After completing class 10th board exams, students breathe a sigh of relief. Now, they have enough time to analyze their strengths and weakness and then, they will select a stream apt for them in class 11th. They get an option to choose between science, arts and commerce. If you are a student at that stage of life, it is an important phase as you have to decide a right career path for you. You have to start knowing about your career ambitions and how to reach them. There are a very few students who already know what they want to become and which stream they need to select in order to succeed. But some may need an expert’s advice and mentorship.
At that phase of life, every student needs to be career oriented and focused. They should spend more time on research and trying to know about the subjects in class 11th and 12th, what courses are there after 12th class and in which institutes/universities to apply for undergraduate degrees etc.
Before spending time on thinking about long term goals, we suggest you to divide that and make short-term goals and prepare for it. Why so? It gives motivation when you complete your short-term goals and you can head towards your main goal slowly and gradually. Now the question comes – How can we achieve our main goal? All the small short terms goals achievement will eventually lead you to release your long-term goal only. For instance – if you want to do MBBS, try to focus on getting good marks in 10th and try getting science discipline as your first goals, then in 12th class getting good marks to get a good college becomes another short goal and so on in order to realize your dream goal of becoming a doctor. Moreover, even getting good marks in 12th can be further broken down to short goals by setting subject specific goals.
Now, let’s discuss what you should be doing after selecting your stream in 11th class:
1st Step: Solid Foundation in 11th class
A solid foundation in class 11th is needed to set the right stage for 12th class Board Exams. Why? In an African proverb, “a tree cannot stand on the ground without its roots.” Roots have to be strong. To become a pro in any subject, you must have good clarity of concepts. You should be aware about every fundamental’s concepts of all major subjects in class 11th. The concept clarity at this stage will really help you rise in class 12th and fetch good marks to pursue your dream course and college. Students think that class 12th is critical as the deciding percentage is of 12th class which is considered for admissions. But no body realizes that performance in class 12th is dependent on the efforts made in class 11th too. In class 11th, solid foundation of each and every subject will help you gain good percentage in class 12th board exams.
2nd Step: Pro-active Approach in 12th Class
After you have attained an ample of knowledge on the concepts in your class 11th, you have to be proactive and be more aware of the career paths available before finishing class 12th. Many students, most of the times, make a mistake of getting into researching on what to do next after they finish 12th class which is not the right approach. The day you step in your class 12th, you should start your continuous active research on looking for all possible courses to pursue and from where along with preparing for the board exams. Following are the things you could do:
A. Talk to your fellows and know their career ambitions
B. Speak to your teacher and get understanding of the possible career path for you
C. Google everything as now every information is available on a click of a button
D. Meet a professional career expert who could guide you and advice best path for you
3rd Step: Prepare Well for 12th Class Board Exams
Now after you have done the first 2 steps right, good preparation for the 12th class board exams would be needed to prove it all. All the sound academic foundation built in 11th class coupled with the career ambition set through out the year will act as a great motivation to prepare well for your final board exams and get good marks to achieve your end goal. Following points can help you prepare well for it:
A. Plan your schedule wisely
B. Have a proper time management and allocate time wisely to each subject
C. Do solve some sample and previous papers
D. Practice a lot especially the practical subjects
E. Go for additional academic guidance if required through online or offline mode
A student starts thinking about his/her career only when he enters the 11th class mostly. Just apply what is being shared above for successfully planning your career. And don’t forget to build a strong foundation straight from class 11th.
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