To join GATE coaching or Not?
It is really an important question and usually one who is preparing for GATE struck at. Usually the first question comes to mind that is it better to go for GATE coaching center or prepare from home or hostel. This a part of series of article that I m preparing for students who are preparing for GATE.
This really depends on oneself. The major thing is your concentration and motive for cracking GATE. Every student has different characteristics and this decision mostly depends on that. Joining and not joining a coaching center have their own pro and cons and you can judge what is best based on how you can handle the negative aspect while taking the full advantage of positive sides.
Let me first start with advantages of joining a coaching center. The first and foremost advantage is you are forced to take time for studies, eventually you will learn few things there. Second advantage is you can make use of tips given by experienced faculty. General information like study material, questions and solutions from fellow mates.
The basic disadvantage of joining a coaching center is that you need to go there. Time is consumed in traveling a little before and after the class. You may in a no time situation for revising the stuff you learned. This can be big issue in metro and big cities as the traffic and distance to a good coaching center may take up to an hour to go and another hour to comeback. Another disadvantage can be meeting new friends and waste more time with them, slowly as you go formal less information and more useless stuff start flowing.
The advantage of studying at home is that you have total control over time and a complete concentration is possible. You can save lot of time that you spend in going out to class and buffer time between the classes. You can spare some time for search and being a part of active forums on internet to see what others are doing and how they are preparing.
The major disadvantages of studying at home are lots distracters that may push you away from study like, TV, internet, family member, relative and friends. Even a single cut of tea from your beloved mom may take an hour and finally end up not doing anything. A Cricket match, a TV serial or a movie can lead to hours of distraction.
To make it in simple words if you are an average student better you choose to opt a coaching center. On the other hand, if you above average better prepare from home and keep the distractions away from you.
Make a balance between pro and cons and don’t waste your precious time in distracters like matches, TV shows, too much to time with friends and relatives. Stay focused and rise above you excuses and realize your dreams .Wish you all a great luck.
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dear sir
i am planing to give gate 2011 my problem is that i have done b.tech in ece and after that i am work in a small software company as a software testing engineer from the past 2.6+ years. now i want to know that would i give gate for ece background or for computer science background and which is better for me to do i.e m.tech in ece or m.tech in computer science.
plz reply fast in my mail id i am waiting for your repy its very urgent.
thanks
my id is princebanswal@gmail.com
plz reply fast
u said right. Both the aspects have their own advantages and disadvantages. I have prepared at home and got 498 marks in GATE 2010. U jst need to make a time-table and strictly follow it.It takes a maximum of two months to crack GATE.
My three friends prepared at Made Easy,Delhi and only one of them qualified GATE. IT NEEDS DEDICATION.
well….to be absolutely pragmatic…….joining a coaching institute has a plethora of hidden benefits…….all the advantages of which cannot be bring about in a mere single discussion..like learning any language is a process……similarly the serious candidate joining the coaching will soon understand the inexplicable experience and maturity that coaching classes instills in him is really something unimaginable………1. his way of thinking is completely changed
2. he gets extreme competitive atmosphere which is necessary ingredient
3. he can examine and compare himself with his fellow mates and correct his weaknesses.
4. consistent hardwork will invigorate in him confidence as he will see that even at coaching more than 75% students r non serious so if he continues with his hard work…….it will take him to his objectives.
5. the foremost thing in today’s world is that it keeps an aspirant away from stress, nervousness, anxiety, self doubt, hallucinations and evil thoughts which can never be escaped while he is preparing alone.
6. he will appear for test series at coaching in tough competition that will finally prepare him for the real battle.
7. the valuable experience and able guidance of the faculties about every minute element of preparation enables an aspirant to do exactly what is required……for example i used to stuck myself at nominal topics which were not at all important and hard to understand….so i got rid of that habbit…
8. finally the notes that r prepared in the class will benefit u for too long……if u start preparing on ur own…no matter it will be better but the result will be more or less the same………and also self notes consumes a lot of time……
so what i mean to say is strategy works 99% rather than emotion……there is no doubt that a dedicated person can perform either wise………but if he joins coaching then he will reap out what i said “hidden befits” of that……..i m sure i have missed many more advantages of coaching while disseminating this…but it surely has a lot more…..
so HURRY UP join faster
Mudit
(95.25% in gate 2010 from ece, (ididn’t even know to apply thevenin’s theorem well before joining coaching!))
with respect,
i dont know but how can a person indiviually decide that he his above average or below. But sir im in a big trauma in which i require help from your side.
I am very much focussed to crack gate.but my freinds are joining coaching institutes. i dont know am i above average or else take it that im a below average person.But the problem is that i cannot afford for coaching institute. so what should be my next step.
give preparation notes for gate n tell d sylabus for it
thanku sir its such a motivational read for us and sir plz can u upload some previous year papers and can orgnaise some mobile updates for the dates of exam, form isssued etc
Respected Sir,
I am preparing for GATE 2011, Chemistry, but with a different purpose. I am involving in a project in IIT Kharagpur and I need to qualify GATE for my Ph.d. registration only. As I am working on some project I have little time to study for Chemistry. So, can u suggest me some materials for GATE Chemistry that will help me to prepare for that in short time. Though I have started my preparation from now please tell me, how many hours I should study in a day so that i can crack that desire.
Thanking you,
Sangita Singh.
Dear All,
i want to know that if some coaching center is there in kolkata?
and whether it is full time or part time, for how many months.
i need a coaching program just for 2-3 months. Is it possible.
i want a crash course type of thing.
Please reply.