Pareto Law in Exams Preparation - We all agree Studying is hard. If we have an exam coming and have to cover a lot of syllabus in a short amount of time.
We can not do it, and it's completely impossible to cover a lot of stuff in a short time.
In order to get good grades, we need to know quite a lot of information.
So, where do we start, and what do we do?
Think about it last time when that same happened to you, and what you did and what was your strategy about that and its results.
In this blog we will talk about a rule also called the Pareto Rule, that actually helps to identify the things that you need to focus on for the maximum of your time to get maximum results.
With this Pareto Law, you might decrease 80% of your workload, which improves your score.
So that leaves you with the maximum time to do things that give you pleasure rather than studying 24/7.
Background of Pareto Law?
In 1906, an Italian businessman, named Vilfredo Pareto, later in the '40s who becomes an Economists.
One day while he was in the garden, he noticed something about his Peas. He noticed that 20% of his Pea Pods gives him 80% of healthy Peas.
It means 20% of his crop has to give him 80% of healthy production.
He started observing this rough calculation in other things like 80% of land in Italy is owned by 20% of Population, 80% of Production is done by 20% of Companies in the Industry.
So, he came up with a rough generalization that "80% Results come from 20% of Actions".
What is the Pareto Law?
Pareto Law is also called Pareto Principle because of its discovery.
This rule basically tells about the 20% important content of anything, that might be the cause of 80% of results.
This rule also works like easy concepts you learned really quickly get you the most marks in the exams and the tough stuff you slaved over to understand doesn't make much difference in your preparations.
Not everything that is good needs to be hard to get.
You may also use your 20% of wardrobe 80% of the time.
Every Topper student is using this Pareto Rule, but the difference is they don't give it a name.
All of us have a fixed amount of time in a day, so, we will not be able to finish everything.
There will always be a topic to read, a chapter to complete, a table to revise, and so on.
But the point is we have to prioritize our works on the basis of its importance because there is always a lot of stuff and we will never be able to do that stuff on a particular day.
This rule basically helps to figure out the important things you need to be working on to get the maximum outcomes.
How to Use Pareto Rule?
Students have to cover a lot of the syllabus in a short time. They should be aware that not any exam is going to ask 100% of the syllabus.
So, there will be an uneven distribution of marks when it comes to subjects and topics. Because of this, not all subjects are equal, also not all topics will be equal.
Instead of doing impossible and trying to do everything, start using the Pareto Law or Pareto Principle.
Understand which subjects are much important, in that important subjects which topics are heavily scrutinized by your examiner.
Try to find out what this 20% of topics in each subject are, that are going to be asked 80% of times.
Focus on those first, check everything else later.
This irregular distribution may not be always 80-20, it may be sometimes 70-30, 60-40, or 90-10.
Whatever it may be, just tweak it based on your scenario.
In the tests, also if you can not improve your score, focus on your weak subjects, try to read 20% of those important topics before anything else. This way you will be maximum for tests.
How to Find 20% of High Yield Topics?
The question that is asked by every student for this Pareto Principle is how to know that 20% of high yield topics?
It's simple, is in front of you.
Every single asked question from the recent past is a guide to that list.
Every question bank that you go out and pick up now is designed around those 20% high yield topics.
If you don't know any question bank then search for Marrow. Marrow is a highly recommended resource for Question banks.
It teaches you many complex and important topics that have a high yield of questions for exams.
Start doing question banks, definitely you will see the trend, and start getting an idea of 20% high yield topics.
Many of the Toppers call it a Retrograde Technique of approaching the exams.
The Toppers actually look at the questions and see what an examiner is focusing on.
Then, first, they strengthen those topics, It's as simple as that. Only after that do they move onto other areas.
Just have a look at past papers, map your preparations around them.
Work on it for a few weeks, if it works, then come down and comment about your few weeks' experience.
You can try it for Theory exams, Entrance exams like NMDCAT, NUMS TEST, AKU TEST, ECAT, NEET-UG, or more, Practicals.
But you have to be realistic.
With this, you may not end up being number 1, but you definitely be better than many unless you are ready to put in that extra 80% of effort to get the remaining 20% gain.
Conclusion
Apply this Pareto Law on everything, you can't find time for.
Only one-fourth of readers will start focusing on things that are more rewarding. You will never be confused regarding where to start and what to read.
Only 20% of Readers will apply this Pareto Law.
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