MCI Screening Test - How to pass MCI screening Test

Hello Friends,
I am starting this today on the idea given by Dr.SriShweta Reddy to start a thread on success stories on people who clear MCI so that it can be a inspiration to others.
First of all, i would like to tell you i am from Chennai. I did my under-graduation from Mauritius SSR Medical college. I  worked hard throughout 5 years. I came back on December 2010. There were not many people to guide regarding the procedures as to
1.How to apply for MCI.
2. Late submission of documents.
3. Which banks to take DD from etc.

My seniors Dr.Mani Vannan and Dr. Sankar Narayanan helped a lot. I then thought , if this was the plight for me then it would be so for the thousands of students all across India. I had started learning web designing from a good friend Dr.Ronak. So i decided to experiment. I was an amateur back then, so I started with a blog initially.

During MCI Exam Days

I took coaching in DIAMS Hyderabad ameerpet. The fees was Rs.34,000. Luckily i had my uncles house in Banjara hills to stay, otherwise lodging and food would have cost more. I took coaching for a period of two and a half months from January 5th to March 10th. The classes would begin early morning 8 or 9.00 am and would extend up to  9.00pm in the night. For preparation, i had used many books. I used to do as many mcqs as possible. Sometimes i used to solve the mcq's as an when the class was going on. I used Across volumes for small subject and Subject-wise mcq`s of the authors who taught us in the coaching class.The teachers there were good and experienced. I wrote nice notes, though i relied heavily on my good memory. I think it's vital to understand everything in the class. There will be no time to go back and study. If you have any doubt, you should try and solve it then and there.

I was drilling myself and working for probably 10 hours a day. I collected all the test papers, practice papers. I started solving all the past papers. The book MCI screening test - Kamal KV was probably the easiest book to solve. It will give you plenty of confidence.

Few Days Before MCI

I had some tension because, i hadn't received my hall ticket. I received the hall ticket quite late and it said you have to submit more documents.This is something that will happen if you had to submit documents incompletely. But i must say, don't be afraid, the MCI people will definitely let you write the exam and give you 10 days after the exam to submit the remaining document. I was getting scared a little bit 2 days before the exams. I used to go to my friends house to discuss important topics like Ophthalmology and PSM from our classNotes.I was just wondering how my other batch-mates were preparing, those who were there in Delhi. I was having a sleepless night, the day i was about to go to Delhi. I landed at Delhi on 24th, with one day to go. I was reading till 2.30 am. The exam was at 9.00 am. I somehow managed to sleep.My friend Dr.Vipul picked me up from Rohini west and took me to our center(he too had the same centre). I was so surprised to see the huge number of people writing the test. Everybody was tensed. I checked whether i bought my passport along, my pen along. 

(Please take your writing pad along, as the benches are really not that good.)

MCI Screening Test - During the exam

I got the last room in the building. There were only 4 students. I was telling myself to write down my number correctly and properly. They wont give you another OMR sheet, nor the question paper once you start writing in one. Hence you have to check it properly that it has all pages etc. I was having palpitations as the bell rang and the invigilator gave the question paper. But i`ll tell you guys, once you see the paper, you'll give a sigh of relief. Every page will roughly contain 12 questions, out of which 6 you will definitely know, 3 or 4 will be very easy to solve and the rest being new questions. I saw other students copying and asking friends etc. Though this is dangerous practice, i would suffice to say its better you rely on your own knowledge. If you have worked hard for the last 2 months, and you know your ability do not listen to others answers. More often than not, it leads to confusion. I had finished my exam ahead of time.

MCI screening test - The day of the result

Many of my friends received their results on 1st April itself. I did not get mine because of late submission of documents. I had to wait till 7th April. I heard many of the people who attended coaching with me failed. I was getting palpitations again. On 7th April i  came to know almost all of my batchmates from my college passed. They were telling i got 201, i got 205 etc. It was sounding very cheerful. I immediately ran to my laptop, typed my roll number - and voila!

Bharath Raj Kidambi - Score 234/300

I knew it was unexpected. But i have to tell you, all those days of 12 hours classes in Ameerpet payed off. I immediately sent a mail thanking all the teachers who taught me. It was the happiest day of 2011 till now!

Off course , the course after that is different. I am yet to begin my internship and feeling why the heck did i get234/300 in MCI screening test. But clearing MCI with 234 will give you a very different kind of  satisfaction!

Old saying still hold true - " Hard work never fails"

Regards

Dr.Bharath

People, i urge you to post your experiences. It may be different from mine, which is why i need you to post. It will help other students who are going to prepare for the exams.


2nd story :- http://clearmci.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-experience-and-guide-for-fmge.html
Dr.VISHAL- China