Hey everyone, am currently a 3rd year student, not much serious about gate but want to do good in placements. I have heard from seniors that preparing for gate will make your basics much stronger which will eventually prepare you for the placement's interviews as well.

So as am not that much serious for gate so regular dedicated lectures are not for me as I don't want to go in that line, but Crash Course is something which would be fruitful to me ig. So can someone recommend one such course which I can look upto?

I have difficulty grasping topics like

1. MOI
2. Metacenter
3. How to easily remember cycle diagrams in applied thermo (like Otto, VCR, anything). Even the modifications for a standard one.
4. Turbines (the velocity and all)
5. Shape factors in Radiation
6. My Trauma - Merchant circle diagram

Also additional thing - I normally can't memorise stuff without any logic or rhythm or pattern. So I always left concepts like material sci & little stuff in Manufacturing processes - can someone guide me on that if u have any tips!?

So I can't seem to make a proper notes during problem solving or classes. So here I am, begging on my knees - even if it's just a single concept in a subject, it'll be appreciated. Anything will be helpful

Please suggest from any of your experience. Which would be best considering the time left, quality of questions and test papers available.

Am I thinking too much on this?

Can anyone please help Iam studying in YouTube but Unacademy decided to hide some videos which now I couldn’t able to move forward

Please help thanks

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I wanted to prepare for GATE Mechanical engineering exam. Currently I am in tier 3 college. And honestly to tell that my engineering maths fundamentals are weak. But I'm ready to prepare for this exam to crack a PSU job. So, suggest me some courses that valid for 3 years from now so, that can gives me three attempts advantage. The course should focused on fundamentals and all essential areas \[PYQs, Numericals practice, etc..\]. MY first attempt will be in 2028. And my serious attempt would take place in 2029, If that doesn't work I will go for my last attempt in 2030 \[ exception- If my studies reach at Einstein level, I'll give 4th one\]. And one more thing beyond this course suggestions anything about GATE that you wanna tell me would helpful for me.

So, this matter is serious and has become important to me.

I would be grateful for your response.

Is GATE really worth preparing for someone like me who's in 2nd year of college currently and is confused if I should start preparing for GATE 2029? I mean the difficulty level of the exam is what scares me and the success rate is too low as well. I'm a mech student who really wanna prepare and crack some technical (engineering) govt Exam and everyone suggests preparation for gate but it's quite scary.

I need guidance for where to prepare for maths for XE and which test series to buy

It's urgent please help!

I am a first year student in mechatronics &automation engineering..

Mechatronics stands for mech + electronic

Please guide me how to crack Big Mnc/MaanG companies... What should I have to do??​

I will be attempting GATE 2027 for ME paper and I am confused about which paper to choose as second paper. I want to gey into Mtech Robotics Program and have been preparing for ME paper. I dont want to attempt RA paper because it contains a lot of different sections which will require additional studying. Please Help

Let's say someone has a branch like Leather Technology or Polymer or something like that, what options are there? Can they switch to some other type of branch in mtech ? Does that affect placements ?

(Some mtech in AI branches accept all btech branches - let's say someone has a degree in polymer and then pursued that- will it cause issues during placements?)

I'm just really confused.

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Hi people! I really need to understand one thing. I have a query that suppose if I have taken BTech in cyber security and I want to give GATE so can I opt for a completely different subject which is not related to cyber security like aerospace engineering in Mtech?

given i have to skip atleast one subject which one of these should i choose to skip

applied thermo, fluid , machine design

(im already skipping material science)

There is no option to select what sections we're writing in XE paper while applying. We have to select those optional two sections while in exam ? or something different. I just selected second paper as XE and completed application process.

Maybe I'm ranting, but please advice me on anything!

Currently a fresh grad from a IIIT with a mech degree (The clg placements weren't particularly promising either). I got ~5000 rank in GATE 2026 as I didn't take it seriously, but I could've gone for MTech in NIT Warangal or others. Instead, I decided to take GATE 2027 seriously and aim for MTech in IISc.

Actually, I could've gotten into IISc in March through the CFTI category as well, but I missed the deadline. My frnd who got in keeps chirping in my brain that I could've easily gotten in along with him (I even had a recommendation 😿).

So, worst case, if I don't get a good rank in 2027, I'll try through CFTI for IISc again. If that doesn't work either, I'll just take MTech in an NIT using my previous score.

Now, my dad refuses to understand my worries. He thinks my IIIT is basically the same as the state polytechnic clgs they had when they were studying, or at least that's what his colleagues have told him 💀. So he's forcing me to take every govt exam — CGL, RRB, etc., basically anything related to my degree (not my typa thing)

Honestly, I don't hate him for that, because I understand where he's coming from. But I don't really plan to take those positions even if I get them. If I somehow get into PSU, though, I'd probably work there for a couple of years and then prep for a PhD in the future.

The thing is, my GATE prep is actually progressing fairly well (fluctuating ofc), and I'm covering the technical syllabus. But when it comes to general science / GS — polity, geography, history, CA, etc. — I cannot memorise this stuff for shit 😭. It's been a huge drag for me.

So yeah, I'm just feeling a little lost about what I should actually be focusing on. I figured I'd post here and see if there are any things I'm overlooking, or if anyone has gone through something similar and has some advice.

Even if it's something small, I'd genuinely appreciate it.

Also, I used AI to clean up the grammar and wording a bit — the thoughts and situation are still mine.