Hi to every body . This is Dr. Junaid . In this letter I will be sharing my experiences of preparing for the MDS entrance exams . TO DO IT

I guess i can start of by describing the two characters of the famous recent Bollywood film 3 IDIOTS… Guess two characters in that film which stood apart were Rancchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad “Rancho” played by Aamir khan and Chatur Ramalingam or “Silencer” played by Omi Vaidya.. while “Rancho” did smart study.. Chatur was a mug pot… the ending of the film shows that in the end its “Rancho” who succeeded more in life than chatur…

The reason i started this blog with a film story is because of how close this film is to reality..

MDS entrance preparation is not about memorising question and answers.. its about smart study understanding simple concepts and building on those concepts by revision till your Hippocampus processes it into long term memory..

But the question that will arise is 

WHAT IS SMART STUDY ?? 

When I mean smart, it means that your clever enough to recognise as to what each exam demands out of the students appearing for it … For that I shall blog some methods which hopefully may help us crack these entrance exams discussing each method according to particular exam.

AIIMS / AIPG

All india institute of medical sciences conducts 2 MDS entrance exams in a year one in May the other in November. The same institute conducts the AIPG “All india postgraduate entrance exam” in the first week of jan each year..

Guys. I guess we all know that AIPG is the ” Big daddy of all MDS entrance exams” and I guess there is no necessity in elaborating the importance of this exam..
AIPG by far is the toughest of the entrances offered for MDS exams… As it checks the DEPTH of our knowledge of the subject… So its not surprising to find AIPG rankers even getting state ranks or topping other exams..
According to me AIPG requires a minimum of 7-8 months of preparation…

Why so much time for preparation for AIPG ?

AIPG is an unpredictable paper.. This year (2011) for example we didnt have a single question from either Prosthetics or Orthodontics… The trend is tilting heavily towards Basic Medical sciences…

But one thing should be clear that in AIPG many questions are direct repeat from previous year dental papers or direct pick from the medical papers. So solving the previous year pg dental and medical entrance exam papers becomes equally important.. For example this year at-least 130-140 questions were direct pick from  previous year dental and medical papers. So getting all of them correct is mandatory…

If we falter in these better well can realise  that we stand nowhere..