#dont tell all my dnb friends

[feyd-meowtha]

A wee snippet from the upcoming MOTA 90s House AU...

“So you’ll try to talk your way into a nightclub underage but you draw the line at drinking? Weirdest jailbait I ever met.” Bucky said, shaking his head in a way that was equally condescending and unbearably attractive.

Cool, experienced, old enough to be here - Bucky was everything that Gale was not and it made him so mad that he wanted to kiss him and never stop. He appreciated that this was not the normal reaction to someone pissing you off but he also understood that this was anything but a normal day and allowed the thought to stand.

“Stop calling me that,” Gale huffed, deciding that bratty was the way to go with this guy. That worked for him. The whole coquettish looking up through your lashes always sounded like bullshit anyway.

“I told you I'm eighteen and you can’t even be that much older. You’re what, like, 25 tops?”

Bucky just laughed and tapped his nose, which could have one of two meanings but Gale was pretty sure which one it was this time.

“A lady never tells,” said Bucky before turning his attention to the shot of tequila sitting untouched on the counter, a slice of lime balanced across the top and a packet of salt sticking to the bar mat next to it.

“Hand.” Bucky said. It wasn’t an instruction and it also wasn’t quite a request but Gale did as he was told, dropping his hand into Bucky’s broad palm. What happened next was something that Gale would be replaying in his head for the rest of his life.

Quick as a flash, Bucky’s tongue darted out of his mouth and he licked a long stripe along the back of Gale’s hand. Gale watched bug-eyed as he ripped the salt open with his teeth, pouring it onto Gale’s wet skin before chasing it with another lap of his tongue. After that he downed the shot and presumably sucked on the slice of lime. Gale honestly couldn’t be sure because his brain had left his head and was currently oozing out of his ears onto the sticky linoleum floor.

“Fuck, I love tequila,” Bucky said, shaking his head as he savoured the burn and relinquished control of Gale’s still wet and now salty hand. Gale resisted the urge to lick the remains of the salt off himself, taste the saliva that shone purple and blue under the disco lights. He fought the temptation, allowing his hand to fall onto the bar where it tingled hot and cold.

There was a loud snort from the other side of the bar as the blonde bartender ducked down behind the glass wash in an attempt to hide his giggles. Bucky spun to face him, looking pissed as Gale’s faculties finally returned to him.

“It ain’t the first time you’ve done that is it?” Gale said, eliciting another snort from the bartender.

“Fuck’s sake, Hambone,” Bucky said, gesturing with his hands, “just because you got no game don’t mean you gotta go and ruin it for the rest of us.”

Then he turned back to Gale.

“Would you believe me if I said it was?”

“No.” Gale said flatly, mind still on the drying spit on the back of his hand. He sipped at his coke. It was fizzy and sweet and it gave him something do do with his hands and his mouth, other than all the things that his overstimulated brain was suggesting.

“You caught me, nothin’ gets past you does it?” Bucky said with a grin, “None of em were as pretty as you though.”

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Coming soon to feyd_meowtha on ao3!

[sonicattos]

