Driven by a sense of purpose, Haziq Parveez Lone decided as early as grade 6 that he wanted to be a doctor. Years later, his dream is now becoming a reality as Haziq has successfully passed the NEET medical entrance exam. With 710 out of 720 points, the 18-year-old has managed to achieve an All India rank 10.
Haziq, a native of Kashmir, wants to study in the best medical university in India – AIIMS New Delhi, but he wants to bring his academic knowledge and skills back to the valley. Speaking to news18.com, he said: “I’m going to college, but I want to settle back here and help provide the world-class people of Kashmir so they don’t have to travel for the facilities.”
“Kashmir needs more skilled and qualified doctors and I want to become one,” the teenager said.
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Hasiq has been training for NEET since grade 11, while he was confident he would pass the exam with more than 700 marks and stand in line for government colleges, AIR 10 still came as a surprise to him, the said student who would like to either study neurology or do research after MBBS.
He claims that clarity about what and how to study helped him achieve NEET. About his prep routine, he said, “I set up daily schedules for myself, which allowed me to study in depth and be flexible. I used to get up at 9am and sleep at 1pm. After school and coaching classes, I would review everything. For Physics I would practice and for Chemistry and Biology I would review NCERT and coaching notes and create my own content which I have reviewed over the past 5-6 months.In the past 6 months I also changed my routine and started at 5am” waking up in the morning and going to sleep around 10:30 pm.’
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To make sure he’s on the right track, Hasiq would try regular coaching tests and participate in pilot tests. After completing his board exams with JKBoSE in December, he devoted the last few months to mock tests and attempted a mock test daily. He then revised the test and worked on his weaknesses and prepared for the next day’s exam.
NEET is a test of time management and accuracy. To ensure that he completes the test on time and does not make mistakes, he decided to try the same exam twice within three hours. “I used the first 1 hour and 10 minutes to do a quick lap on the exam and decide on answers. I did not tick any answers on the OMR sheet at the time. In the remaining time, I looked at the questions again and started filling out the OMR sheet at the same time. This ensured that no mistakes were made and that questions were re-evaluated.”
He advised his colleagues: “To prepare for NEETm you need to prepare a self-assessment based on their strengths and weaknesses. You need to see where they fall short and go outside their comfort zone. Time is precious and starting early and being consistent is going to be a long road.”
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