if you want to excel in the field of architecture, fashion and design then you have to be good in drawing. It is very important cause you will be presenting your ideas through drawing and sketches. Your drawing skills will tell the other person how creative and good you are. To see how much drawing is important, I will suggest you to go through the previous years NATA and UCEED papers.

Weightage of drawing in NATA Exam out of total 200 marks:- 2 question * 40 marks = 80 marks

You can see out of 200 marks 80 marks is based on drawing rest(120 marks) is mathematics and aptitude. The drawing section is very important and hard to score. This is the section which can make or break the deal.

To improve your drawing skills you can either join a classroom coaching program or an online one depending upon your convenience. By doing so not only your drawing will improve but you will get to learn how to tackle certain scenario based problems.

good to see that you are interested in making your career in design. Every year there will be students who will clear the NATA or UCEED entrance exam preparing themselves. It totally depends upon you how much effort and dedication you will put into your preparation and what strategy you follow during your preparation phase. The NATA exam is of 200 marks out of which 120 marks will be for mathematics and aptitude section.This is the section in which you can ace provided you have prepared all the topics. You can go to the Learn section to see the syllabus for the NATA/ UCEED exam and which topis you have to prepare. The next section is for evaluation of your drawing skills. It will include 2 drawing questions, 40 marks each. This is the section which will make you stand out from the crowd. For drawing what you can do is go through the past year papers to see what kind of questions they ask. If you think you need help for the drawing and other part then you can join a classroom or online coaching program as per your convenience.

Now coming to your question, is it ohk to start now?? Yes of course it is ohk, you have the same chances of clearing the exam as the others. It all depends on your strategy, first go through the syllabus and see how many topics you have to prepare within the given time. In the initial days and weeks focus on clearing the basics of each and every topic. Dont worry if you take more time in solving the questions, your speed will improve as you will progress. Once you are done with your basics start giving mock tests on a regular basis and analyze them properly i.e where you went wrong, which topics you need to work on again. Luckily everything you need for your preparation is available on DQ Edge itself. If you feel confused as to what strategy to follow and how to start your preparation then just go to the Article section, there you will find a number of well written strategies used by toppers.

You can visit the below mentioned link of cambridge university to see what is the procedure and requirements to get into their colleges.

Information for applicants from India applying for admission in Cambridge University.

Architecture Course Overview and requirements for Cambridge University

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everything you need to prepare for the NATA exam is available here on DQ Edge itself. Like for which topics to study and prepare, you can go to the LEARN section, there you will get to know the syllabus for the NATA exam. Start your preparation from here and clear your concepts. You will be able to keep the track of your performance - which topics you have covered, which needs to be covered. From the graph given you can schedule your preparation.

If you want to know what strategy you have to follow during the preparation, then you can go to the Article section of the DQ Edge. There you can go the through various articles on strategy, syllabus which will help you in your preparation.

Now coming to your question that you are from hindi medium school and not comfortable with english. See the thing is sooner or later you have to learn english. It will be hard for you in the beginning but you can overcome this problem and will take time to show you the results. If you feel its hard for you then its better to take english classes for the same. I hope this helps with your preparation, if you still have doubts you can ask.

Opening and closing of ranks for the admission into respective colleges changes every year depending upon the difficulty of the paper, number of students applying, number of students clearing the cutoff. Below mentioned data will tell you the closing ranks for admissions into SPA Delhi for the year 2018.

1. Open category

For Planning :- closing rank(1464)

For Architecture:- closing rank(486)

2. OBC category

For B.plan :- closing rank(949)

For B.Arch. :-closing rank(302)

NOTE:- The above mentioned ranks are given after 7 rounds of counselling for final admissions into SPA Delhi.

For more information you can visit JoSAA website

the syllabus for the mathematics questions asked in the NATA entrance exam is same as that of what you have studied in your 11th and 12th standard.The difference here will be the difficulty level of the questions asked in the exam. If you are thorough with the NCERT textbook sums then you can move on to the difficult problems like questions asked in IIT JEE and other entrance exams.

You can explore questions given here on DQ Edge itself to get an idea of what type of question are asked.

If we want to discuss among ourselves regarding this exam and talk about the strategy on how to prepare for it, then search "NIFT MFM" in Telegram search bar and join the free live group chat. If you're too lazy, then try clicking this https://t.me/NIFTMFM but can't guarantee if this link will work or not. Trust me, this will be REALLY HELPFUL to you. Install Telegram if you've not done it from the Google/App Store. Thanks!

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Apart from NID and IDC, there are a good number of colleges in India which you can consider for Animation.Below mentioned colleges are a good option:-

• National Institute of Film and Fine Arts(NIFFA), Kolkatta
• Maya Institute of Advanced Cinematic(MAAC)
• Arena Animation
• F X School, Mumbai
• Picasso Animation College, Bangalore
• Unitedworld Institute of Design, Ahmedabad