ah random blurble spouting random headcanons at a random person i follow at 3 in the morning time! -Everyone says Shadow is represented by heavy metal, a lotta people seem to think that the Super Sonic songs of Frontiers would be "better suited" for him, however a lot of the songs in his own GAME are NOT heavy metal, in fact, most of them are electronic rock or full-on electronic jungle, sometimes even trance type tracks. As such, I propose that the genres that would best represent him would be either atmospheric dnb that uses lots of samples, or experimental types of electronic rock. -Sonic would be the type to listen to breakcore (like actual breakcore) to help him focus and Tails would be the type to be like "S...Sonic h...how does this- yknow what, sure, if it helps it helps" -Shadow likes nature. We already know he probably has a soft spot for animals, he loves lavenders, and part of his whole thing is thinking of the world as beautiful in some ways, as Earth itself represents both his and Maria's own personal desires, dreams, and wishes. Despite the fact that he has that edgy emo boy demeanor going on with his looks and his small actions, his overall personality really doesnt actually reflect that much, apart from some of the ways he speaks. However, that can just be chalked up to him enjoying being a bit dramatic. Overall, he's a lot less.... aggressive, than people seem to make him out to be. -To add to the "dramatic" part, I think he genuinely enjoys BEING dramatic, but in the moment he doesn't really realize he is being dramatic. Like, i dunno if this is relatable, but the being "autism funny" thing i go through, where I intentionally do try to be comedic, yet somehow at the same time i dont actually realize i am. I'm stating things I truly think, however i do know that when I say it that way it makes people laugh with me, so I'm cool with it. This is part of why the Shadow in my Paradox AU got into theatrics as an adult, because he's really fucking good at being dramatic and people think he's just a really good actor, but no, he's thinking about actual shit that's happened and channeling his inner drama from that thing into himself saying the lines lol. -Tails often tells Sonic all about how he overworks himself and shit, but he himself does the exact same thing. Whether or not it's something he picked up from Sonic, or just something that happened to be part of him thats a similar trait, is unknown. However, it DOES lead to them both badgering one another over overworking themselves until they both do the "I'll only stop if YOU stop!" thing to eachother before passing out somewhere random. Amy often has to check in on them to bring them out to a couch or something like that lol. -Tails tried to make a robot doggy to act as a "friend" to Knuckles so he could have a buddy on Angel Island whenever he's there for extended periods of time, the robo dog ended up a lil... wonky, though. Think like... a very very weird chihuahua. That's what it acts like. But Tails can't bring himself to "shut it down" because he says it's TOO much like an actual dog and he feels bad for it. They have yet to show Knuckles, so this weird yapper robot that "sleeps" most the day and kinda weirdly wobbles around the rest of the time just kinda.... lives in Tails' workshop. And sometimes bumps into them while they're doing stuff. This dog is also the only thing Eggman outright refuses to destroy when it comes to Tails' creations, even sometimes going out of his way to make sure it DOESNT get caught in the robotic-battle crossfire while fighting the team. Eggman is.... oddly sympathetic toward robotic beings, as seen in a lot of continuities of him where he doesnt just, like.... scrap and replace his "less reliable" robots despite them being, well, less reliable. It's an oddly continuous trait of his and I think it would be funny if a silly weird robo dog were to be his goddamn weakness lmao.

-This is more of a future au, but Amy ends up growing up to be a very witchy type who's genuinely knowledgeable in those types of practices. She's already got those hippie vibes to her, even moreso than the rest of the group lol, so I think it'd check out pretty well! Knuckles would bring her an especially cool rock that looks like a squid and she'd be like "Knuckles those are amethyst crystal points where did you find this it's absolutely stunning??????" And he's like "oh there's a bunch of em none of them looked that cool though". And it turns out that he's been finding cool crystals everywhere, just none of them looked enough like animals to him so he didn't think they were that important lol. But now he brings her the "weird shiny ones" because he knows she likes em so why not? -Sonic and Shadow have a chili dog eating contest and Sonic learns the true extent to the whole "Shadow cant get sick" thing -Just... overall other bizarre shit they compete over. They'd absolutely make a competition out of anything, which they need to absolutely bring back in-canon. They wouldnt always be beating the shit outta one another, but they WOULD be having multi-mile races over the dumbest possible decisions, or having a contest over who can go the longest without pissing someone off on accident lmao.

