For My Students and Their Parents

Pros:
widely accepted examination, physics not very difficult,
Cons:
maths and chem is a bit lengthy, time management difficult



Ok so if you are reading this review seriously, then I assume you must be aiming at doing engineering.

Now there are 2 types of Engg. students: those who are making a serious attempt
for the IIT JEE and those who aren?t. so I guess that this should be your first decision, are u gonna give the JEE a serious attempt? If yes then AIEEE should be a piece of cake.

However if like me you have decided that IIT is not going to be ur cup of tea , then it wise to drop out of the rat race. Coz let?s face it, IIT is tough and about 6 months later if u r going to be frustrated about not being able to keep up with all the scholars in the class then u?ll end up hating the subjects and that is not what you want, do you? So make up your mind first!

Ok so now if u?ve decided that ur main aim is the aieee, there are two ways to meet your goal :

1) Study for the HSC exams (in maharashtra) and the local CET or whatever you have in your state first. The boards should get over a month or two before AIEEE. After the boards you should have covered something like 80% of the syllabi for maths and physics and around 65% for chemistry. If u?ve been studying for a CET as well that makes your job much easier. Then put ur head down and study for AIEEE. Join a one month crash course if possible and give lot of mock tests .

The good thing about this method is that you have a good backup if u don?t succeed in AIEEE. Also you will not lose track while studying for your HSC exams with the extra topics. On the far side though, I?m not sure whether everybody will be able to pick up the new topics in a couple of months.

2) The other way is to concentrate on AIEEE itself from the very beginning. So u will probably be covering all topics for HSC and CET as well and u have plenty of time to get used to the different format of AIEEE.
However many guys then find it tough to get used to writing long answers in HSC then. Also the syllabus for AIEEE is far more vast then the one for HSc so you might end up studying for stuff which you might not actually need. While your parents and teachers will tell u that ?it dosen?t hurt to study more? and ?don?t study for exams beta?, I beg to disagree. Especially for boards like the stupid HSC where they don?t like you to write anything out of portion this is not advisable.

BOOKS:
I have this great book called Newlight?s AIEEE writhen by three guys called Jaggi, Chopra and Garg. I don?t know why but most people don?t know about it. Apart from this as usual, ResnickHallidayWalker is great. But most important study the NCERT books for both 11th and 12th for all subjects. Good books and more importantly a lot of the questions tend to come from there.

Well so both these methods have their pros and cons, so it?s up to you to decide. Hope the review was helpful! Comments and suggestions are also welcome.