Healthy competition motivates one and helps one stay on track, especially when exam preparation goes on for years, believes 17-year-old Sai Lokesh Reddy, who has scored. All India Rank 5 in JEE Advanced – IIT entrance exam and now aiming to do computer science from IIT Bombay. Reddy was enrolled at Narayana Residential School, where he prepared for IIT admission from class 11th onwards. He believes that like-minded friends have helped him achieve accomplishment. Half a dozen students of the institute including rank 4 and 5 holders have cracked the IIT entrance exam.
“I had made up my mind in class 8 that I want to study in an IIT. At that time a relative of mine had cracked IIT entrance and his name was celebrated in the family, before that I didn’t know anything about IIT or JEE. I started doing research and started preparing since then. I brushed up my basic skills including studying NCERTs and improving my English language skills and started focused preparation from class 11th,” said the 17-year-old.
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Reddy moved into the hostel while preparing for IIT entrance, which he claims gave him a better preparation environment. “I met many like-minded friends here. Seeing teammates prepare is inspiring. While we all helped each other, there was always a healthy competition that kept us going.”
This 17-year-old has been a consistently high scoring student. He had secured 99.9 percentile in first and second attempt of JEE Main and 100 percentile in third attempt. While 99.9 percentile was also sufficient for Reddy to appear in JEE Advanced, he still appeared for Mains to practice as he believed that test-taking skills were as important as subject knowledge. .
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He appeared for at least one mock test every week and tried to complete the three-hour test in at least 2 hours 30 minutes and save the remaining 30 minutes to re-check his answers and ensured that He doesn’t lose any points because of any calculation error, he told News18.com. Writing mock exams helped them to analyze their preparation and rectify mistakes accordingly. He said that mathematics was the strongest subject for him, followed by physics and then chemistry. “Every Sunday, I used to appear for a mock exam. After attempting the exam I will revise the topics which I find difficult and practice them well. My friends also appeared for the mock test and we will discuss with each other. Healthy competition with friends was also helpful.”
Apart from the national level admission, Reddy also appeared for the state level examinations – TSEAMCET and APEAMCET. He secured 17th and 73rd rank respectively in both. “Every exam is a little different even though the topics are almost the same. In APEAMCET, the focus is on solving all the questions as there is no negative marking. Competition is high in JEE Main and one has to be more precise. Advanced has more competitive questions and is a test of both speed and accuracy,” Reddy said.
Reddy’s parents are teachers in government schools. He has a younger brother who is in class 12th and has opted for non-medical and will also be preparing for engineering entrance.
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