(tried to give some love to characters besides Sonic, Shadow, and Tails lol. They're all good characters honestly, I love em. Also help me name the robot doggy because i may use that in a possible AU lol)

- i agree with the first one!!! although i feel like shadow appreciates almost all types of music! he hates being perceived so he doesn’t talk about the music that doesn’t “fit his vibe”

-i can see sonic either LOVING breakcore or despising it, no in between and i won’t elaborate

-shadow loving nature is one of my favorites. and there’s no way it isn’t true since it was his and maria’s dream to visit earth. they’ve had to have read books and stuff too! that’s why he’s standing by that tree in shadow 05, it’s “his tree”

-you’re so right about shadow being dramatic. in game canon, doesn’t matter in what game, he’s calm, but when he gets excited or any intense emotion, he starts yelling and says over the top one liners. a more recent example would be in team sonic racing and how he behaves in the game while just talking to someone vs how he acts while racing. he’s so monotone and calm but when he’s competing he’s practically screaming at everyone.

-i hc tails is an intense hypocrite because at least sonic takes time for naps. tails will not sleep for days and still yells at sonic for pulling one all nighter.

-i love the robot dog hc hdjfjd; eggman is a very interesting character because while he literally abuses animals he has sympathy for his robots. perhaps because he designs them with voices and personalities and such. you’d think he’d shut off orbot and cubot by now especially since they’re ruthless to him but no, he still keeps them around. don’t forget sage like jeez he literally just made a human girl and didn’t think he’d be attached?

-i see amy becoming more witchy too!! she already has her tarot cards and her “sonic sense” i’m pretty sure she’s said that she can sense chao as well? or just peoples auras in general? i have this stupid hc that she cursed herself by accident which is why she wears rings, and also why she can turn invisible in 06.

-shadow becomes sick for the first time not clickbait

-i love the competition for no/a stupid reason so much. they kinda haven’t stopped doing that, again, in team sonic racing sonic challenged shadow to a race because he wanted to help shadow on a mission i think.

[grimesapologist]

i wrote a post abt my set in oslo!

norway day 4: return of the king

day 4 of oslo for me actually = day 5 cuz i totally crashed on day 4, only thing i can report back from it is that Dodgeball = good movie and Air Bud = insane one (“a ball is just rubber and air, basketball is what you do with it...”), i missed so much good music from Torje and his supremely talented friends, but I’ll be back to see it soon!!! i also missed lovely Jenny’s 1st performance EVER but I had the pleasure of reading the genuine creepypasta she wrote about it after :D (JENNY YOURE SO COOL SORT OF IN LOVE WITH U)

but the real day 4 (to me)was the last day of boksen festival, the day i was playing, and the night before our 10am flight... started the day off right with a pizza (shout out original pancetta.) after we got to boksen i wasnt tired for a single fucking second let me tell you. NEDGRAVD played the sickest shit ever, the pit was crazy, so much energy and love in that pit, it was girls to the front without it even being said, their music was like almost no-wave black metal, mysterious as fuck but also punches you in the head many times over (bass tone = crazy stage presence = crazy book them they also have epic merch.)

Then shit gets a bit blurry.

according to my records Jenny performed again in the coolest masks, played 2 of her amazing songs, i was jumping all over the place, there was rlly sick noise as per usual, i decided fuck earplugs that day and i dont regret it 1 bit, between Jenny playing and my set, i met the super cool super talented super super Ravn (who it turns out can play the fuck out of a piano and has the craziest moves I’ve seen (her footwork goes crazy!!!)) and has super lovely hands, musician's hands... anyways

i went on at midnight and words cannot describe how amazing that performance felt, i felt an audience who was at attention the whole time, i felt able to play slower songs, more sparse music, without having to engage in the attention economy rat race, and as such all the harder songs were infinitely multiplied, everyone who was there thank you so much, i can’t thank you enough i felt so so full after that set i was honestly a bit overwhelmed (big shout out to Dio, Embla, Ravn Torje and Jenny, who were right at the front bringing so much energy the whole time, and to Alex for capturing every gorgeous moment ily all) After I crashed out in the green room after the most fun set I’ve played to date, the most evil evil noises began to emanate from the other room and I was like “ahhhh, that must be Torje...” and it was!! It felt like the building was about to shatter, I loved it so much, talented mf!! Im running out of characters here for sure (but I will never run out of words) but Alex played the most amazing DnB set, there was so much steam in the room you couldnt see the person next to u, I danced with Ravn and Embla til i physically couldnt anymore (when i went into the green room my skin was steaming for 30 minutes), more insanity ensued, we went to haerverk and kind of crashed then had a hot dog at the airport and suddenly I was back in London, stinky but inspired TL;DR Oslo Rules and SO DO MY FRIENDS

