If you’re preparing for JEE and still have not developed the habit of making notes, let us warn you in advance because when your exam will be just a few weeks away, you will be wasting your time going through various subjects’ books along with other resources. Whereas what you should be doing is just revising important concepts from your notes, it will save your time and you won’t have to go through hundreds of pages just to revise one particular topic.
Making notes is one of the most important things for effective JEE preparation. You may not realize its importance at the start, but you will surely realize it in the last few months when you will be having truckloads of the syllabus to revise or when you’re looking for a particular topic and have to search the entire book for it.
Good notes will always help you whether you’re studying for your CBSE boards or JEE entrance exams. Because when you write things down, your mind automatically memorizes things, and soon you will be having all the important concepts at your fingertips. So, every time you have to revise a particular topic, you will just go pick up your notes and revise that topic.
If you get confused while making notes, then we have some key points tried and tested by the experts to help you make the most effective notes.
Things to Keep in Mind When Making Notes
Let’s start with the basics of note-making to help you in both JEE and JEE Advanced preparation.
1. Use Colorful Pens
Human senses and eyes recept differently to different colors. This is why “highlighting important points” will make things easier to memorize. You can also follow a color scheme, for example, highlight definitions with a blue marker, formulas with a pink one and, exceptions or things to be careful about can be marked with red.
2. Different Books Should be Used for Different Subjects
The biggest mistake that students make while preparing notes is “writing all their notes” in one notebook, irrespective of the subject. Please don’t make this mistake, keep your notes well organized, and write notes of each subject in a different notebook. Another most common mistake students make is not making an index page, imagine going through all the notes for finding one chapter or topic. This is why making an index page with chapters, and topics covered should be written. Since you will be referring to multiple reference books, it will be better to segregate them into chapters and topics beforehand. So, make sure you prepare the index well because this will help you in finding what you need while revising.
3. Don’t Always Repeat What is Already Mentioned in the Textbook
To figure out this, you need to find out what’s inside your textbook. So, read all your textbooks thoroughly and after that note down all the key points, insights, and explanations your professor provided, which are not present in the textbook. To get easy access to all concepts of your textbook, you can refer to the Aakash JEE Archive. Where you will find all the important concepts, questions, and solutions along with explanations.
Now, that you’re clear with the basics. Let’s dig in further:
4. Make Notes in the Language that Suits you the Most
Sometimes while making notes students write a few words that they may understand at that moment but will eventually forget in the future. So, it’s always the best idea to write notes in the language you’re most comfortable with, whether it’s Hindi, English, Hindi+ English, or your native language. It will help you in understanding things better.
5. Revise your Notes Regularly
Instead of just writing down notes, revise them every fortnight. This will help you in memorizing and understanding things in a better way and you will remember them for a long time. You won’t be in a hurry for revision during the last month of your exam.
6. Use Different Colors while Preparing Chemistry Notes
Are you one of those students who get confused while making chemistry notes? We have a great tip for you. While writing chemistry reactions in a notebook, make sure to write the names of several compounds using the same colored pen or highlight them with the same color. The color-coding of compounds will help you in remembering the actual color of compounds. This will help you in Qualitative Analysis, as it’s all about identifying compounds with their colors.
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7. Make Memory Maps to Improve Concepts
Making memory maps is one of the most effective techniques of making notes. The human mind is an expert at remembering pictures rather than plain text. So, when you make memory maps, it will eventually stimulate your picture memory so that you can remember them easily and for a longer period of time. Don’t make them too colorful or elaborate, rathe make them crisp and easy to memorize.
Useful Tips to Make Effective Notes
- Divide your notes into headings, sub-heads, and sub-subheads. It will help you in understanding the notes better and you will be able to memorize them easily.
- You can’t write big concepts in notes, in this situation write down the page no. of books, reference books along chapter names so that you can find them when you need them.
- It’s always a better idea to make notes in a binded notebook, rather than a regular one, as it will prevent loss of pages.
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Conclusion
We hope that these tips and tricks will help you in making the most effective notes. At Aakash, we thrive to provide our students with the best knowledge with the help of the most reputed faculty across India. In case you need any help, you can reach out to our experts and they will always be more than happy to help you.
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