Post gate guidance

Question

I prepared second time for gate and my preparation level was also good.

I am expecting 45-50 marks but i could have got atleast 14 marks extra i.e,above 60 in set1. In my first attempt i lacked concept knowledge but this time i have done questions concept wise correctly but silly mistakes made me pay for it.  I want prepare for upcoming exams but those 14 marks keep coming to mind that How could i loose those marks and  i never committed those mistakes even in Mock test. Need motivation...

Answer 1

You like many others are thinking wrong. Take the person who got 78 mark in set 1- I'm sure he also made mistakes for 5-10 marks. So, the difference is mainly that, he made it from 90 mark range and you made from 60 mark range. While preparing for GATE one should target 80+. Every year marks are going up. As you told, you got more concepts this year, there are still more to get. Then there is time management, pressure handling, accuracy etc which matter. These are not so important in other exams, but for GATE you should really aim the top-- not average..

Comments

That's absolutely true! One should aim way beyond his/her expectations. Dont think about the mistakes made in the past and regretting about them wont help. Rather learn what to be careful or keep in mind for next time.
I always aimed a score of 100, and no matter how many efforts and practice and what not, I may get marks near 70. But if hadn't aimed for 100 i dont think I would have even got this much.
Though these marks are also not good and I also know my so many silly mistakes which would have given me around +10.
No matter how much rank I get my next goal will be to get a perfect 100(and its GO only which will help me achieve that).

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@Ginya You should be getting a rank close to 100 this time only. Should take admit in IITM/Kgp or IITD/K via interviews. No use in doing GATE once more :)

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@Arjun what about the greed for IISC? :)

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its close. IISc last rank had gone to 105 in 2015 I guess. Even last year it was 100 or just over. My take is if rank is within 100, IISc or IITB is sure but have to wait till last list. Above 75 can get them in early rounds.