Hello everyone..

I am Amit Sharma, one of the co-authors of the book. I invite
queries, comments, discussion from the fellow forum members.
For IIT-JEE 2007,08 We were busy setting up our own institute in
Rajasthan with the name PRISM. All our focus, all our efforts got
shifted in that direction and the result-- PRISM is now known for
quality academics and innovative thinking/Training methods. Results
of PRISM has exceeded expectations by far..

We didnt provide solution to the questions in 65 days for IIT for it
would have been against the spirit of JEE. What JEE demands is
instant application of mind- nothing more nothing less.
However, if u ever have a doubt/ question which may not necessarily
from 65 days for IIT feel free to use this forum.

I promise my support will be available to each and every member of
this forum.
God bless u all..
Regards
Amit Sharma

Dear Aspirants,
Now the days for IIT exams are numbered, so now is the time
to plan your innings well to realize your dream of getting into IIT.
Its a time of intense deliberations and choosing the right
alternatives. Whatever you are going to do from now on will
determine the outcome of the efforts that you have put in JEE
preparation. This first first of the newsletters adresses the
immediate concerns of most of you. In the coming newsletter togather
we will making a sincere effort for the IITian in YOU to showup in
the world.
At this point of time, i am inviting you to review what all
you did uptil now. How much course you have covered? What's your
depth of understanding the concepts? The kind of marks that you are
scoring? What's the revision pattern that you are going to follow?
And this exercise is important for the simple reason if you are on
the journey then there ought to be milestones. You must have a
measure of your strength and weakness before devising any sort of
straegy.
Many of you might be thinking let me first finish up the
course before i can take on revision. To be very frank, while
preparing for IIT course never completes. Till the day exam is over
no one can say my preparation is complete. There is always a feeling
i could have done this and that. Always keep in mind, JEE is not
about scoring 100% in a subject or the examination. Your aim should
be to attain an optimal score in each subject, depending on your
strengths and weaknesses. So as of now list down all the topics
which you have covered and workout whats the weightage of subject
matter which you have studied by now. Also, identify your strong and
weak areas. Track your progess and moniter it. Thats where "65 days"
will come handy. Now about the remaining syllabus, do the ABC
analysis (which we will be discussing later in this newsletter) and
work out a timed plan of study in such a manner that you get enough
time to revise topics you know and to cover the major syllabus due.
We, as authors, are commited for the IITian in you to showup in the
world so let me add a word of caution. If you are thinking about
completing the entire course and then going for the revision/ tests
then that could be a serious risk to take.
Another concern for most of you is about depth of
understanding of concepts. If you are comfortable with your
conceptual clarity well and fine and if not then start working onto
it right now. Three months time is good enough for the IIT JEE
preparation but then you will have to be focussed, intentional and
stay inspired by the feel of making it to IIT. Moreover, the change
in pattern now provides you an ideal opportunity. Now, let us
quickly come to what all it demands for the IITian in you to showup
the world. It requires-
1. Analysis and forecasting.
2. Planning- squencing and scheduling
3. Organizing
4. Executing the plan.
5. Coordinating and controlling.
let us take them one by one.
1. Analyzing and forecasting - Here we will go by ABC method of
analysis. Take the JEE syllabus given in the cocoon and divide the
entire syllabus into three categories.
A type -it includes 30% of the syllabus which have a weightage of
nearly 40% in JEE.
B type - 40% of syllabus and 40% of weightage.
C type - 30% of syllabus and 20% of weightage.
To do this you can take support ideally from an ex-IITian or if it
is not possible then from anyone you feel is competent enough to
guide you. Doing this you will know what to do and in what order.
2. Planning - sequencing and scheduling- Now you can workout
timelines what should be completed and by when and with what
proficiency level. Sequencing of task should be done as per your
strength and weakness.
3. Organize - To execute your plan you must work out- what resources
(textbooks/ coaching/ tution etc) will you require? Who's support
will you take? How much to study in a day? At what frequency you
need to give tests etc?
4. Executing the plan - While studying focus onto concept- most
importantly why is it so? How is it related to what all i know?
Where else it can be used? Is there any exception? Ideally spend
more time on concept building. Now, once you do that come to
application part or problem solving. Always remember you are not
solving any problem to memorize methods, formulae, tricks,
techniques but to apply what you have studied previosly. So dont
give up on problems, dont rush for solutions. Always work out - What
is given? What is to be found? Which concepts to be used? What new
things have you learned by solving a particular problem? Every
problem you are going to solve on your own by doing what i have
prescribed will enrich your concepts and your belief in you.
5. Coordination and control - This is perhaps the most crucial
element. This element requires day-to-day tracking and periodic
tracking. Tracking can be done only when you have standard
parameters worked out. Parameters have to be tangible and mesurable,
like marks scored, no of problems solved on your own etc and not
like i am feeling great about it, i studied for such and such no of
hrs. So track your performance and moniter any deviation from the
standards and take corrective actions.
At the end, i would say that plan realistically and not by whims and
wishes, Work with intentionality and not on moods, opinions and
swings.
So give the IITian in you a chance to showup. Make your moves right
now.
All the best
Amit Sharma

