Before you start working on any goal in life , it is important to be motivated . Motivation will help you to keep going Lack of motivation is the primary reason that only a few thousands of students are able to make it , while hundreds of thousands of students appear for the exam
My personal motivation to get a top 50 rank in JEE was to get into IIT Bombay Computer Science and Engineering and make my parents proud of me . I always wanted to ' choose the branch and not the other way , I wanted the rank that allows me to decide what branch I will study and in which institute . I had heard a lot about IIT Bombay Computer Science and Engineering program and I felt that being a part of it will give me the best opportunities . I was well aware that I need to be among the top 100 JEE rankers to get an admission at IIT Bombay CSE Thus , I started my JEE preparation with the aim of getting a top 100 rank
You should decide what is your motivation
- Do you want to make your parents proud ?
- Do you want to compete with the best students of the country ?
- Do you want to get your name and photograph printed in newspapers ?
- Do you want to shut the mouths of those relatives of yours who told your parents you were useless ?
- Do you want to earn a fat salary package ? Do you want to get the best career and research opportunities ?
- Do you want to pursue a masters in your dream Ivy League University ?
- Do you want to be respected in society ?
- Do you want to start your own big company with an excellent cofounder ?
Make a list of things you ever want to achieve in life . If an IIT tag will be helpful in achieving those things , then you should definitely prepare hard for JEE . You should fix in your mind that you are settling for nothing worse than a top 50 JEE rank ..
Aim for the stars and don't fall on the moon . Make it to the stars !
Talk to your parents . Tell them that you want to make them proud by achieving a top 50 JEE rank . Tell them that you have started this journey and you will certainly make it . Feel the hungry lion inside you - a lion who will settle only for the best meat !
When I started to aim for a top 100 JEE rank , no one trusted me . Not even my parents . No one thought I can make it . I was just another normal student . I have no education in my ancestry . My parents are hardly educated and so is most of my family .
It's not about your genes , it's about your hunger
Not being born in an educated family is not an excuse to escape . By that logic , your future generations will remain uneducated forever ! In fact , if your parents are not much educated , they will be really happy to see you fulfil their dream of education .
Losers think of excuses ; winners think of ways to win
Your performance in JEE will be pretty much perpendicular to your current academic standing . You can achieve a top 50 JEE rank even if you got a 7 pointer in your high school . Indian school education focuses a lot on memorization skills . JEE is more about problem solving abilities . If you underperformed in your board exams because you were unable to : remember where Bauxite is found in India , you can still get a top 50 JEE rank !