i put the videos from the set on my insta cuz tumblr video upload is cooked

instagram.com/djantimanifesto

[dirtsartdump]

forgor to do the whole extra stuff post!!

ICON//UI FACTS!

-the X icon was made last minute and honestly it doesnt look too great but whatever

-those icons of rayman, rabbids, the wii, and the tv with a party hat are meant to represent Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party for the Wii --i thought it would look better if i left those icons uncolored but looking at it now it looks like i didnt care enough to color them lmao

-im really proud of the question mark icon, I think the shading on it looks really neat

-the heart icon I thought looked pretty neat but i didnt realize until after I uploaded to newgrounds that it sort of clips through the speech bubble

-the money icon was the first icon i made, nothing special to say

-the volume icon for some reason just screams gooseworx and idk why --FUCK i just noticed a mistake, on the third and wiggleyest volume thing at the bottom there is an extra mark that i forgot to erase >:((

-the backpack icon took like 3 attempts to get right and it still looks wonky

-the music icons have no special features other than being in a 1:3 ratio so they dont fit well in this post

-the character creator icon originally took the place of the X icon but was scrapped because it had to have a white border and also looked not too great imo

OTHER FUN FACTS!!!!!

-I reused that kid from bravery.png because i liked his design and thought it'd be funny

-i also reused clicko the cursor from gaming 'puter because he is my most favorite creation. hell, hes my pfp!

-I also also reused the gear icon from gaming 'puter because it LOOKS COOL SUE ME

-nearly every friend of mine whom i have shown this to have asked what drugs i was on whilst making this. this one isnt interesting, just annoying

-this was inspired by 90s dnb, and shitty y2k mmos like worlds online

-i cant tell if the text box that says "scream :)" was actually good in conveying that it was supposed to be a chat box, but it is a chatbox. you type stuff there. that is why it says "click here to use safechat instead" in small font

im pretty sure that wasnt everything, but lets roll with it for now bc ik thats at least the broad strokes. heres a bonus image, this was the original note for what i wanted plaza to look like. god im glad i didnt go with this

alr guys thats all for todays video. remember to like, sbubscribe, tickle my balls, the works and i will catch you all in the next video. BUBYE!!!! (dubstep minecraft outro)

guess who fuckin finished something https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/dirtbabby/plaza <-full res

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Interview of Dr. Salman Mapara: Rank 157 in NEET PG 2017

Dr. SALMAN SHOEB MAPARA has secured Rank 157 in NEET PG 2017 exam which was held in December 2016.. He has done his MBBS from GRANT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND JJ HOSPITAL MUMBAI.

Interview

Q. In what year did you pass out your MBBS (Completion of Internship)?

Ans. IS GOING ON AND WILL END FEB 27 2017

Q. What were your MBBS percentage marks (aggregate or final year)?

Ans. MY AGGREGATE IS 70.89

Q. What ranks had you secured in any previous PG medical entrance exams you gave?

Ans. THIS IS MY FIRST ATTEMPT

Q. Could you please tell us something about yourself? Ans. I AM A MIDDLE-CLASS BOY AND WAS AN AVERAGE STUDENT IN MY COLLEGE.MY FATHER IS MBBS AND MOTHER IS HOUSEWIFE.I DID Receive JRD TATA SCHOLARSHIP IN MY 1ST AND 2ND YEAR. I DIDN’T PARTICIPATE IN ANY COLLEGE QUIZZES BUT IN COLLEGE FESTIVALS I LOVED TO HELP IN AND PARTICIPATE WITH ALL ENTHUSIASM. I AM VERY RELIGIOUS AND VERY SUPPORTIVE KIND OF GUY.

