Education Guide

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Thursday, November 23, 2006

Medical Entrance Examination

Do you want to be a doctor and serve sick and needy people? What you require are good grades all through school. You should start preparing for medical entrance exams by class IXth. There are postal as well as dedicated coaching offered by premier institutes including Brilliants, Akash Institute and Sachdeva.

There are many kinds of doctors. You should also decide whether you want to be a family and general practitioner or you want to be a specialist. General practitioners treat common problems while experts treat specific problems. For example, Pediatricians are experts who care for children and babies. Heart surgeons operate and heal heart diseases.


Who should opt for medicine?
Medicine is a suitable filed for students with interest and excellent background in biology, physics, and chemistry.

How to take admission in medical colleges?
Entrance examinations to Medical colleges are conducted on an All India basis as well as state wise basis. Apart from this, some national level institutions also conduct their own entrance tests.

The Central Board of Secondary Examination, Delhi conducts an All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Exam to select the candidates at an all India level (except in the states of Jammu & Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh ) for admission to roughly 15% of the total seats in the colleges of each state. Andhra Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir do not admit students from other states.

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Engineering Entrance Examination

Is mathematics and science your favorite subjects? Are you wondering whether to opt for engineering or medicine as your career options? Discuss with career counselors or teachers in your school who can guide you or simply map your liking and aptitude to make a decision. I’ll provide brief information on the two fields. Let’s begin with engineering.

Engineering is the application of mathematics and science to commerce or industry. A study by Duke University in North Carolina suggests that U.S. colleges produce roughly 750 engineers per million citizens, compared with 500 in China and 200 in India. To remain competitive in the global market there is a wide scope for engineers.


Who should opt for engineering?
Engineering courses are suitable for students with interest and excellent background in mathematics, physics, and chemistry.

What are the various streams in engineering?
You can opt for any of these streams of engineering:

  • Aeronautical and aerospace Agriculture
  • Automobile
  • Computer
  • Civil
  • Chemical
  • Electrical
  • Industrial
  • Manufacturing
  • Marine
  • Mechanical
  • Metallurgical
  • Mining
  • Textile


    How to take admission to engineering?
    The engineering entrance exam is conducted on all India or State level. You can apply at either undergraduate (BE/BTech) or postgraduate level (ME/MTech). You can refer to previous IIT papers to check your aptitude. You can opt for engineering entrance examinations including AIEEE, IIT-JEE and GATE.

    It is important that you should be regular in your studies. Solve as many test papers as you can before the exam. Time management is the most important factor. No one can solve the entire paper in the prescribed time. So practice, practice, and practice. Some books that are recommended for engineering are ResnickHallidayWalker, NCERT, Mathematics by RD Sharma and ML Khanna.