Dear IITians,
Sorry for not being in communication for a while. However, I take an
opportunity to congratulate all the 65 days readers who got through
IIT - 2006. I would also like to congratulate all the readers, members
of online group, forum for the efforts they had put in. Your long
deliberations, endless debates, attitude towards perfection everything
contributed in some way or the other to make a difference to someone
else life.
I would like to invite all of you to continue making a difference. All
of you to take on mentoring. Guide and support budding IITians and
your friends who missed out last year due to some reason or the other.
For me, you always were and you always will be IITians in true matter
and spirit.
So break your silence.. Speak up your mind.. Help others and seek
support.. Share your thoughts, ideas and opinion.
All the Best

Dear IITians,
I welcome all of you to the online support. Some of you might have
taken the exam last year and for some this might be the very first
time. At this forum, you will find students who got through IIT-JEE
2006. You will also find students who are Simply brilliant coming to
mathematics, physics or chemistry. Last years queries are still on
display for you to go through them and find answers which might be
relevant even today. You will find concepts which were debated upon.
You will find inspirational messages, prayers , funny incidences..
They are all there for you to have a look at. Search relevant
queries, find answers, think over the questions asked, check your
answers. Most importantly, you will find students who posted them,
who replied them. Some of them have emails and some just names or
IDs. Follow them up, send mails, post queries by their names, ask
them to come and support you. Bring them back to this forum. Make a
space for lucky coincidences and miracles to happen here once again.
Let these miracles happen to you. And at the end, i am always here
to contribute with whatever little abilities i have. Just believe in
yourselves. Let the IITian in you to showup in the world.
All the best

Dear IITian,
Here comes the opportunity for the  IITian in you to showup in the
world. Just break open your Cocoon and come out with flying colors.
Wishing you all the best for your JEE. You are the best and you
deserve the best.
All the Best

Dear IITians,
       Firstly, I would like to acknowledge you all, for all the
efforts that you have put in for JEE preparation. In one way or the
other, you all are extraordinary individuals who dare to dream big,
who stood up and taken on something which seems impossible to many
and many of students. So, at this moment acknowledge yourself for
what all you have done and the way you have done.
      Now, at this moment the most crucial element for your
preparation is your mental state i.e. your being. Make sure IITian
in you is in full expression. Lot many things will come to you at
this point of time esp. the ones which might affect you adversely.
Doubts, confusion, pressure, threats, fears are your biggest enemy
at this point of time. They may make you feel being unprepared,
being underprepared, being imcomplete, being skeptical or even worse
being resigned, being dejected, being worthless. Now, tell me does
that help?? Simply NO. A big NO. Remember faliure with good reasons
for faliure is never equal to success. So, always keep an eye on
your mental coordinates and be on your side. If any thing comes up,
simply give that up. Say if fear comes up for you. Simply say ok i
know it is fear- SO WHAT. I now giveup that fear. I am perfect,
whole and complete. IITian in me will Showup in the World. I am on
my side and nothing in this universe can force me. Yes! I am the
architect of my future.
      Now, the second element in your preparation is action plan.
Trust me, you have already covered major syllabus of IIT JEE. Living
with a sense of incompletion (of any nature) won't help. Now, revise
your concepts mentally. Take on concepts and start recalling what
all you know about the concept. Recall is always a better method
then reading. Make mental images and organize what you already know.
At the end, just scan through your reference text, if you have
missed something. Also, note that working with pen and paper only
reduces you efficiency. Make your mind work more then your hands.
Take problems and mentally recollect how will you approach the
problem.
     And yes, you need to solve lot more practise/past year
papers/test. Analyse the trend on marks obtained. Though the trend
may be fluctuating but there must be parameters which will always
remain constant.Look out for parameters which are volatile in
nature. Take note of such parameters and work on them.Identify whats
missing and provide that. Identify weak areas precisely and work on
them.
    And finally, please do not go into examination with any preset
notions about the pattern, about cutoffs, about success rate, about
any subject, any topics say for example there should be more
comprehension based questions or there should not be any multiple
answer correct questions or if pattern is this particular way then
it will be good, if that way then it will be bad, or easy or tough..
or exam should be easy or tough, calculus se jyada questions aane
chahiye then i stand a chance etc... Once you are baised or having
preset notions then any changes/ variation may surprise you or even
worse upset you and may affect your performance. So, always keep
your cool, simply dont panic. It wont help. Just trust yourself and
the IITian in you. And moreso over trust IIT, they know what they
are doing, why they are doing and for whom they are doing. They wont
be throwing dices at you but assisting the IITian in you to showup.
    So, simply cheer up!! Make sure you smile often!! Love yourself!!
and Believe you are the BEST and You Deserve the BEST.
Love you all.
All the Best
Amit Sharma

