Admin: The Author of the post is Saurabh Sinha, a student from BITS-Pilani,Pilani Campus pursuing Mechanical Engineering. His BITSAT score was 329 and he shares his success mantra with aspiring students.
 

India’s first ever online test BITSAT which is supposedly tough can be achieved with proper guidance. You may think that now that I am here it’s easy for me to say this. But let me tell you a year ago I was at the same place where you are. I, with the help of right guidance, am there where you want to be.

           BITSAT is considered tough but the questions are nothing beyond your syllabus. It becomes tough because it’s a very high scoring competition and to be in the competition you can’t waste even a single minute out of those 3 hrs that you are given to crack the test.

After you are done with your preparation for boards the only hurdle left for you is attaining the required amount of speed which can be achieved with enough practice. It can be achieved by using MCQ books (i personally prefer AIEEE explorer) from the market and solve 2 sets of paper daily with a target speed of 50 questions/hour with accuracy .That will help you develop your own strategy during exam and once you do it for 15 days ,I don’t think you will have any problem in qualifying in BITSAT.

Action Summary

• Stick to BITSAT syllabus
• Use practice books
• Give importance to time management
  

Good Luck!

Admin: The author of the post is Gridhar Prasanna , a computer science student from BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus. His BITSAT score was 301. In  this post Gridhar shares some tips to help crack BITSAT.

Here are a few things which I would like to share with you all. Firstly,I would request all the BITS aspirants to strictly stick to the syllabus and not try any weird things like practising very tough/high level questions.

The test is not designed to crack you; it is the other way round. As far as proper preparation is concerned,you may just go through the NCERT books of all three-PCM properly,as some of the questions in BITSAT are picked up directly from here. In my opinion, if you stick to the syllabus,you surely can make it.

However let me remind you once again that the exam is not uber-tuff, neither is it easy. It adopts a middle route. And also those of you who have taken any sort of coaching for IIT-JEE would find it a bit easy but still the basic rule should be - stick to the core syllabus,study and understand everything given in your school textbooks. That all,and you are in.


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Apart from being the first online admission test BITSAT boast of having a well balanced test covering the regular PCM section and at the same time giving due weightage to English Proficiency (15 Questions) and (b) Logical Reasoning (10 Questions).

Thereby it’s of great importance to prepare  seriously for these 16.67% of the test component. With my experience of BITSAT 2008 (score=322) I list down  few suggestion for this section. I am sure these suggestions would help you get into your dream college BITS-Pilani. 

Pick up any good book and stick to it. I prerpared using BITSAT explorer textbook and my friend shares same experience for Arihant’s BITSAT book as well. So, you can go for either.

Recommendations for preparing for BITSAT english and reasoning:

•   Do practice all the reasoning and English proficiency questions religiously.
•  Once you are thorough with your PCM section ,start taking mock tests . But don’t jump to taking mock test before completing your revision of all the  sections.
  
• Despite of portion being small for English and resoning which could be covered in a week, but  I would recommend you splitting it in phases.
• Takeup 20 questions for english and 20 reasoning in a week. Start doing this atleast  30 days before your BITSAT.

I wish all the aspirants of BITSAT very good luck  for all  endeavors ! may god bless you . amen!!

Admin: The author of this post is Faisal Ahmad, a student from BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus. His BITSAT score was 322 which got him into Computer Science stream.

Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, most popularly known as BITS-Pilani, enjoys the status of one of the premiere institutes of India with more than 60 years of legacy. The insitute which was set by Shri G.D.Birla with a dream to make India technolgically advance churns today best technocrats. What sets BITS Pilani apart   is the various flexibilties and features it offers !!

• More than 60 year old institution and is consistently touted as one of the premier universities of the country.
• Foundation courses in first two years of engineering.
• Collaborations with academia and industries at the national and international level.
• The Dual degree ( for example Physics with EEE; Maths with Computer Science, etc.)
• Practice School-I (2nd year summer- 55 days) and Practice School-II ((final year 5 and a half months) as part of curriculum giving you the required exposure to the corporate world.
• A number of electives to choose.
• Freedom of choosing your own time and faculty 
   

  

Two of the most striking feature  of BITS-Pilani are collaboration and Practice School Concept.

