With just a week left for common entrance test for the coveted MBBS course, students from Nagpur are leaving no stone unturned. The exam
is scheduled to be held on May 12.
TOI spoke to a few aspirants who will appear for the entrance exam. Poonam Chandekar, a student, informed that she had been preparing for the exam for two years. However, she was a little disturbed when the exam was postponed by a week. Earlier, it was supposed to be conducted on May 7. These days she studies up to eight hours a day. But, she says, the most important point is to study regularly throughout the year. According to Poonam, one cannot cram the night before the CET exams. In fact, one has to prepare oneself well in advance. She is eager to appear for the exam.
However, there are students who were happy with the postponement. Prashik Telwadkar said that now he has an extra week extra to put in more efforts to crack the test. Neerja Deshmukh, another aspiring student, said she too was preparing for the CET for almost two years. "As soon as I cleared my Xth board exam with 75%, I joined coaching classes for MH-CET. I gave almost seven to eight hours a day to crack one of the toughest entrance exam," she says.
Anjela Paul, faculty member of a coaching centre in Nagpur, said nowadays students start preparing for CET much earlier. There are many coaching classes who offer CET tuitions one year before the exam. It is better to join these classes rather than crash courses for CET or classes that focus on HSC rather than CET.
Revealing the success mantra for the entrance exam, she urged the student to know their HSC portion well. "Students have to know the theories, definitions and concepts very well. So, do not neglect your HSC exam and study for both HSC and CET simultaneously," added Rahul Sharma, another faculty at a coaching centre.
He further said asked the students to be well prepared for CET but not to depend entirely on one exam for one's future. They should also keep other options open, he said.
Dr N T Jeevtode from GMCH and Nagpur in-charge of the entrance exam, appealed to the students to come to the centre 45 minutes before time to avoid last minute chaos.