For students who are currently in their Std. 12 of school, it is probably the most important year of their life. This is the time when they are on the verge of completing their basic education and are preparing to step towards a more focused education towards achieving their career goals.
While many students plan to choose their college based on their 12th standard board exam results, others opt to appear for various entrance exams (like IIT JEE, AIPMT, CLAT, IHM-JEE, SET...) and compete at a national level.
This post is intended for the students opting for the later route.
Over the years, I've observed that many students started preparing for various entrance exams and tend to neglect the preparation for their school board exams. The rationale behind their decision is, they are anyway preparing for professional courses. The eligibility criteria for such courses (as far as the 12th standard marks go) is a mere pass class or 60% (for example). So why waste time on preparing for school exams.
However, this is not the right attitude.
What students fail to realize is the entrance tests are not a done deal. While there are a few hundred seats in each course, there are literally thousands (if not lakhs) of aspirants competing for them. If the student is not able to clear the entrance test, they will have to fall back upon their 12th standard marks to be eligible for other colleges.
The wise thing would be to be serious in preparing for both. A good grade in 12th std. exams along with a good performance in the entrance tests is not all that difficult. In fact experience tells me that students who are good at one, invariably manage to be good at the other too.
Additionally, while 12th std. marks may not have much weightage in some of the under-graduate selection procedures, they are often considered vital during post-graduate and job-selection processes.
Moral of the story: learn to manage time; do well in all aspects of education!
While many students plan to choose their college based on their 12th standard board exam results, others opt to appear for various entrance exams (like IIT JEE, AIPMT, CLAT, IHM-JEE, SET...) and compete at a national level.
This post is intended for the students opting for the later route.
Over the years, I've observed that many students started preparing for various entrance exams and tend to neglect the preparation for their school board exams. The rationale behind their decision is, they are anyway preparing for professional courses. The eligibility criteria for such courses (as far as the 12th standard marks go) is a mere pass class or 60% (for example). So why waste time on preparing for school exams.
However, this is not the right attitude.
What students fail to realize is the entrance tests are not a done deal. While there are a few hundred seats in each course, there are literally thousands (if not lakhs) of aspirants competing for them. If the student is not able to clear the entrance test, they will have to fall back upon their 12th standard marks to be eligible for other colleges.
The wise thing would be to be serious in preparing for both. A good grade in 12th std. exams along with a good performance in the entrance tests is not all that difficult. In fact experience tells me that students who are good at one, invariably manage to be good at the other too.
Additionally, while 12th std. marks may not have much weightage in some of the under-graduate selection procedures, they are often considered vital during post-graduate and job-selection processes.
Moral of the story: learn to manage time; do well in all aspects of education!
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