NEET 2021: Unhappy With Previous Rank, UP Boy Scores Rank 4 After Appearing Again

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh’s Aman Kumar Tripathi has cracked the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) not once but twice.

Appearing after self-study, he got ranked in the 30,000 series in the first attempt in 2020. Knowing he could do better, Aman dropped a year and started focused preparations for the 2021 exam and managed to get All India Rank 4.

He scored 716 marks out of 720 in NEET 2021. The 2020 exam, he said, did not get him a good college. “I didn’t get through any good college but I knew I could perform better hence I decided to drop and prepare for the medical entrance,” he told News18.com. He had prepared from Allen Coaching institute for the second attempt.

“I always wanted to be a doctor and it was my father’s dream too,” he said adding that he wants to join AIIMS Delhi for his graduation.

Aman studied in a school in Banda till Class VIII, after which he shifted to Lucknow. He completed Class X from Central Academy Lucknow with 97.2 per cent and Class XII from CBSE affiliated Loyola International School with 95.8 per cent. After Class XII, he shifted to Kota for his coaching classes for NEET 2021 preparations.

He studied on the basis of topics and subjects each day. “I used to set some topics per day and put my mind that I have to finish it on that day no matter how much time it took,” said Aman.

“I began my paper with biology followed by chemistry and physics. Since there were two sections in this year’s exam pattern, at first, from section A, I solved all four sections zoology, botany, chemistry, and physics. Then I attempted section B. After completing section A almost 80 per cent of answers were completed and so I felt a little relaxed and got the energy to attempt the next section,” he told News18.com, adding, “For me, attempting questions in this manner worked in my favour. It varies from student to student.”

Due to COVID-19, shifting from offline classes to online did create some problems for the 18-year-old however, he said he “adjusted”. The doubt clearing sessions with teachers were difficult but he’s managed and secured one of the top ranks in the medical entrance. “My brother too helped me with the exams and any sort of problem was there he used to help me out,” Aman was quoted as saying.