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as much as possible, try to finish school work at school (free periiods, recess). this will leave you with more time at home for jee prep.

8MONTHS IS A QUIET SUFFICIENT PREPARATION PERIOD.

1.DEVOTE MOST OF YOUR TIME IN JEE PREPARATION.

2.WHEN YOU ARE ATTENDING A CLASS BE VERY ATTENTIVE ,IT WILL NOT ONLY HELP YOU FOR BOARDS MOREOVER JEE IS ALSO ASKING QUESTIONS FROM N.C.E.R.T THESE DAYS.

3.SET A TARGET OF TOPICS YOU HAVE TO COVER EACH DAY.(YOU NEED TO BE VERY SYSTEMATIC)

4.IF YOU HAVE JOINED ANY COACHING CLASS ,TRY TO COMPLETE ITS WORK.

5.IOF YOU ARE AVERAGE STUDENT SCHOOL SHOULD BE YOUR SECOND PRIORITY.

6.FOLLOW YOUR TEACHER.

7.TAKE YOUR PROGRESS IN CLASS AS YOUR ACTUAL PROGRESS.

8.IF YOU HAVE NOT JOINED ANY COACHING GO FOR A CORRESPONDENCE COURCE.

9.PRACTICE MORE AND MORE OBJECTIVE PROBLEMS (TRY NOT GIVING MORE THEN 2MIN. TO EACH QUESTION).

10.,PRACTISE,ASSIMILATION AND SELF ASSISMENT IS KEY TO SUCESS IN JEE

A very crucial issue facing JEE aspirants like you is the problem of time management. We’ve heard all sorts of remarks and queries from students claiming that lack of time management is becoming their nemesis:

"How many hours should I study everyday?"

"I cannot handle JEE preparation along with my Boards preparation"

"I feel very sleepy while studying!"

"How did you manage your studies during your   preparation time?"

"I am very distracted with things like my iPod and spending time on Orkut."

"Should I spend time on things other than studies? Like sports or cultural activities?"

We are sure you can identify with some of these issues.

So what is that secret to great time management? What is that magic potion that will do away with every distraction that hinders your progress? How can you ensure the most effective channelising of your efforts?

The truth is that there’s no single formula or methodology applicable to everyone for effective time management. Each individual is unique. Therefore, everyone cannot be fit into a single success formula.

You must figure out your own schedule that optimizes your time spent on studies while still giving you ample time to have fun. We would strongly discourage you from abandoning all extra-curricular activities and “focusing” only on studies. This is what you must have been advised to do by peers and elders. This strategy does not always work. What we would suggest is a balanced mix of studies as well as other things that you like doing, like playing soccer or listening to music, or spending time on the internet.

Here are some general pointers that you could use to draw up your own time-table:

- Studies should be your first priority, but not the only thing that you do. You must fit in other interesting activities in you schedule, things that you like doing.

- Figure out the time of the day that best suits you for studying. For some, it is early morning while for many others, it is late nights. Once you’ve determined when is the best time for you to study, construct your study schedule around that time of the day.

- There is no particular number of hours that you must put in everyday for studying. But one very important thing is to be regular and consistently follow your daily time-table. Also, make sure that you revise and practise regularly. For example, suppose that you are able to put in 4 hours of study everyday. You could possibly use 2 of those 4 hours for advancing along your (unfinished) syllabus and the other 2 for revising parts of what you’ve already covered upto that particular day.

- You must follow a balanced schedule with respect to all the three subjects. Studying only physics for days at a stretch, for example, is not a very good idea (although it might be fun; we did it ourselves too, but of course there are negative consequences). We would suggest touching upon at least two subjects everyday, and never neglecting any particular subject (its chemistry most of the times!) for more than 2-3 days. This way, you’ll be in touch with all the three subjects at any given point in time. Remember, if your aim is to maximize your rank at the JEE, you must go in with your arsenal fully loaded, which means being very good in all the three subjects.

- If you are ever getting bored of studying, there’s no point continuing. Take a break for a while and then try to start afresh. But this does not mean studying for 5 minutes and taking a break of 55 minutes every hour!

- Finally, you need not study for your Boards and the JEE separately. That is a very wrong strategy that many students tend to follow. This strategy might have made some sense when the JEE paper used to be very tough and the gap between the JEE level and the Boards level was huge. But in recent years, the JEE examiners have tried more and more to narrow that gap, and if you see the last 3-4 years JEE papers, you will clearly feel that the gap has actually narrowed. Thus, preparing for Boards and the JEE separately would be a waste of time. We would suggest this strategy:

Study keeping in mind the JEE. One month before the start of the Boards exams, go through the Boards style of answering questions from the various books available in the market. JEE syllabus and the Boards syllabus are (almost) the same. Whatever you feel is missing from your Boards preparation can be done one month before the Boards exams (generally the month of February).

And yes, remember to be regular in school and attend all classes. 90% of your Boards syllabus will be covered just by attending the classes in school, and the effort you’ll have to put on your own later would be minimal.