To begin with, there are two kinds of people. Those who have read Five Point someone and those who haven't. Now those who have read think they know how hard it is to score marks in iit but still they are as clueless as the ones who have no prejudices about the topic of the article.
As it turns out there are a lot of delusions about how IITians study- so in the interest of improving the level of information on the internet and in public interest allow me to expatiate.
First things first. As a First Commandment that every IITian must play second fiddle to is never do anything before the last minute. If any assignment is to be submitted at 1600 hrs finishing it before 1545 is a blasphemy and thinking of finishing it before 1520 is like the concerned guy is from another universe pretending(as awful a masquerade as that) to be in a human form. Lab reports, however lengthy they are and the complex calculations they involve are meant to be started the night before its due. The time to begin scales down depending on the length of the report and on occasions the mission is accomplished in the lunch break after which its to be submitted. Well you get the point, I assume.
Those who genuinely buy books are seriously endangered species, almost on verge of extinction. Others get the books through "jugaad", photocopies, through seniors and not returning the library books on time.[:P]. The concept of Class Notes is a quickly diminishing one with its takers declining faster than the cash in recession times. And are distributed and photocopied throughout the exam time repeatedly. The whole system is brought to a standstill in the exam time.
Now comes the night before the exam. All the preparations are done. By preparation I mean all the notes are photocopied, assignments are arranged and everything useful is available. Thankfully enough a generous "doppelganger"(the ones mentioned before as from another universe) has informed them of the whole syllabus. Now during the night they would start with the notes covered in class in about a month, plus the assignments ,if time permits and then carry on till the morning so that they can score enough marks to bail them out of the course.
The time devoted to self-study in the interval between two different midsems??? Well self-study is something that is to be adjusted between video games, chatting, TV series, movies, sleep, extra- currics and a few classes.
Hope this helps.
P.S. This is my first satirical post. Do comment if you like anything about it.
