My struggle for IIT

There were 3 subjects i.e. Physics, Chemistry and Maths and each had over 2 years of worth of material to cover for the exam. The level of questions asked was also much higher than anything taught in schools. There are a ton of concepts to be understood, a lot of formulae to be memorized and mastered and entire books to be memorized in order to crack the exam.

Initially, it felt that Chemistry would be easy and Maths would be difficult as it seemed very abstract. But as time went on, Chemistry started to become tougher as the sheer volume of material to be memorized increased drastically as we moved into Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, while Maths became more logical along the way. Physics was always my strong subject and I always had an edge over my classmates in it.

I remember having solved at least 10 books of questions for each subject and memorized at least 5 books for Chemistry.