The main dream of a Science student is to be admitted in a Medical College and become a doctor. 38 government medical and dental colleges are the top of their choices.
Getting enrolled into a renowned medical college can be the most difficult yet rewarding experience of a student's life.
Getting enrolled into a renowned medical college can be the most difficult yet rewarding experience of a student's life.
Board exams or O-levels/A-levels are definitely important - but medical admission tests are more important than anything else as there is lots of competition, most important of which is your MBBS academic life and consequently, career opportunities.
Medical college admission test is the biggest admission battle of the country to handpick the aspiring doctors. A total of 84,484 candidates will compete for MBBS/BDS admission test for 10 thousand 299 seats in 126 public and private Medical-Dental colleges.
According to the health ministry, there are 3,162 seats in 29 public medical colleges, while 5,325 in 64 private medical colleges for the MBBS course. Besides, nine public dental colleges have 532 seats for the BDS course while 24 non-government dental colleges 1,280 seats.
So the extent and scope of competition can be easily comprehended. The test comprises of 100 multiple choice questions, each carrying one mark. Mark distribution is as follows: Biology 30, Chemistry 25, Physics 20, English 15, and General Knowledge 10.
Students from science background have to study Physics and Chemistry for engineering university admission test, as well as for science faculties of different universities. But in case of medical admission test, the approach and pattern of preparation for these two subjects vary substantially than other tests.Medical admission test requires emphasis on the more informative portions of the textbooks. Rather than preparing for conceptual questions, more effort should be given on studying the various information and data provided in the textbooks.
For example, in case of Physics, studying different experiments and their details, units of physical parameters, physical interpretation of different theories and their fields of applications, notable physicists and their works, important dates will come in handy.
In case of Chemistry, understanding different chemical reactions, their mechanisms, reagents and products, and their usage are essential. A thorough knowledge of organic chemistry will prove to be invaluable.
Biology is a subject that most students in their HSC/A-levels don't take much seriously. But for medical admission test, this is the subject that students need to focus on most. In case of Botany, chapters on Cell Biology (Cell, Cell Division, Cell Chemistry etc.) should be given emphasis. In Zoology, a comprehensive understanding of the human body is of utmost importance.
Many students spend quite a lot of time on General Knowledge. But there's no end to it. Assign some particular time daily to studying GK, apart from that - don't over think and panic about it. Don't waste countless hours reading GK books, allot that time and energy to other subjects.
It'll be good to follow a well-prepared guidebook that has got the previous years' questions. Don't rely totally on the answers provided in them, find them out yourselves. Follow one good book for GK; that should be enough.
