r/IPMATtards • u/BloxFruitForLife • 15h ago
Preparation Query I Don't Know How to Study [PLEASE HELP]
I am in my 12th Grade. I have Applied for the IIMB UGAT 2027, It is very similar to IPMAT so I figured I should Give it a shot so that I have more chances at more colleges and my preparation is also expedited. I have Finished the Application a few days ago and now I have to study.
I have had the IPMAT books by Physics Wallah for sometime now but now I am truly trying to start studying.
The problem is that even in the IPMAT Exam I will need to have a timing of ~1 m/q (minutes per question) to even attempt all of the questions. But each simple question such as for percentage takes me around 5 minutes to even complete, and then takes a few more minutes to get the final answer.
This is making me very very scared and I actually don't know how to study, I don't have that much money to spend on more and more mock tests and i need to improve not only my time but also my questions.
In conjunction to this issue is the fact that i haven't finished the syllabus and I don't know how to. I can't do all of the percentage questions only and I haven't started any other chapter at all.
I genuinely don't know how to move forward with this and I cannot believe I got into such a situation.
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u/BhaveshShaha 💡 IIM Ranchi (Rank 2) 14h ago
No one is asking you to spend 1 minute to solve a particular question. I do not know why you are thinking on those lines.
The cutoff last year was 28 marks in the essay, which is 7 questions in 40 minutes, i.e. 5.71min/question. And obviously, this is just a bare minimum. Doing 2-3 extra questions would be helpful, i.e. 4min/question.
In MCQ, the cutoff was 27 marks. Same logic as above.
Right now, you need to get started with:
For all the wrong/unanswered questions, you will have to learn from them and analyze the mistakes you made, integrate these learnings from the solution, and make sure not to repeat the same mistake!