Every year, thousands of students struggle to crack national exams like National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE). While many students try to focus on cracking one at a time, Stuti Khandwala has made a record performance by scoring top-tier ranks in both in her very first attempt.
Stuti, who hails from Surat, scored the 10th rank for All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), 71st rank for NEET, 27th rank for Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) and 1086th rank for JEE main. Moreover, the girl had secured 98.8 percent in her 12th grade recently and had topped Rajasthan in the science stream. In her page on the website of her coaching academy, the Allen institute, she says that she mostly followed her course textbooks besides regularly revising what was taught to her in class. This helped her crack some of India’s toughest exams.
However, though she can get a place in India’s top institutes, she has opted to study abroad at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where she has earned a 90 per cent scholarship. She would like to pursue her career in research. Gaining admission to this institute, which QS ranked the world’s number one university, is a quite difficult task, which she achieved through her experience with various International Olympiads.
Stuti was a student of ALLEN institute, at Kota in Rajasthan, for her entrance coaching. Her mom being a dentist, left her job to stay with her daughter at Kota, for 3 years. Her dad is also a doctor, who used to visit her during the weekends. Her parents and faculties have played a crucial role in her life for this success. They always had a firm belief in her.
According to Stuti, even a small doubt could matter a lot, hence she used to clear her doubts with her faculties on time. She primarily focused on self-study, by devoting 12-13 hours per day. All the subjects were covered in equal intervals of time. Stuti also solved previous year question papers to prepare well.
Stuti will be joining the undergraduate course in Bio-Engineering at MIT for the next academic year.
