Students from Tamil Nadu are among the top 100 in the recently-released results for the Joint Entrance Examination Mains (JEE Mains). Deeksha Dhiwakaran, a girl from Coimbatore topped in the State with 99.998, and has been ranked 53 in the country.
She says she began preparing for the test from Class XI, allotting 10-12 hours every day to her studies. “Till 10th, I had no idea about competitive exams and struggled a lot in the beginning. I had no idea about this kind of training. But then I spent long hours studying and I could do it,” said the aspirant, who plans to pursue B Tech in Computer Science and Engineering. She scored 100 in physics, and 95 in chemistry and mathematics. Her father is an ENT surgeon and mother, a homemaker.
S. Shravan has been preparing for two years and scored 100 in chemistry and 95 in mathematics and physics respectively. He spent three-four hours studying and two hours on practice tests. He is ranked 65th in India.
