Posting this cause I need to get this done. It's within my limits :
Friday - DM GSAP + old notes + online notes consolidate, Socio 20 pages revision + eye appointment+ gym.
Saturday - IS GSAP + old notes + online notes consolidate, Socio 10 pages, gym.
Sunday - GS 3 flt, prelims test, * if possible IS Hlt, catch up on CA of friday and Saturday, gym.
Goal is not to prepare one pager notes as old notes are one pager in themselves. Goal is to scribe down whatever I read and recall.
well heres an update after 2 weeks (of procrastination)
previous 2 weeks have been the last weeks of semester with exams assignments and finishing off the bachelors project.
Haven't written a test (or an answer in the past 4 weeks), and have not solved the CA quiz of the past 2-3 weeks as well. Newspaper reading has slagged a bit due to travel and college work load.
looking back at jee times i have started feeling that i am not practising enough(application of knowledge - active recall best way of remembering). - mostly watching lectures and reading newspapers consistently.
now that the semester is almost over gotta cash in the last week of November and December being a vacation month - get done with most of the foundations and finish off the backlog tests and quizzes (will upload a detailed list of goals in the beginning of the month)
heres a list of things that keep me going (atleast to maintain the streak and do the bare minimum)
- watching foundational lectures.
- practising MCQs (this was 2 weeks back)
- learning spanish
- playing wordle.
well now that we know of what has to be done
- give tests
- practise a little more (consistency compounds)
- follow the schedule.
Excited for december - lets see where it takes us.
well well, a week into December, and it was the placement week (which I intended not to sit for, but the surroundings forced me to give two interviews - I loved the experience (they didn't) also didn't take anyone (maybe I am the monolith of bad luck :p ))
Updates on the journey - mid week but got done with 2 mains tests (both optional) heres the plan to finish the tests and attempt a full length mains in the first week of Feb
lectures have been cut short - skipping the foundational lectures of IR and IS, for IS going with the PYQ centric approach, almost done with the optional (about 24 hrs of lectures remain)
Target for Dec - Complete - Optional, Ethics (to start giving tests by jan), and the tests mentioned above. (and maybe small gs topics of DM and IS
Jan - is for Society and IR (if DM and IS spill over), finish all the remaining test of ethics essay and optional.
Feb - 1st week Full length mains, and shift to pre from 2nd week, revise and join SFG level 2 (i really wanna go give offline tests but lets see if the college circumstances allow)
The progress of last two weeks
'if possible' sfg level 1 bhi kar hi lo. If not @ 7 am then at 7 pm. But don't miss out on prelims prep during dec/jan. Start prelims asap. Well ngl I'm projecting my final year/ first attempt experience on you. Baki its up to you. Best wishes ~ from someone who once was a clueless lil kido.
Hello Bhai, the reason I took time to reply is I couldn't understand what your queries were exactly. Still, I will give my take
1. Not reading reference book : Why do you have so much trust on your teachers? Jab basic book se Q ayega, to teachers bolenge padhke jana tha. There is no alternative to basic books. If others are reading, you need to do that too. Throw your class notes for prelims in garbage, but not the basic books. Classes will only help you develop analytical abilities & familiarity. Uske beyond content absorption from basic books as per PYQ is your responsibility.
Also people prepare PYQ based notes. That's also your responsibility when you enter the prelims phase. In this prep, most things you'll have to do by yourself.
If you're thinking that Jee ki tarah teacher covers everything, you'll get a very rude shock soon as you enter prelims phase. You've the responsibility to analyse PYQs and see from where Q is being asked. I don't think many teachers in UPSC industry do that kind of work especially for Prelims. For Mains, they are usually thorough
2. You've addressed your Mains PYQ problem yourself. But my Q is, note making needs to be done right now. Okay? And your notes must be able to answer ALMOST all PYQs especially in Internal security, Disaster management . How do you plan to do that post prelims? Please make sure that is answered.
3. I didn't understand the Q or problem here
4. Theek hai, if you're planning to read them later. It's fine
Strategic
1. Can't do anything about college interventions. You'll have to work harder later when it's done or before
2. I am unable to understand the Q here. Please re write if you can?
I come back to this post often. Keeps giving me reality checks.
Previous few weeks have been rough.
Got annihilated in the SFG entrance test (15 correct 21 incorrect) - it was't in the planned events but decided to give (arrived 15 mins late at the centre and first time filling the omr so got stressed out on time - made a few silly mistakes, but thats for some other day to blame. - got into the programme border line.
Got HLT7 checked the next day scored 49.5/125 - rank 100/1000 got a sense of relief that not very off the track, maybe i was in the mains mindset therefore couldn't score in a prelims paper. Gave the feedback that i wanted a little critical feedback to improve and identify weak areas.
also had given HLT6 on the same day (which had gone better according to me) but again got obliterated, scored 35.5/125 - rank 700/900 almost cried on the feedback apologised for asking a critical feedback - but realised this is what is needed.
Fuck up now to perform the best during the D-Day.
Decided to shift to karol bagh - kinda excited to join SFG offline give tests everyday at 7 - i dont intend to specifically study for the tests, these are mostly to identify weak areas and give special emphasis on them during the level 2 - i would have shifted to pure prelims centric prep.
Stil trying to Finish all the Tests heres the update list.