Q. What is the secret of your success?

Ans. “I Use FIVE SUCCESS MANTRAS 1ST-TO PRAY TO GOD 2ND-TO HARD WORK WITH SMARTNESS 3RD- TALK TO PARENTS 4TH- BEST FRIENDS AND 5TH-TALK TO YOURSELF I FELL TALKING TO OURSELF IS IMPORTANT. AS HOW MUCH U HAVE STUDIED, ..HOW ARE U STUDYING, ALL THIS THING U WILL COME TO KNOW WHEN U STAND IN FRONT OF MIRROR AND ASK AT THE END OF THE DAY TO YOURS.BELIEVE ME, U WILL COME TO KNOW ABOUT UR PREP WHEATHER IT IS GOING TO WORK OR NOT.AND IT WILL KEEP U ON RI8 TRACK..”

Q. How was your internship?

Ans. IT IS HEAVY AS OUR HOSPITAL IS BIGGEST AND BUSIEST IN MUMBAI.BUT YES OUR RESIDENTS ARE COOPERATIVE IN THAT SENSE, THEY HELP ME MANAGE TIME ACCORDINGLY SO THAT I CAN STUDY AND WORK SIMULTINIOSLY..BUT YES SOME OF the DEPARTMENT IN ANY COLLEGE ARE AS HEAVY AND HECTIC YHAT I CANT EVEN MANAGE TO SLEEP PROPERLY, IN THAT CASE, COVERUP IT IN NEXT OTHER POSTINGS..THATS THE GAME OF TIME MANAGEMENT..!!

Q. When did you seriously start preparing for the entrance exam?

Ans.  I STARTED SERIOUSLY TO PREPARE IN MY FINAL YEAR

Q. How many hours did you study each day? How long do you think students need to prepare for cracking PG medical entrance exams?

Ans. DEPENDING ON POSTINGS IN SOME I STUDIED 9HRS/DAY AND IN HEAVY ONES 6-7/DAY..IN LAST 2 MONTHS IT IS 10HRS MAXX..IT VARIES WITH EVERY1..I SUGGEST TO STUDY ONLY THAT HRS MAX IN WHICH U R DAILY QUOTA OF STUDY IS DONE… EX- FOR ANAT MAX 12 DAYS ..SO ACCORDINGLY LOOK AT U R SPEED,POSTINGS,TIME AND UNDERSTANDING AND GO AHEAD….

Q. Which books did you read for the theory part?

Ans. “MEDICINE– HARRISONS VOL2 AND REMAINING FEW MISSELINIOUS, SKIN, PSYCHIATRY AND BLOOD- FROM CLASS NOTES & MATHEWS SURGERY–SRB & FEW TOPICS LIKE BURN TRAUMA AND BREAST FROM LOVE AND BELLY PAEDS– O P GHAI AND LECTURE NOTES BY SHUSHANT MANE SIR. OBGY– SAKSHI ARORA FOR GYNAC AND DATTA FOR OBS ORTHO– MAHESHVARI ”

Q. Which books did you read for the MCQs? Which MCQ books were the most productive and which were least?

Ans. “1ST YEAR AA BIOCHEM- R JAMES MAM PATHO-DEVESH MISHRA SIR MICRO-APURBA SASTRAY SIR FMT-SUMIT SETH SIR PHARMA-GARG PSM-VIVEK JAIN SIR OPHTHAL- RUCHI RAI MAM ENT-MANISHA BUDDHIRAJA MAM SX-PRITESH SINGH SIR PAEDS-DEEPAK MARWAH SIR MED -CLASS NOTES ONLY AND MCQ FROM MARWAH OR M.KHANNA OBGY-SAKSHI ARORA PSY-PRAVEEN TRIPATHI SA-DBMCI CLASS NOTES AND MCQ FROM AA RADIO-RAJAT JAIN SIR FOR ALL SUB I READ THIS AND DBMCI NOTES SIDE BY SIDE.. SEE WE CANT SCALE ANY MCQ AS MOST OR LEAST AS ITS THE PROMETRIC WHICH SCALES IT..SO EVERY MCQ IS IMP BE IT A SIMPLEST OR TOUGHEST..”

