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UPDATE : Check out IIT-JEE 2008 Solutions and IIT JEE 2008 Cutoff

The forms for IIT JEE 2008 will be available at the following banks:

IIT Bombay Zone: Canara Bank

IIT Delhi Zone: Union Bank of India

IIT Guwahati Zone: State Bank of India

IIT Kanpur Zone: State Bank of India

IIT Kharagpur Zone: Canara Bank

IIT Madras Zone : Canara Bank

IIT Roorkee Zone: Punjab National Bank

To know which zone your city falls in check out this link.

To register online for JEE 2008 visit this link.

The Joint Entrance Examination conducted by Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) is scheduled to be held on 13th April 2008.

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UPDATE : Check out AIEEE 2008 Solutions and AIEEE 2008 Cutoff

Forms for AIEEE 2008 will be available between 30th November 2007 to 5th January 2008 at various Syndicate Bank branches across India.The forms can be submitted online within the same dates as mentioned. Last date for receipt of completed application forms is 10th January 2008. Admit Cards will be dispatched between 10th March 2008 to 31st March 2008.

The timings of examination are as follows:

Paper 1 : 27-04-2008 : 0930-1230 hrs

Paper 2: 27-04-2008 : 1400-1700 hrs

The AIEEE 2008 Result will be declared on or before 7th June 2008.

For more details download the AIEEE notice here.

View the addresses of different Syndicate Bank branches across India here.

The exam date for All India Engineering Entrance Examination had been announced quite a few months ago which happens to be 27th April 2008.

All of you will be busy preparing for the paper but one of the most important things to keep in mind is the syllabus of AIEEE 2008 examination as changes in syllabus are introduced every year.For your convenience I am uploading the syllabus to my site taken from CBSE website which you can download for your reference.

Syllabus for AIEEE 2008 - Physics

Syllabus for AIEEE 2008 - Chemistry

Syllabus for AIEEE 2008 - Maths

Not long ago I had written a post titled “Tips to crack engineering exams” which contains 10 golden tips which will help you in cracking any engineering entrance exam.Do go through it if you have spare time.

Also I will post the AIEEE 2008 solutions after the exam and the expected AIEEE 2008 cutoff as I had done last year for AIEEE 2007.

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The latest beta version of the popular chat client Yahoo Messenger was released yesterday and I installed it right away only to be hugely dissappointed

I had expected this release to pack in some more features along with a new interface which would be more refreshing and soothing. My second wish was fulfilled but only partialy as Yahoo did revamp the interface completely but to make it even worse than some of its ancient versions.The colour combination was terrible and the themes provided changed only the title bar and the color theme rather than whole look of the messenger window.

This version doesn’t add any new features I could find except for a new feature called “Forward offline PMs” which was not available in previous versions but nothing pretty significant.Also when this version is installed it resets many of your settings to default but thankfully I had my archive intact.One good thing that this version does is quicker sign-in, hence reducing the time to sign-in by a appreciable margin.

Hence not much has changed in this version except the interface which is to say the least intolerable and it forced me to uninstall this version right away and shift back to version 8.1.0.421 which seemed pretty refreshing! I would say save you time and resources and forget about this version and hope that Yahoo releases a much much better final version of 9.0.

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After a long wait Apple today finally announced the release date of its much hyped next operating system OS X Leopard which is October 26 2007.

Apple online stores have already started accepting pre-orders for it already.The upgrade will cost $129 for a single-user license, and $199 for five-user “family pack”.

This will seriously challenge the high prices set by Microsoft for its Ultimate version of Windows Vista. This new release has over 300 new features and various other improvements.

Here is quote from Apple Website :

“Leopard, the sixth major release of Mac OS X, is the best upgrade we’ve ever released,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “And everyone gets the ‘Ultimate’ version, packed with all the new innovative features, for just $129.”

Other new features in Leopard include:

• improved Parental Controls, aiding parents in managing their kids’ online activities with automatic identification of unsuitable content before allowing website access, plus time limits and activity logs that can be accessed from any Mac on a home network;
• the complete Boot Camp® release, previously available only as a beta, making it possible to run Windows natively on Intel-based Macs;**
• Web Clip, bringing anything that a user wants from a web page to Dashboard as a live widget;
• new Photo Booth features, helping users create animated iChat buddy icons or fun effects and backdrops with still or video images;
• an enhanced Dictionary with Wikipedia built in, allowing users to access up to date information on virtually any subject in a snap;
• a newly updated iCal with multi-user calendaring based on the new CalDAV standard; and
• an updated version of Front Row, making it even easier to play music or watch movies, TV shows and photos on a Mac using the ultra-simple Apple Remote.

How “good” this new release is will be a big factor in determining the future sales of the Macs.Microsoft can only wait and watch as of now to determine the impact that it will create in the OS share market which is currently ruled by Microsoft’s Operating Systems..

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It wasn’t long ago that I had received a huge response from you people regarding my AIEEE and BITSAT posts.After the euphoria died down I received many comments from students on those posts asking for tips on how to go about cracking engineering exams.So I decided to get down to work.

I have learnt many hard lessons in my past couple of years while preparing for my entrance examinations.I would summarize the main points in list so that they are easy to remember…

• First and most important is to have confidence in yourself.Don’t lose that confidence while preparing for the entrance exams even if you are not doing well in the coaching classes.
• Having mentioned about coaching classes,I would say they play an important role in helping you crack the exam.The simple reason being continued guidance throughout the year and perpetual tests that keep you in touch with course all the time.Hence it is important to be regular in them to be able to achieve good results in the end.
• At home prepare a time table and follow it strictly.Don’t ignore it.
• Don’t get too involved with only engineering books and refer to NCERT books too.With the new IIT pattern, a lot of questions are directly made from there which you might have already seen yourself by analyzing this year’s paper.
• Don’t waste time and don’t stress yourself.Study in a balanced way and maintain a good friend circle who will guide you when you face doubts and also boost your morale.
• This one is for toppers!Don’t get complacent.Many good rankers in coaching institutes get complacent if they good marks which in is bad in the long run as they lose out to lower rankers in the end.I have seen many cases.
• To crack big papers it is very very important to be able to solve the paper completely.You might know all the questions but not been able to solve them is equivalent to not knowing them.So the golden rule is practice a lot of sample papers and in the exams not to waste time on a single question.
• Stay away from computers as much as possible! This is a major distraction from students from towns and cities as you don’t get to know how quickly time is slipping out of your hands along with straining your eyes and body which makes you dizzy and you are off to sleep!
• Choosing the right books for entrance exams is very important.Consult IITians and your teachers about them to make sure that you get your hands on the right ones and don’t waste your time in trying out new books every time.
• Last but very important point is not to get nervous while going for the exam.This will get your hands and brain move faster,quicker and better than those who are nervous!

These 10 are my golden rules which if followed strictly will definitely help you crack the paper and you will emerge out with flying colors!!

With IIT-JEE just about 6 months away, there is still time left to improve on the basics and walk through the gates of your favorite IIT by just following these 10 simple but golden rules..Best of Luck to you all!

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