Do notjoin the most popular coaching class in town.

I beg, DO NOT do this blunder. Well, it's under condition that that the coaching has more than 20-25 people in a batch / class. If not, you may join.

I know if the coaching people read this, they'd be behind me. But it's a fact. More often than not they would attempt to coach more than 100 students in a class. What if you have any doubts? I bet, you won't get an answer in the class. What more... if you get your basics wrong, they will always remain unanswered. Complex questions may be, sometimes, answered.

Join some correspondence test series, like of FIIT-JEE, Brilliant Tutorials etc. A lot more have come since I joined in 1996. The national scale test series give you two benefits:

* You get an idea of the examination room. Your heartbeat will run fast in first paper and soon get normal. It will run normally when you sit in real exams.
* You know, right from first test, where you stand nationally. If not precisely, at least approximately.

Oh yes... if you need to join coaching, join a small center where the batch will not be big, the teacher will be enthusiatic to talk and work and your queries will be duly attended.