Q. Which subjects did you focus on?

Ans. 1ST AND 2ND YEAR AND PSM

Q. What were your study methods? How many revisions did you do for each subject? Did you make any changes in your study methods in your recent attempts?

Ans. “I STUDIED TOPICS WHICH ARE HIGH YIELD AND IN RECENT TRENDS IN A DETAILS..FACTUAL DATA AND NONSENSE DATA LIKE RARE SYNDROMES AND SCIENTIST NAMES I OMIT IT OUT FROM MY LIST…BUT YES IMP 1 I REVISED.. I WAS ABLE TO REVISE 2 TIMES BEFORE MY EXAMS. I DIDNT CREAT ANY NOTES… UNLESS U HAVE A DEDICATED PEOPLES IN A GROUP GO SOLO..I DID SOLO ONLY..”

Q. Did you do any special preparation for image-based questions?

Ans. NO.. CLASS AND LECTURES ARE ENOUGH..GUIDE BOOKS DO COVER..ITS WASTAGE OF TIME TO BUY IMAGE BOOK..INSTEAD OF IT SEE IMAGES IN GUIDE BOOKS AND CLASSES LECTURES AND IF U HAVE TIME FROM-ROBBINS , HARRISON AND NEENA KHANNA(REMEMBER SELECTED TOPICS ONLY NOT the HOLE BOOK)

Q. What was your strategy for the exam day? How many questions did you attempt and why? How many do you think you got correct?

Ans. “I WAS ALL MINDSET THAT -WHATEVER PAPER WILL BE I HAVE STUDIED AND GOD WILL DO JUSTICE TO ME..I KEEP MYSELF COOL,S TRESSFREE AND MOTIVATED TILL THE END OF PAPER… I ATTEMPTED ALL Q AS NO NEG MARKING IS THERE…”

Q. Do think there should be a different strategy for preparation of different entrance exams like AIIMS-PG, PGI and DNB CET?

Ans. AS THERE IS DIFFRENCE..AS AIIMS STRESS OPHTHAL PSM AND PHARMA IN DETAILS PLUS SOME NUMERICALS AND PHYSICS IS THERE.PGI IS MULTIPLE ANS TYPE SO IT NEED TO HANDLE LIKE THAT..BUT CONCEPT IS SAME EVERYWERE SO CLEAR CONCEPT WILL YIELD GOOD RESULT IN THESE EXAMS TOO.

Q. Did you join any classes or test series? Was it useful?

Ans. “I JOINED BHATIA CLASS AND THERE TEST SERIES ONLY. YES IT IS VERY MUCH USEFULL”

Q. Who or what influenced you to take up Medicine?

Ans. MY DAD

Q. In which field do you want to specialize in? Why?

Ans. MD RADIODIAGNOSIS ,, I WANT TO DO MORE SUPERSPECIALISATION IN THIS AS THIS IS TIMES DEMAND AND THERE ARE VERY FEW OF THEM..

Q. What seat have you been allotted in counselling? Did you join?

Ans. COUNCELLING IS YET TO START

Q. What is your advice to future aspirants?

Ans. START PREPARING EARLY…IF U R PRE FINAL AND FINAL YR CLEAR U R CONCEPTS RATHER THAN RUNNING BEHIND MCQ..CLEAR U R CONCEPTS AND WORK HARD SMARTLY.BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AS HALF GAME OF EXAM IS CONFIDENCE AND POSITIVITY… U DONT NEED TO BE A TOPPER TO CRACK NEET BUT U NEED TO BE A SMART HARD WORKER,,,,AS NO LUNCHES ARE FREE LUNCHES..