Dear IITians,
       Firstly, I would like to acknowledge you all, for all the
efforts that you have put in for JEE preparation. In one way or the
other, you all are extraordinary individuals who dare to dream big,
who stood up and taken on something which seems impossible to many
and many of students. So, at this moment acknowledge yourself for
what all you have done and the way you have done.
      Now, at this moment the most crucial element for your
preparation is your mental state i.e. your being. Make sure IITian
in you is in full _expression. Lot many things will come to you at
this point of time esp. the ones which might affect you adversely.
Doubts, confusion, pressure, threats, fears are your biggest enemy
at this point of time. They may make you feel being unprepared,
being underprepared, being imcomplete, being skeptical or even worse
being resigned, being dejected, being worthless. Now, tell me does
that help?? Simply NO. A big NO. Remember faliure with good reasons
for faliure is never equal to success. So, always keep an eye on
your mental coordinates and be on your side. If any thing comes up,
simply give that up. Say if fear comes up for you. Simply say ok i
know it is fear- SO WHAT. I now giveup that fear. I am perfect,
whole and complete. IITian in me will Showup in the World. I am on
my side and nothing in this universe can force me. Yes! I am the
architect of my future.
      Now, the second element in your preparation is action plan.
Trust me, you have already covered major syllabus of IIT JEE. Living
with a sense of incompletion (of any nature) won't help. Now, revise
your concepts mentally. Take on concepts and start recalling what
all you know about the concept. Recall is always a better method
then reading. Make mental images and organize what you already know.
At the end, just scan through your reference text, if you have
missed something. Also, note that working with pen and paper only
reduces you efficiency. Make your mind work more then your hands.
Take problems and mentally recollect how will you approach the
problem.
     And yes, you need to solve lot more practise/past year
papers/test. Analyse the trend on marks obtained. Though the trend
may be fluctuating but there must be parameters which will always
remain constant.Look out for parameters which are volatile in
nature. Take note of such parameters and work on them.Identify whats
missing and provide that. Identify weak areas precisely and work on
them.
    And finally, please do not go into examination with any preset
notions about the pattern, about cutoffs, about success rate, about
any subject, any topics say for example there should be more
comprehension based questions or there should not be any multiple
answer correct questions or if pattern is this particular way then
it will be good, if that way then it will be bad, or easy or tough..
or exam should be easy or tough, calculus se jyada questions aane
chahiye then i stand a chance etc... Once you are baised or having
preset notions then any changes/ variation may surprise you or even
worse upset you and may affect your performance. So, always keep
your cool, simply dont panic. It wont help. Just trust yourself and
the IITian in you. And moreso over trust IIT, they know what they
are doing, why they are doing and for whom they are doing. They wont
be throwing dices at you but assisting the IITian in you to showup.
    So, simply cheer up!! Make sure you smile often!! Love yourself!!
and Believe you are the BEST and You Deserve the BEST.
Love you all.
All the Best
Amit Sharma

Dear IITians,
By now the IITian in you must be really disposed to show up in the
world. Coming to you is not just another exam but an opportunity of
realization of your dream, an access to create powerful future for
yourself, an instrument to create larger context to your life. What
all that is required is simply you being on your side. Just don't give
into your doubts, fears, pressure, emotions, and threats (I haven't
completed my course yet! My preparation is not up to the mark!! I
don't know what IIT will ask!!! and many a more of them). Just accept
yourself and love yourself the way you are and the way you are not.
You just don't have to clear an exam to be IITian but you will have to
be an IITian to clear the exam. So simply, Be an IITian and take the
exam.
Love you all.
All the best

