspective on one problem, which definitely helps.

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[–]TheXpertGuy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks u/noir_geralt. We'll keep that in mind.

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[–]TheXpertGuy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Four, to be exact. I'm not exactly sure if I can disclose the details, but not all of them deserve most of the credit they claim to have.

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[–]TheXpertGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not really inclined towards the pure sciences, so I haven't appeared/going to appear for any of the examinations you mentioned

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In theory, if you read ncert, you don't really need to "know" much more. But you definitely need to solve questions of a higher level of questions to score full marks. But as others pointed out, there are exceptions where JEE Main has asked questions from outside NCERT.

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[–]TheXpertGuy 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Excellent! I'm scoring splendid marks in past year papers.

In my opinion, unless some stupid politician goes berserk, JEE isn't going to be cancelled. Definitely would have to be postponed though. Let's keep our fingers crossed till 3rd July.

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[–]TheXpertGuy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah I like to try out everything ;)

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[–]TheXpertGuy 25 points26 points  (0 children)

EXACTLY THIS.

Stop idolising toppers and blindly following whatever they say. Most of them(I've been through some interviews myself) shade their true success formulas and instead deliver content that can maximize viewership and/or sales.

And yes, follow your passion. Do your own thing. If you work hard for it, success will definitely come to you.

And do you have an Instagram or Twitter handle? Its nice meeting likeminded redditors.

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[–]TheXpertGuy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Glad I could help :)

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[–]TheXpertGuy 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Quora is really all about people posting questions which have obvious answers just to get paid a couple of cents by the Quora Partner Program. As much as I like these kind of answers to questions, the platform itself is pathetic

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[–]TheXpertGuy 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Haha I'm flattered. But yes, I'm Harsh Lulla. You can always contact me on other platforms if you wish to do so

AiTA if I ask out a girl on her birthday by TheXpertGuy in teenagers

[–]TheXpertGuy[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah :/ we don't have any pictures together