Collaboration

BITS Pilani also has tie-ups with more than 40 organisations outside India like Motorola Inc., USA, Nokia Research Centre, Finland and Techlead Software Engineering Pvt. Ltd, USA. The industry collaborations work towards Research, Distance learning , seminars, competitions, etc. BITS Pilani also has numerous  academic collaborations which, among other initiatives, also include  student and faculty exchange. Some of the universities are
 

• Massacheusetts Institute of Technology
• Cornell University
• Purdue University University of Southern California
• University of Maryland, College Park, USA

Practice School Concept

• Students get to spend some time in an organization (business, research, NGO etc.) and work on live projects
• All students of Pilani and Goa (will include Hyderabad too) are eligible. Dubai Campus has a separate list of companies, involving organizations in the Middle- East.
• PS I- Exposure Oriented, 55 days, at the end of the 2nd Year
• PSII- Project Oriented, 5.5 months, final year Complex and valuable projects are worked on Stipend is usually given (Rs.10,000 to Rs. 35,000 per month by stations in India and $1500 to $3000 per month for stations abroad)
• The student does not have to approach the PS stations- they will be allotted based on their preferences besides other criteria.
• Many PS II stations offer full time jobs to their interns on successful completion
• Students at research institutes often publish papers under the guidance of an accomplished academician.
  

BITS Pilani ( Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences) - One of the most reputed Institiues in India for technology studies. Credited with mentoring the best Indian minds like Sabir Bhatia,  Vivek Paul and any more.

BITS- PiIani is not just a pure engineering college but a deemed university providing education in science and other streams also. The degree programs offered in BITS-Pilani falls in Engineering, Sciences, Technology, Pharmacy and Management and Humanities  stream.

Admission criteria in BITS-Pilani, India Campus are:

To get admission in to any of the Integrated First Degree programmes Candidates should write BITSAT(online entrance test) to get admission to Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad Campus.

Eligibility Critearia in BITS-Pilani, India Campus are :

Candidate must pass the board examination of 10+2 system from a recognized Central or State board or its equivalent with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.

Further the candidate should have obtained a minimum of aggregate 80% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics subjects in 12th borad examination, with at least 60% marks in each of the subject.

Sailient Features of BITSAT:

• Hailed as India‘s first and most successful fully computerised admissions test.
• Fully online application procedure.
• BITSAT tests the candidates on Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, English and Logical Reasoning.
• Can be taken with a period of 1 month on a date and time chosen by the candidate at his/her convenience.

Direct Admission to Board Toppers:

All state toppers are directly granted admissions to BITS Pilani irrespective of their BITSAT score. In the past, admission process of the Institute ensured guaranteed admission to all the students who obtained first ranks in their respective board examinations. This has given a very vital input of highly meritorious students from all over India. Continuing this tradition, the Institute gives direct admission to first rankers of all the central and state boards to the programme of their choice, irrespective of their BITSAT  score.

Got more questions? visit: http://www.bitsadmission.com   

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Remember BITSAT is a computer based test, all test questions shall be answered with the click of a mouse. No matter if you are not computer savvy; the test is so easy on computers that you will enjoy doing it. But scoring good in the test depends upon your preparation and finally would take you to your dream college. 

• For PCM section I suggest previous year IITJEE objective problems should be on tip.Expect some 10-15 previous year JEE questions in this section.
• You must have good exposure  to varieties of objective questions in all the three subjects viz. physics, chemistry, mathematics.
• Start by revising your 11th and 12th standard NCERT syllabus for mathematics, physics and chemistry.
• Be thorough with basic concepts and formulaes.
• You are not allowed to use a calculator for solving mathematical questions. It is, thus, important to brush up on your calculation skills.
• Don’t rush into taking mock BITSAT’s. You should cover the entire syllabus once and practice from reference books at least 2-3 times before attempting the preparation test for BITSAT.
• Study from a good quality study material for the reasoning section of BITSAT. Try to devote a specific amount of time to the preparation of this section daily, as you might not have studied reasoning in your 11th or 12th standard.
• At the time of the exam, start with the section you are most confident about.
• As there is a negative marking, try to avoid wild guessing. However, a calculated guess will not do too much harm. Remove the option which is least likely to be correct. Guessing from 3 options would obviously reduce the risk factor a great deal.
• Time management can help you succeed in BITSAT. Allocate a specific time to every section and try to complete the section within that time frame.
• Don’t get stuck at one question. If you are getting confused and are unable to find the right answer, skip the question.
• If you finish early you will have time to attempt the 12 extra questions, which will help  increase your mark. However, you will be given the extras only if you answer every question in the paper, so take care to do that.
  

Admin: The author of this post is Faisal Ahmad, a student from BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus. His BITSAT score was 322 which got him into Computer Science stream.  

Note: For more queries you may either visit www.bits360.com or put in your question here: http://meracareerguide.com/AQHome.aspx  

If you wanna have an info session on BITS-Pilani in your school then mail us at ask-lpbp@bitsaa.org