Q. Indian PG entrances are highly competitive, so to crack them students end up in appearing for multiple PG exams with some of them having the same exam with different slots and papers, please extend your views on this and their pros and cons of appearing in multiple PG entrances.

Ans. “NEET IS BEST IN THE SENSE U HAVE TO GIVE ONE EXAM AND RELIEVE ALL STRESS AT ONCE….YES THERE ARE MULTIPLE SESSIONS BUT PROMETRIC ENSURES EQUALITY….WHATEVER SESSION U R IN JUST DO THIS THINGS–READ Q AND “”ALL 4 OPTIONS””PROPERLY EVEN THOUGH ITS PANCHAT ONE…THINK AND MARK IT DOWN…DONT PUT PENDING AND WASTE TIME ON NON SENSE FACTUAL Q MARK AND MOVE AHEAD…TRY RULE OUT METHOD…USE CONCEPTS TO CRACK 50-50 Q,,,, REMEMBER IMAGE Q HAVE ANS HIDDEN IN THEM MOSTLY SO “”DON’T PANIC”” ….ALL THE VERY BEST MAY ALLAH BLESS U ALL….AMEEN!!!”

We are ending this interview with our hearty congratulations and best wishes for future to this talented person, Dr. SALMAN SHOEB MAPARA.

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Interview of Dr. Avirup Majumdar: Rank 342 in NEET PG 2017

Dr. Avirup Majumdar has secured Rank 342 in NEET PG 2017 which was held in December 2016. He has also scored rank 342 in AIIMS November PG 2016 and rank 229 in JIPMER PG November 2016. He has done his MBBS from North Bengal Medical College.

Interview

Q. In what year did you pass out your MBBS (Completion of Internship)?

Ans. 2015.

Q. What were your MBBS percentage marks (aggregate or final year)?

Ans. 69.90%

Q. What ranks had you secured in any previous PG medical entrance exams you gave?

Ans. AIPGMEE 2016 – Rank 4391

Q. Could you please tell us something about yourself? Ans. I have done my MBBS from North Bengal Medical College, Siliguri, West Bengal. I have been a consistent student throughout my MBBS career, secured good ranks in departmental quizzes. I was the Senior Class Assistant (prosector) in Pharmacology. I come from a non-medical family; my father is Retired Insurance Officer, Engineer .my brotEngineer.I used to play Tabla and drawing was my hobby. Im a fun loving guy, love to read good novels, hanging out with friends.

Q. What is the secret of your success?

Ans. In one word “FOCUS” . The most important mantra of my performance was Perseverance . The zeal of securing a good rank and consistently taking it to the end made my ranks possible. I kept almost the same amount of energy throughout my preparatory phase, trust me it is difficult but it is definitely POSSIBLE.

Q. How was your internship?

Ans. Internship in my college was too hectic . In peripheral colleges like ours, there is a lot of workload on Interns and Housestaffs , because of less number PGTs and senior doctors. I could not study during my internship and so didn’t sit for the entrance exams that year.

Q. When did you seriously start preparing for the entrance exam?

Ans.  As mentioned, I didn’t attempt PG during my Internship. I joined Housestaffship last year in Department of Chest Medicine. I started reading from that period but I knew my preparation was not upto the mark as I had difficulty managing my duties and focussed study. I started focussed preparation from April this year.

Q. How many hours did you study each day? How long do you think students need to prepare for cracking PG medical entrance exams?

Ans. I seriously didn’t have any rigid time table. I used to read late at night, early morning studies is not my cup of tea. In the initial phase it used to be around 10 hours approx. Last 2 months it was upto 12 hours maximum.

