(This blog was written on 13th Jan, 2015 - after the MHPGCET results were announced)
Maharashtra State Entrance Exam Results (not ranks) are out!
When I had first interacted with the students immediately after the paper, they were sad that the exam paper was tough to crack. This is not a valid complaint since 'difficult exam and easy exam' concept is not applicable in entrance exams as there is no lower limit of passing marks.
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A few days after the exam was over, their opinion had changed. They felt "the exam was not difficult, after all" and anybody who had a good grasp of basics could have scored very high.
Now a few more days have passed and the scores are out.
Now many have come to realize three mistakes that they made in the exam hall.
a) easy questions that they didn't read properly, so misunderstood/ misinterpreted the question itself.
b) easy questions they made mistakes answering.
c) easy questions that they attempted casually because there was no negative marking.
Everybody had answered all questions only because there was no negative marking. But how many are answered in the last half an hour in a no-negative exam holds the key.
The three types of mistakes enlisted above seem to be expensive as they seem to have consumed as many as 15-20 marks. Out of which 10 -12 are silly 'on-the-spot' mistakes.
Had these "unforced errors" been avoided the score would have jumped from 60% to 80%. First rank!!!
So where is the problem of
1. Controversial questions?
2. Tough paper?
3. New questions?
4. Too much to study?
5. Different answers in different MCQ books?
The low performance, damage and loss of rank could have been averted easily by "common sense", which is more of an attribute of "Emotional Quotient" than IQ.
And this is not the story of this Jan 2015 Maharashtra exam alone. It's the story of all exams all these years.
Moral of the story: Keep it Simple if you want a rank!
Maharashtra State Entrance Exam Results (not ranks) are out!
When I had first interacted with the students immediately after the paper, they were sad that the exam paper was tough to crack. This is not a valid complaint since 'difficult exam and easy exam' concept is not applicable in entrance exams as there is no lower limit of passing marks.
Now a few more days have passed and the scores are out.
Now many have come to realize three mistakes that they made in the exam hall.
a) easy questions that they didn't read properly, so misunderstood/ misinterpreted the question itself.
b) easy questions they made mistakes answering.
c) easy questions that they attempted casually because there was no negative marking.
Everybody had answered all questions only because there was no negative marking. But how many are answered in the last half an hour in a no-negative exam holds the key.
The three types of mistakes enlisted above seem to be expensive as they seem to have consumed as many as 15-20 marks. Out of which 10 -12 are silly 'on-the-spot' mistakes.
Had these "unforced errors" been avoided the score would have jumped from 60% to 80%. First rank!!!
So where is the problem of
1. Controversial questions?
2. Tough paper?
3. New questions?
4. Too much to study?
5. Different answers in different MCQ books?
The low performance, damage and loss of rank could have been averted easily by "common sense", which is more of an attribute of "Emotional Quotient" than IQ.
And this is not the story of this Jan 2015 Maharashtra exam alone. It's the story of all exams all these years.
Moral of the story: Keep it Simple if you want a rank!
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