Udhaya

Hello, I am Udhaya. I completed schooling in Government Higher Secondary school, Nadukkallur. I had no idea about my future until the board exams. Once the board exams were cancelled, my teachers gave us awareness about 7.5% reservation in NEET for government school students like us. Then Chitra akka at YOKE contacted us, and arranged a suitable environment for studying for NEET. We were the first batch of NEET students. So we did not know how to handle it. So akka spoke with Usha Raman madam, the principal of Jayendra golden jubilee school, Sankar Nagar. Usha madam admitted us to their JNA (Jayendra NEET Academy) online classes, for free. Then we started following the JNA schedule.

A lot of teachers from JNA helped us. In Chemistry, Arumugam Sir and Geetha madam taught the portions deleted in board exams. In Biology, Suresh sir and Ram sir helped us and cleared our doubts without any hesitation. Teaching Physics, Venkat Sir from the US, Selva sir and Venkat Sir helped us with the topics which we felt as tough. Chandra madam, who is the NEET coordinator of JNA, connected us with all the staff of JNA and motivated us a lot.

We found Physics very tough. Our scores in Physics were very low. We did not know how to approach the problems. Then Menaka ma’am helped us. She lives in Bengaluru. Her daughter Jyo akka was in first year MBBS at MMC. We had a lot of fear about the NEET exam. Ma’am helped us overcome our fear, and explained about the reality of the exam. We also had no idea how to study. Ma’am gave us a lot of strategies and study tips. Madam is so student-friendly, so we loved to attend her classes. Jyo akka helped us study Genetics which we had not studied. She made it very easy and gave many useful study tips. We had only a short period of time to cover the portions, and so we skipped the Ecology unit. Anthony Sir from ATREE helped us with this topic, over three sessions. He is a wildlife researcher. His experience in the field made his classes very easy to understand.

Jyo akka’s father Swaminathan Sir motivated us a lot by telling short stories, and helped us overcome the stress. All of them spoke to our parents, and convinced them to let us study long hours, and gave them hope.

Our school teachers Kanthimathi ma’am, Suganthi ma’am and Mangaiyarkarasi ma’am played an important role. They put a steady foundation about the subjects and the basics which helped us to follow the classes easily. They took classes even in the lockdown period, whenever we asked.

During our studies, we were stressed a lot and it was hard to concentrate and focus. Then Petchidurai Sir taught us yoga and meditation to handle this. From then we did meditation every morning before starting our studies. It helped us a lot in focussing.

At YOKE, there were many akkas who were preparing for the TNPSC exam. They also helped us by correcting our mock test papers, and when we got tired they gave us fruits, biscuits and juice. They motivated us and cared for us like their own brothers and sisters. Our parents supported us and gave us the freedom to choose our own future.

The most important thing is without Chitra akka and Vasu sir we could not have made it. They arranged for everything we needed for our preparation. They treated us like their children. They spend their whole time for us by correcting our test papers, evaluating them and analysing the results to tell us where we should improve. Vasu sir helped us from the beginning with document preparation and the application formalities.

Finally, with the help of so many people, I was able to crack NEET and get placed in Kanyakumari medical college. Thanks to all who helped us in the preparation. Thanks to YOKE!