206 to 306 after the first BITSAT paper caught her off guard
I had a great experience and it was really relevant for BITSAT.
01 · The journey Serious from day one
Sanvi describes being serious about her preparation from the beginning, with roughly five hours at coaching and another five to six hours of self-study each day. She is clear that there were ups and downs, low marks and constant competition, but says she enjoyed mastering the concepts and loved her subjects.
02 · The turning point A first BITSAT paper that did not go to plan
BITSAT session one fell seven to ten days after JEE Main session two, and she assumed two years of JEE preparation would carry her through. The exam pattern turned out to be very different and it did not go well — she scored 206. That result is what sent her looking for BITSAT-specific preparation for the second session.
03 · What worked English and LR, untouched for two years
She was already thorough with PCM from classes 11 and 12, but had not touched English and Logical Reasoning in two years, and it is the English and LR lectures and worksheets she names as the thing that helped. She also found the mock question patterns close to her actual paper. She notes that the platform being built by BITS students is what convinced her to trust it.
English & LR course
The two sections she had not looked at in two years, taught from scratch.
Mock relevance
Question patterns in the mocks matched what she met in the real paper.
Summary written by Phodu Club from Sanvi's video interview. It restates only what they say on video — the quoted words above are theirs verbatim. The full interview transcript is below.
Full interview transcript
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So, hello, Sanvi. So, just start by telling us your name, where are you from, and your scores.
Hello, I am Sanvi. I am from Vadodara, Gujarat, and my BITSAT score is 306.
Cool. So, take me a little back and tell me how was your class 11th and 12th? Like honestly, what was the journey like?
I was pretty much serious from day one, and I used to study 5 to 6 hours a day. Like I used to go to coaching for 5 hours, and then 5 to 6 hours of self-study. So, there were many ups and downs, low marks, or you know, competition, rigorous test series, uh grand tests, and all. But, yeah, it was fun. Fun learning like everything, like mastering the concepts, and I loved my subjects.
Uh was there a point in this uh 11th and 12th uh time where you felt like, you know, things were not working, and you know, there was a low point where you felt like, oh, this is very bad. It's not and nothing is going fine.
Like many a times, like uh like midway between 11th at the end, even between like just some time before JEE Mains also. Highs and lows, low marks, but then everything went well. So, it's just about being consistent and giving it your best.
How did you come across Phodu Club, and like where did you hear about it for the first time?
Actually, like the BITSAT first session was uh somewhere 7 to 10 days after the uh JEE Main second session. So, I thought that, okay, since you two years I've been preparing for JEE Main and JEE Advanced, so somehow I'll see, I'll manage BITSAT. But, when the paper came, I thought the like the exam pattern is really different and it it really did not go good. Like I scored 206 in my first session. So I started searching for uh you know, websites and Google and through YouTube I came to know about Phodu Club and I heard that its reviews are really nice. So I decided to join it for the second session.
So like what actually made you decide to join Phodu Club? Like what was the thing that convinced you that yes, this is the place where you should go?
I thought it was very relevant because uh it was built or developed by uh BITSAT I mean, sorry, BITS alumni like or maybe stu- students in BITS. So I thought it was very relevant to join and I had heard those YouTube shorts and videos about Phodu Club.
Okay. So the fact that it's made by BITSians is something that attracted you the most. Cool. So like once you were in, like a part of Phodu Club, what stood out to you the most as in like what did Phodu Club do differently that you know, actually helped you?
The English and LR course really helped me because uh I was thorough with the PCM part from my 11th and 12th, but English and LR is something which I hadn't even touched for 2 years. So the English lectures, the English and LR worksheets were really helpful for me.
Okay. And anything else?
I found the mock tests really relevant. Like my actual BITSAT paper, the pattern of questions was really similar uh as in the mock test. So it helped me.
Okay. Cool. One last thing that I want to ask you is if you had to say something to you know, someone sitting at the fence of like deciding whether to join Phodu Club or not, what would you tell them?
Uh they should definitely join it. Like, it's really great. I had a great experience and it was really relevant for BITSAT.
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