Amit Sharma

Dear Aspirants,
        Now the days for IIT exams are numbered, so now is the time
to plan your innings well to realize your dream of getting into IIT.
Its a time of intense deliberations and choosing the right
alternatives. Whatever you are going to do from now on will
determine the outcome of the efforts that you have put in JEE
preparation. This first first of the newsletters adresses the
immediate concerns of most of you. In the coming newsletter togather
we will making a sincere effort for the IITian in YOU to showup in
the world.
        At this point of time, i am inviting you to review what all
you did uptil now. How much course you have covered? What's your
depth of understanding the concepts? The kind of marks that you are
scoring? What's the revision pattern that you are going to follow?
And this exercise is important for the simple reason if you are on
the journey then there ought to be milestones. You must have a
measure of your strength and weakness before devising any sort of
straegy.
        Many of you might be thinking let me first finish up the
course before i can take on revision. To be very frank, while
preparing for IIT course never completes. Till the day exam is over
no one can say my preparation is complete. There is always a feeling
i could have done this and that. Always keep in mind, JEE is not
about scoring 100% in a subject or the examination. Your aim should
be to attain an optimal score in each subject, depending on your
strengths and weaknesses. So as of now list down all the topics
which you have covered and workout whats the weightage of subject
matter which you have studied by now. Also, identify your strong and
weak areas. Track your progess and moniter it. Thats where "65 days"
will come handy. Now about the remaining syllabus, do the ABC
analysis (which we will be discussing later in this newsletter) and
work out a timed plan of study in such a manner that you get enough
time to revise topics you know and to cover the major syllabus due.
We, as authors, are commited for the IITian in you to showup in the
world so let me add a word of caution. If you are thinking about
completing the entire course and then going for the revision/ tests
then that could be a serious risk to take.
           Another concern for most of you is about depth of
understanding of concepts. If you are comfortable with your
conceptual clarity well and fine and if not then start working onto
it right now. Three months time is good enough for the IIT JEE
preparation but then you will have to be focussed, intentional and
stay inspired by the feel of making it to IIT. Moreover, the change
in pattern now provides you an ideal opportunity. Now, let us
quickly come to what all it demands for the IITian in you to showup
the world. It requires-
1. Analysis and forecasting.
2. Planning- squencing and scheduling
3. Organizing
4. Executing the plan.
5. Coordinating and controlling.
let us take them one by one.
1. Analyzing and forecasting - Here we will go by ABC method of
analysis. Take the JEE syllabus given in the cocoon and divide the
entire syllabus into three categories.
A type -it includes 30% of the syllabus which have a weightage of
nearly 40% in JEE.
B type - 40% of syllabus and 40% of weightage.
C type - 30% of syllabus and 20% of weightage.
To do this you can take support ideally from an ex-IITian or if it
is not possible then from anyone you feel is competent enough to
guide you. Doing this you will know what to do and in what order.
2. Planning - sequencing and scheduling- Now you can workout
timelines what should be completed and by when and with what
proficiency level. Sequencing of task should be done as per your
strength and weakness.
3. Organize - To execute your plan you must work out- what resources
(textbooks/ coaching/ tution etc) will you require? Who's support
will you take? How much to study in a day? At what frequency you
need to give tests etc?
4. Executing the plan - While studying focus onto concept- most
importantly why is it so? How is it related to what all i know?
Where else it can be used? Is there any exception? Ideally spend
more time on concept building. Now, once you do that come to
application part or problem solving. Always remember you are not
solving any problem to memorize methods, formulae, tricks,
techniques but to apply what you have studied previosly. So dont
give up on problems, dont rush for solutions. Always work out - What
is given? What is to be found? Which concepts to be used? What new
things have you learned by solving a particular problem? Every
problem you are going to solve on your own by doing what i have
prescribed will enrich your concepts and your belief in you.
5. Coordination and control - This is perhaps the most crucial
element. This element requires day-to-day tracking and periodic
tracking. Tracking can be done only when you have standard
parameters worked out. Parameters have to be tangible and mesurable,
like marks scored, no of problems solved on your own etc and not
like i am feeling great about it, i studied for such and such no of
hrs. So track your performance and moniter any deviation from the
standards and take corrective actions.
At the end, i would say that plan realistically and not by whims and
wishes, Work with intentionality and not on moods, opinions and
swings.
So give the IITian in you a chance to showup. Make your moves right
now.
All the best
Amit Sharma