There should not be any fixed hours of study, its absolutely individualistic. No matter how long it takes , one should cover as he/she is supposed to complete on that day.. It should be target-oriented, not time-oriented.

Q. Which books did you read for the theory part?

Ans. Seriously speaking I had little time to read theory part of all subjects.. I read them very often for references.

Harrison’s Internal Medicine should always be the mother book.

Q. Which books did you read for the MCQs? Which MCQ books were the most productive and which were least?

Ans. Anatomy – Arora Physio, Biochem, FSM – Across Medicine – Mudit Khanna Surgery – Amit Ashis Radio – Sumer Sethi G&O – Sakshi arora Ortho – Apurv Mehra Short subjcts- Across Peds – Taruna Mehra Patho, Pharma – Garg Micro, ENT- Rachna Chaurasia Plus questions of previous years’ AIIMS and AIPG

Q. Which subjects did you focus on?

Ans. All the 19 subjects are important.. but obviously the big ones like Medicine , Surgery, G&O , Patho, Pharma.. Short subjects like FSM, Skin,Psychiatry, Micro, Biochem are equally important and differentiating.

Q. What were your study methods? How many revisions did you do for each subject? Did you make any changes in your study methods in your recent attempts?

Ans. I had no class notes, I used to study on my own from the MCQ books i had. I used to make notes on every useful update I got . DAMS Exclusive Club on Facebook was quite helpful in this regard. Initially I took one subject at a time and finish it completely but later when things would slow down, I made a change..I used to take one subject and when it got slow I shifted to another subject and come back to it later on. With this I improved my speed quite well. I could revise the whole syllabus twice before the final exam.

Q. Did you do any special preparation for image-based questions?

Ans. I attended DAMS DVT classes for images.

Q. What was your strategy for the exam day? How many questions did you attempt and why? How many do you think you got correct?

Ans. My strategy was to keep my brain calm so that it can perform at its peak level. Good sleep , light breakfast and an empty bladder and rectum are must.I attempted all questions in NEET. Around 220-230 must have been correct.

Q. Do think there should be a different strategy for preparation of different entrance exams like AIIMS-PG, PGI and DNB CET?

Ans. PGI is different. I dont know much about it as I didnt appear for it.. For AIIMS , focus should be on conceptual and image based questions . For NEET and DNB one liners are more frequently asked, images are asked less often in these exams.

Q. Did you join any classes or test series? Was it useful?

Ans. “Yes.. I joined DAMS Online Test Series this year. I attended DVT classes by DAMS. Yes ofcourse, giving regular subject wise tests and grand tests, tracking the marks obtained, pointing out the weak areas and working on it was my core strategy. DAMS DVT classes were also useful specially for images as asked nowadays in AIIMS exams.”

Q. Who or what influenced you to take up Medicine?

Ans. My own choice to become a healer..

Q. In which field do you want to specialize in? Why?

Ans. “General Medicine Because it is the only subject which covers everything, the mother branch of medical sciences. Your thinking domains are limitless in Medicine.Its difficult to describe Medicine in one word..”

Q. What seat have you been allotted in counselling? Did you join?

Ans. Not alloted till now.. Last year I was alloted Diploma in Ophthalmology which I declined.

Q. What is your advice to future aspirants?

Ans. Keep up the flare and hunger inside you. Dont get too uptight, it is not the end of everything.It is necessary to relax a bit, but dont get off the track either. Stay focussed , stay healthy, think positive.. Success is sure to come..

Q. Indian PG entrances are highly competitive, so to crack them students end up in appearing for multiple PG exams with some of them having the same exam with different slots and papers, please extend your views on this and their pros and cons of appearing in multiple PG entrances.

Ans. I support single exam NEET wholeheartedly..

We are ending this interview with our hearty congratulations and best wishes for future to this talented person, Dr. Avirup Majumdar.