It will be starting March 2017, till then, you can take the last five years' papers (there's eight, as of 2015; take all if you can), with highest importance to the latest paper, and least to the oldest. The latest will help you gauge the trend, and the rest four will show you how it - the types of questions, the framing, the difficulty - has varied over the years.
- Usually, they stick to a basic framework and just shuffle around that, so that way the exam itself as it is, is not too difficult, and it continues to remain that way. There's little chance that they'll follow the pattern from 5 years back, but again, it's important in orde
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It will be starting March 2017, till then, you can take the last five years' papers (there's eight, as of 2015; take all if you can), with highest importance to the latest paper, and least to the oldest. The latest will help you gauge the trend, and the rest four will show you how it - the types of questions, the framing, the difficulty - has varied over the years.
- Usually, they stick to a basic framework and just shuffle around that, so that way the exam itself as it is, is not too difficult, and it continues to remain that way. There's little chance that they'll follow the pattern from 5 years back, but again, it's important in order to ID the variation.
- This is especially important for CLAT, because contrary to what I said earlier, changes can be drastic, as seen last year. In 2015, the GC cut-off marks for NUJS was just a 100 or so, but for the previous year it was 148-ish (the top scorer in 2015 got a little over 140, which is therefore less than what the 250th ranker got in 2014). The questions were actually much, much tougher than usual.
- Why I specifically mentioned this is because most institutes may or may not ask you to look at it by yourselves/not stress enough/do it for you themselves. It's important that you see it for yourself. This exercise takes no time at all, and only makes you the smarter person.
With the Strengths and Weaknesses Analysis, you'll be much ahead of the rest if you take your time and do it properly, in an unprejudiced way, without exaggerating your abilities. Ensure that you do.
- Once done, the task is simple - practice and stay updated in your strong areas, much like going to the gym to stay fit; at the same time, do put in some extra hours in your weak areas. Remember, every mark counts, so do not even consider leaving out Maths (you'd be like 1/10 people if you say you wouldn't have that thought) or any other section.
- In a gist, maintain your strengths while improving your weaknesses.
Figure out the major things you have over the course of the year - school/college exams, vacations, getaways, big wedding parties, etc. The time that remains is the time you can dedicate to preparing for the exam.
- However, don't misinterpret my words such that you need to study every minute for a whole year to crack this exam. On the other hand, this is important for you to figure out when you need to finish certain things by.
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It will be starting March 2017, till then, you can take the last five years' papers (there's eight, as of 2015; take all if you can), with highest importance to the latest paper, and least to the oldest. The latest will help you gauge the trend, and the rest four will show you how it - the types of questions, the framing, the difficulty - has varied over the years.