GATE 2014....Time To Start work for Your Dream

"It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret."

When i was in my school I didn't know anything about IITs and NITs. All I knew was that I want to become an engineer in Computer Science. So I got admission in one of the best college in my city. But after one year I realized that it is not the place that I craved for. Then i got to know about IITs and start aspiring for them. Most of the students while doing their graduation focus on campus placement, Government Jobs and MBA after graduating, but that was not my aim. So i started preparing for GATE and finally cracked it.

GATE is getting more and more competitive and students want to clear it either for jobs in PSUs or for M.Tech in some IIT, NIT or good colleges.

So it is high time that you start preparing for GATE and set your goals before it is too late.

In this article I am not discussing about any particular branch. I am giving some general tips for the exam.

GATE Question Pattern 

• GATE questions are really very easy if you know the basic concepts of each subject.
• Generally, questions are not simply based on theory, they explore one of the concepts of the subject by giving a logical question.
• Math and aptitude always play a very important role in GATE. Good knowledge of these fields not only covers lots of direct questions but also helps you in technical subject’s questions. So you need to prepare them thoroughly.
• It is highly probable that new types of questions are asked in the exam but most of the questions are similar to previous year’s problems. They just try to make question by mixing up a few concepts. I highly recommend you to solve all previous year’s problems and practice similar question from different books and material.

Ways To get good Rank in GATE

• If you have time then you can join a good institute or you can do self study. You need to work hard in both the situations to achieve success.
• Collect Standard Books for each subject. If you don't want to buy them, search for them over the net and read them and do their exercises carefully. Most of the questions invlove these concepts.
• Try to watch online lectures like NPTEL. This website contains all major engineering fields and subjects. Watch them to make your concepts stronger. If you don't have time to watch them all, first study from standard books, if you are not clear with some concept search it over NPTEL and watch video.
• After learning every concept find its previous year questions in GATE and solve them.
• Start preparing with subject which you like the most. Do more questions, but don't forget to cover all subjects.
• Study regularly, 4-6 hours study is enough but you must be consistent.
• Make short notes on subjects and revise them time to time.
• Try to increase your accuracy and speed. Try to solve paper in less time with more accuracy.
• For practice you can join test series of some good institute. It will make you acquaint with the question paper style and help you develop a strategy of which questions have to be tackled first and which are to be left for the last. Try online test series because this year GATE paper will be online.
• Discuss questions with your friends or over the internet. Cover topic completely. It will give you confidence.

Feel Free to ask any doubts regarding gate in comments. In coming post we will discuss more strategies, books, online sources regarding GATE.