IFS officer gives 4 tips from his IIT preparation days: 'What can I do now?'

Despite a steady rise in the number of universities in India in the past decade, the ambition for many students with engineering aspirations after completing Class 12 continues to be about securing a seat at one of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) institutions.

An Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer recently took to X (formerly Twitter) and offered four important tips for students on how to prepare for the IIT exams.

Writing on the social media platform, Himanshu Tyagi shared a thread of suggestions for students to prepare for the exam and emphasised the importance of discipline, consistency and fewer distractions while studying for the exam.

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How do you work toward your goals each day?

Discipline. Consistency. No distraction.

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Writing from my IIT prep and college experiences.

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— Himanshu Tyagi (@Himanshutyg_ifs) March 24, 2024

The first suggestion was to practice mental contrasting-a self regulation strategy that involves imagining how one's life would be after achieving the goals.

1. Mental Contrasting.

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Imagine how your life will change after achieving your goals. This will motivate you.

Read success stories for motivation.

— Himanshu Tyagi (@Himanshutyg_ifs) March 24, 2024

Tyagi's second suggestion was to identify aspects that could be a source of distraction for IIT preparation such as social media and social circle and urged students preparing for the exams to remove every distraction that can affect preparations.

2. Optimize your environment.

Find out what distracts you from your goal. Social media, friends, your habits??

Remove all distractions so that you can focus solely on your goals.

— Himanshu Tyagi (@Himanshutyg_ifs) March 24, 2024

The third suggestion was to have immense self-belief and look back at successful experiences to get a positive feeling during IIT exam preparations.

3. Believe in yourself.

Look into your history. Determine instances in your life when you have excelled.

If you can do it before, you can do it again.

— Himanshu Tyagi (@Himanshutyg_ifs) March 24, 2024

Tyagi's fourth and final suggestion was look inward and instead of putting the blame on someone else, ask oneself as to what can be done next to move forward.

4. Turn inward.

If you are ever distracted or overwhelmed, look inward.

Instead of blaming others, consider, "What can I do now?"

— Himanshu Tyagi (@Himanshutyg_ifs) March 24, 2024

This is not the first time that Tyagi has taken to X (formerly Twitter) and offered suggestions to prepare for an important entrance exam.

In December, Tyagi had offered tips on how to prepare for Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam with a full-time job, throwing light on the importance of waking up early to study and utilising the time off on weekends judiciously.

The suggestions come a few days after a IIT topper replied to a gruelling schedule shared on social media and said that he did not study even half of what was mentioned in the post.