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One preparation, several exams

Most of these exams are built from the same handful of subjects. Prepare properly for one and you have, without meaning to, prepared for others.

Every figure on this page is an estimate. NIFT Entrance's preparation hours have not been derived from its syllabus yet, so everything computed from them inherits that.

If this is the exam you build your two years around

BITSATCA FoundationCLATCUET UGIPMAT (IIM Indore)JEE AdvancedJEE MainMHT-CET (PCM group)NATANDA (Written + SSB)NEET UGNIFT Entrance

0 of 12 exams have hours derived from a syllabus

A top-up

A few focused weeks on top of the anchor.

≈ +30 h
NATA
and Drawing and visual composition — which the anchor does not prepare you for
≈ 86% covered
≈ +220 h
≈ 49% covered

A second preparation

A different body of knowledge, funded by taking time from the anchor.

≈ +320 h
IPMAT (IIM Indore)
and Personal interview — which the anchor does not prepare you for
≈ 37% covered
≈ +340 h
≈ 15% covered
≈ +390 h
NDA (Written + SSB)
and Services Selection Board (5 days) — which the anchor does not prepare you for
≈ 30% covered
≈ +400 h
≈ 25% covered
≈ +410 h
≈ 29% covered
≈ +440 h
≈ 34% covered
≈ +540 h
≈ 10% covered
≈ +780 h
≈ 0% covered
≈ +960 h
≈ 6% covered

Too few exams have hours derived from a syllabus for a ranking of them to mean anything yet, so estimated exams are ranked alongside them for now. Every figure marked approximately was judged rather than counted.

What each exam is made of

Darker means the exam demands more of that subject. Hatched cells were estimated rather than counted from a syllabus.

Exam Phy Chem Math Bio Eng Reas GK Total
NIFT Entrance
·
·
60
·
50
80
60
 250 h
NATA
·
·
90
·
·
60
60
 210 h
CUET UG
90
90
90
·
60
40
60
 430 h
IPMAT (IIM Indore)
·
·
300
·
120
90
·
 510 h
CLAT
·
·
40
·
180
200
250
 670 h
NDA (Written + SSB)
90
60
200
·
90
·
120
 560 h
CA Foundation
·
·
220
·
60
·
300
 580 h
BITSAT
150
150
160
·
30
40
·
 530 h
MHT-CET (PCM group)
130
130
140
·
·
·
·
 400 h
JEE Main
200
190
210
·
·
·
·
 600 h
JEE Advanced
340
320
360
·
·
·
·
 1,020 h
NEET UG
180
220
·
380
·
·
·
 780 h

Your shortlist

BITSATCA FoundationCLATCUET UGIPMAT (IIM Indore)JEE AdvancedJEE MainMHT-CET (PCM group)NATANDA (Written + SSB)NEET UGNIFT Entrance

NIFT Entrance + CA Foundation

Prepared together
≈ 660 h
Prepared separately
≈ 830 h
Saved by the overlap
≈ 170 h

Plus rounds with no syllabus: situation-test ≈ 280 h · portfolio (hours unknown)

At least one offer
≈ 1 in 6.4 to ≈ 1 in 3.6

The first assumes the same rank travels with you; the second assumes the results are unrelated. The honest answer sits between, and moves toward the second the less alike the exams are — which is the trade-off against the overlap above. We will not pick one number for you.