A long post. Please bear with me.
Day after tomorrow is GATE and I just wanted to say a few things before the exam.
Firstly, I thank all of you, the members, in FB group as well as the GO website.
Anyone who asks a question, answers it or leaves a comment deserves to be appreciated. You guys are amazing.
The answers provided on GO website are simply the best and a person can gain a great deal of knowledge merely by reading the discussion below it.
Secondly, I thank all the mentors for their dedication towards this group. You are our heroes.
Lastly, I would just like to add a piece of advice for all those who are discouraged right now, who have been working really hard for the past couple months or year, but haven't seen any results, scoring much below 50s.
Trust me, I have an idea of what you're feeling. I'd just like to say one thing -
PLEASE don't carry this score with you in the examinaion hall. Don't go there with your mind made up that the exam will suck and so will you. And "I know I haven't performed well in any of these tests, No chance I'm gonna do good today, it's impossible, I don't deserve to score good anyhow."Please just don't. GATE question paper is different from any test you have given so far and so is your mindset while you're attempting it. Don't judge right now how you are going to do tomorrow. Don't decide your fate beforehand.
Try not to be negative while attempting exam. It's difficult to be positive, I know. Just try not to think about anything at that moment except the question in front of you because frankly, nothing can help you at that point of time. And don't get stuck at any question feeling, "I am good at aptitude, I must be able to solve all these ten question or I'm great at algo, why am I unable to solve this? or I wish I shouldn't have ignored this topic or I wish I had studied this in more depth or I wish I had put in just a little more effort, it could have made a great change" and a hundred more of these. Please avoid this mindset.
Remember, it doesn't matter whether you're getting marks from technical section or aptitude section, your strongest or your weakest subject, as long as you score.
And please don't make unnecessary attempts, they seldom work out. Don't look at the red dots(unattempted) on the side panel,
I know they are the hardest to avoid but try your best to do so. (I personally feel they are utter garbage :P)
Instead, focus on reading and attempting questions correctly. You don't need to attempt a lot of questions to score well if you attempt correctly.
I do not promise any miracle, I'm just giving an advice that I think could have helped a lot like me last year.
Don't take this exam too seriously and all the best.
