Hello everyone, I am Dr Jyoti Kumar Jha (ex junior resident non academic AIIMS, New Delhi).

I did my graduation from SPDC Wardha Maharashtra. I got rank 4th in general category in AIIMS june 2017 session and my overall rank is 7th.

The exam pattern of AIIMS has changed now, previously they used to ask questions from both medical and dental part but now as per the latest pattern most of the questions asked are dental clinical concept based questions. So in my point of view, doing only mcq's is not sufficient to get a good rank in AIIMS. One should be sound enough theoretically to solve concept based clinical questions. Thus retrograde study is more important.

In my point of view answer to this question varies from individual to individual, but yes you need at least 6 month of focused study to get a good rank in exams like AIIMS. As we know that seats are very few and competition is very high, so one should devote at least 12-15 hr per day towards study to crack the exam.

Since now-a-days most of the questions come from dental part and that too they are concept based questions, so as i said earlier theory portion has very important role here. I followed the following books:

In current scenario of AIIMS paper pattern oral surgery, prosthodontics, endodontics, pedodontics and periodontics are few important subjects that one should study throughly.

Yes, my previous rank in AIIMS may was 22 and in Aiims nov was 28. To crack AIIMS quality matters so one should be smart enough to understand the current paper trend and work hard according to that trend. What I did differently this time was just not make silly mistakes and mange the time correctly during my exam hours. Time management is very important, it gives you an extra edge, this is what I personally believe.

Revision is the key to get a good rank in AIIMS. As I said earlier quality matters and that one should be smart enough to understand the paper trend and accordingly revise more important topics in every clinical subject. As we know that getting a good rank in AIIMS is not that easy because of the level of the exam pattern and the competition throughout India. Thus, revision gives you confidence and positive instinct to achieve your goal.

Yes, it did. I had joined prepladder daily mcq’s which they update daily. I found orthodontics and periodontics questions were of top class and these did help me alot to understand the subject and gave me positive attitude to solve the new theory based questions for that I will be very thankful to the entire PrepLadder team.

To crack any exam time management is very important, following a particular time table and consistent study is very essential but breaks are equally important, so one should be smart enough to manage both because a fresh mind gives you positive energy to accomplish your goals.

I was good in academics throughout my graduation. I cleared all my graduation years with first class marks.

For me prosthodontics was very difficult. My strongest subjects are oral pathology, oral surgery, pedodontics and periodontics.

To crack any exam one should be full of positive energy and confidence because cracking AIIMS is not that easy, so throughout your preparation self motivation is very important to keep you on track. I suggest every aspirant not to take extra pressure during exam hours as that affects your performance, during exam time one should be full of confidence.

Guys, never ever give up. This attitude will give you everything in your life. As we all know AIIMS is a bit difficult to crack, your inner fighting instinct to accomplish your goals is the key to get a good rank. I think everyone has more or less same IQ level but the difference lies in your attitude. So positive attitude gives you positive result.

ALL THE VERY BEST GUYS FOR UPCOMING EXAMINATIONS. Stay relaxed and believe in god. God is never late he will give you everything you deserve according to his clock time. So have faith in god.

Good Luck

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