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From Planning to Scoring 243: Dr. Zaid Chaudhary’s Inspiring First-Attempt Success Story.

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In a highly competitive exam in medical exam and you scored 243 marks in the very first attempt is no small achievement at all. It perfectly reflects not just your intelligence, but it reflects your consistency, discipline, and a well-thought-out of strategy. In this particular interview, Dr. Zaid Chaudhary shares his overall preparation journey, his study techniques, and practical advice for all the students who are aiming to excel in upcoming exams like NEET-PG and INI-CET.

A Journey Rooted in Gratitude

So, Dr. Zaid begins with expressing his overwhelmed gratitude to the Almighty, his parents, and the entire Cerebellum faculty and staff who helped him. He later accentuates that such a result is to be never able to be achieved alone; it is the outcome of continuous support, proper guidance, and a structured learning environment.

Early Preparation During MBBS

In the last-minute preparation, Dr. Zaid ’s journey had began this during his MBBS days. He used to study regularly with his classes, as he makes sure that he could make his day to be daily engagement with academics. However, his serious, goal-oriented preparation truly began in the second semester of his final year.

Interestingly, the first subject he prepared for the exam was Psychiatry, which he had completed in about 7–10 days before an exam and scored well. This early success boosted his overall confidence and set the tone for the rest of his preparation.

Strengthening the Foundation with Main Videos

Dr. Zaid has honestly admitted that in the interview, while his basics were not very strong, especially in subjects like Anesthesia. To label this, he only focused on to building strong concepts using the main videos, which is gradually covering around 9–10 subjects, including all the major ones, which include:

By completing these core subjects before graduation, he makes sure that his conceptual foundation was solid long before the final revision phase.

Transition to Mission and Live Classes

After building the core concepts, Dr. Zaid has shifted to the Mission classes, which definitely played a very crucial role in revision and association. He later highlights that time during the early years, which often gets wasted due to lack of mentor guidance, but you know, once he realized the importance of the well-structured preparation, he committed fully.

Later on, he attended Lap 1, Lap 2, and Lap 3, which was extremely regular with live classes. Even because the classes went late into the night, he perfectly managed his schedule smartly and sometimes sleeping early and finishing the class the next morning, which made sure that nothing was skipped.

Main Videos vs Live Classes: The Real Difference

According to Dr. Zaid:

He faced the biggest challenge, know what? was revision after watching the main videos. Mission classes solved this problem by making the content more accurate and revision friendly. Where you can do regular revision notes, quick revision material, and structured schedules which made it much easier to retain information.

The Power of Tests and Discussions (E&D)

This is one of the most impactful parts of his overall preparation, which was the E&D (Exam & Discussion) sessions. Dr. Zaid attended almost all of them along with Lap 1 and Lap 2.

He perfectly explains that these sessions force consistency. The overall repeated testing and discussion of important topics clearly helped him with the perfect important areas and build the exam temperament. This utmost balance between learning and MCQ practice proved to be a winning formula.

Late-Night PYQs Marathon for MCQ Practice

Cerebellum’s preferred approach of giving equal importance to theory and MCQs which perfectly resonated strongly with Dr. Zaid. The daily late-night PYQ sessions  provided a perfect mix of:

Interestingly, he finally reveals that he did not solve full Q-banks, or large-scale NEET-PG or INI-CET PYQs separately. Apart from the late-night PYQs and FMGE PYQs in the final phase, his overall preparation remained very focused and streamlined.

Grand Tests: Measuring Growth

Dr. Zaid took at least 14–15 Grand Tests in total. Before starting the Mission classes began, he almost attempted an initial mock just to assess his baseline, and he scored 179.

From there, his overall growth was very steady and impressive:

Remarkably, his first standard mock score the matched his final exam score of 243, as it perfectly proving the accuracy and relevance of the testing system.

Self-Monitoring: The Game Changer

There is a one unique habit that notably helped Dr. Zaid just to maintain a self-evaluation table for nearly 1.5 years. As it is very much inspired by advice given in 2024, he tracked:

This honest feedback curve helped him to improve continuously and maintain overall discipline over the long term.

GTs Analysis Notebook

Another powerful strategy was maintaining a dedicated GTs analysis notebook. For every Grand Test, he wrote:

By the end of 14–15 GTs, this notebook became a personalized goldmine of mistakes and learning points.

Advice for Juniors and Repeaters

For students who couldn’t clear the exam this time, Dr. Zaid ’s advice is simple yet powerful:

Consistency, not shortcuts, leads to success.

Looking Ahead

Although Dr. Zaid sees this achievement not as the end, he sees as this is his beginning. With strong concepts and utmost proven performance, his next targets are NEET-PG and INI-CET, which he is aiming for a rank under 100. Although he plans to continue preparing in India, while maintaining the same momentum and discipline.

A Story That Inspires

Dr. Zaid Chaudhary’s journey is basically a testament to the power of doing early planning along with structured learning, regular revision, and honest self-analysis. His utmost success shows that with the right strategy and resolved consistency, even the most competitive exams can be defeat.

A truly inspiring story, for every medical student dreaming big.

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