Civil Services Mains 2020 Results: In or Out ? Way ahead, gratitude and Pain
The Civils Mains result has been declared. This thread is for sharing your grief , joy , mixed feelings - absolutely anything and everything.
Hey people just wanted an opinion. For polity Laxmikanth is everyone's favorite and I get that. It's excellent for exam purposes but the thing is I feel like I don't understand much of the concepts which is apparent from mocks. Is there some other book which is more in the form of a story or commentary which could help me understand better. Laxmikanth is still the best for revision and factual stuff just need something to help with the analytical part. TIA!
Ncerts (old+new).
If you are not in Delhi you can courier those old polity ncerts from here. You will be surprised by the conceptual clarity that these ignored beauties have to offer. You can try this for next year.
Does anyone else feel a certain uneasiness while referring to the PYQs from the question papers that you wrote the exam from?
I get the replay of all the emotions that I was having on the day of the exam- when I opened the booklet, when I was going through the questions, some questions were marked with pencil during the first round some with pen in the last round, some choices were changed at the last moment, when I got out of the exam hall; while I was calculating the score from the answer keys; and the worst is the day of result when I invariably opened the question paper and drowned it in a river of tears.
Does anyone else feel a certain uneasiness while referring to the PYQs from the question papers that you wrote the exam from?
I get the replay of all the emotions that I was having on the day of the exam- when I opened the booklet, when I was going through the questions, some questions were marked with pencil during the first round some with pen in the last round, some choices were changed at the last moment, when I got out of the exam hall; while I was calculating the score from the answer keys; and the worst is the day of result when I invariably opened the question paper and drowned it in a river of tears.
Whoa. That was a goosebump-y read. Esp the last moment changed ones are pricky. But what to do. At the end of the day one has to detach oneself from the paper and exam process. Thoughts around 30 days to Pre...Why am I putting myself through all this? 
wordfighter,THE_MECHANIC
Some sort of overwhelming competition is there in every govt exam nowadays. I mean out of 3300 votes, 400+ people are getting 200+ scores and another 300 people getting around 190+ score out of 300 full marks in epfo. Mad mad competition!
Some sort of overwhelming competition is there in every govt exam nowadays. I mean out of 3300 votes, 400+ people are getting 200+ scores and another 300 people getting around 190+ score out of 300 full marks in epfo. Mad mad competition!
Lol. Now I will have to re-watch 3 idiots to get my motivation back. :P
Some sort of overwhelming competition is there in every govt exam nowadays. I mean out of 3300 votes, 400+ people are getting 200+ scores and another 300 people getting around 190+ score out of 300 full marks in epfo. Mad mad competition!
I'm done then. No chance for me if we go by this. Failure upon failure.
THE_MECHANIC,
balwintejas,.
@dwightschrute same poll has 2 parts brother....if you will see out of 3400, 2800 have also voted for less than 160 which is approx82% but in the main poll there were only 37% below 160.so you cannot predict through that, if you are scoring 170+ I think it will be safe.
This is an excerpt from Anders Ericsson's book 'Peak'.
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@Neyawn Sir, I know you have a lot on your plate but these are two book recommendations I hope you can find time to read. One is 'Peak' by Anders Ericsson. Ericsson, who passed away last year, was an expert in experts. After studying experts and super performers in various fields for more than 30 years, Ercisson came up with 'deliberate practise theory'. The book I mentioned is about DPT. While a lot of it may sound obvious to you but the lessons can be quite enriching to someone especially like you as you are in charge of designing courses that people join to get better at something difficult. A lot of people are aware of Malcolm Gladwell's 10000 hour rule. Gladwell had misinterpeted Ericsson's research to come up with that rule.
The second recommendation is 'Make It Stick' by Roediger, McDaniel & Brown. This book is a more accessible synthesis of all the great research in the field of education psychology and learning in the last couple of decades. This too can be a game changer in designing courses.
Most institutes tell the students what to study but nobody tells us how to. If these principles are an intrinsic part of the courses an institute designs, a lot of time can be saved, pain prevented.
I have been meaning to read 'Make it stick' for the past one year.. But somehow have never been able to get my hands on it. My plan to read it is now pushed further by a month now considering the prelims that needs all the respect and time right now..
balwintejas,@dwightschrute same poll has 2 parts brother....if you will see out of 3400, 2800 have also voted for less than 160 which is approx82% but in the main poll there were only 37% below 160.so you cannot predict through that, if you are scoring 170+ I think it will be safe.
ssver2,balwintejas
Some sort of overwhelming competition is there in every govt exam nowadays. I mean out of 3300 votes, 400+ people are getting 200+ scores and another 300 people getting around 190+ score out of 300 full marks in epfo. Mad mad competition!
If this had a 300+ option then also 5% people would have polled onto it!
GaneshGaitonde,balwintejasPeople are so positive in the forum group!!!!! Nice.
However irrespective of that, we should go full fledge in the exam. These things will only clog our minds, thinking about the competition.
"The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give." -- Howard Cosell
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