Its kinda hard to be stoic to tests and not take them to heart - but thats what we aim for identify your weaknesses work on them and keep improving
The Hegel TRIAD method hitting me hard with the anti-thesis(es) but anyways heres the progress for the past two weeks.
also have changed the format of tracking goals - now its a mixture of fixed time slots as well as goals (tracking them qualitatively and quantitatively)
Grateful to the community for all the advice - we thrive towards getting better. always.
Karol Bagh mai Kahan? Let’s meet 24th ko during sfg orientation. Tere room ke darshan bhi kara dena (#nohomo) And good decision w taking sfg. You were dicey earlier na, remember there’s no point being mains ready if we mess up prelims. Pura saal wait karna padtha hai fir.
Hello Bhai, the reason I took time to reply is I couldn't understand what your queries were exactly. Still, I will give my take
1. Not reading reference book : Why do you have so much trust on your teachers? Jab basic book se Q ayega, to teachers bolenge padhke jana tha. There is no alternative to basic books. If others are reading, you need to do that too. Throw your class notes for prelims in garbage, but not the basic books. Classes will only help you develop analytical abilities & familiarity. Uske beyond content absorption from basic books as per PYQ is your responsibility.
Also people prepare PYQ based notes. That's also your responsibility when you enter the prelims phase. In this prep, most things you'll have to do by yourself.
If you're thinking that Jee ki tarah teacher covers everything, you'll get a very rude shock soon as you enter prelims phase. You've the responsibility to analyse PYQs and see from where Q is being asked. I don't think many teachers in UPSC industry do that kind of work especially for Prelims. For Mains, they are usually thorough
2. You've addressed your Mains PYQ problem yourself. But my Q is, note making needs to be done right now. Okay? And your notes must be able to answer ALMOST all PYQs especially in Internal security, Disaster management . How do you plan to do that post prelims? Please make sure that is answered.
3. I didn't understand the Q or problem here
4. Theek hai, if you're planning to read them later. It's fine
Strategic
1. Can't do anything about college interventions. You'll have to work harder later when it's done or before
2. I am unable to understand the Q here. Please re write if you can?
I come back to this post often. Keeps giving me reality checks.
Previous few weeks have been rough.
Got annihilated in the SFG entrance test (15 correct 21 incorrect) - it was't in the planned events but decided to give (arrived 15 mins late at the centre and first time filling the omr so got stressed out on time - made a few silly mistakes, but thats for some other day to blame. - got into the programme border line.
Got HLT7 checked the next day scored 49.5/125 - rank 100/1000 got a sense of relief that not very off the track, maybe i was in the mains mindset therefore couldn't score in a prelims paper. Gave the feedback that i wanted a little critical feedback to improve and identify weak areas.
also had given HLT6 on the same day (which had gone better according to me) but again got obliterated, scored 35.5/125 - rank 700/900 almost cried on the feedback apologised for asking a critical feedback - but realised this is what is needed.
Fuck up now to perform the best during the D-Day.
Decided to shift to karol bagh - kinda excited to join SFG offline give tests everyday at 7 - i dont intend to specifically study for the tests, these are mostly to identify weak areas and give special emphasis on them during the level 2 - i would have shifted to pure prelims centric prep.
Stil trying to Finish all the Tests heres the update list.
Its kinda hard to be stoic to tests and not take them to heart - but thats what we aim for identify your weaknesses work on them and keep improving
The Hegel TRIAD method hitting me hard with the anti-thesis(es) but anyways heres the progress for the past two weeks.
also have changed the format of tracking goals - now its a mixture of fixed time slots as well as goals (tracking them qualitatively and quantitatively)
Grateful to the community for all the advice - we thrive towards getting better. always.
Karol Bagh mai Kahan? Let’s meet 24th ko during sfg orientation. Tere room ke darshan bhi kara dena (#nohomo) And good decision w taking sfg. You were dicey earlier na, remember there’s no point being mains ready if we mess up prelims. Pura saal wait karna padtha hai fir.
Bhai@TomiokaGiyu the sfg/pre god is hereeee. Delhi ya ghar brother?
@happySisyphus , numbe/tg id dm karna.
Hello Bhai, the reason I took time to reply is I couldn't understand what your queries were exactly. Still, I will give my take
1. Not reading reference book : Why do you have so much trust on your teachers? Jab basic book se Q ayega, to teachers bolenge padhke jana tha. There is no alternative to basic books. If others are reading, you need to do that too. Throw your class notes for prelims in garbage, but not the basic books. Classes will only help you develop analytical abilities & familiarity. Uske beyond content absorption from basic books as per PYQ is your responsibility.
Also people prepare PYQ based notes. That's also your responsibility when you enter the prelims phase. In this prep, most things you'll have to do by yourself.
If you're thinking that Jee ki tarah teacher covers everything, you'll get a very rude shock soon as you enter prelims phase. You've the responsibility to analyse PYQs and see from where Q is being asked. I don't think many teachers in UPSC industry do that kind of work especially for Prelims. For Mains, they are usually thorough
2. You've addressed your Mains PYQ problem yourself. But my Q is, note making needs to be done right now. Okay? And your notes must be able to answer ALMOST all PYQs especially in Internal security, Disaster management . How do you plan to do that post prelims? Please make sure that is answered.
3. I didn't understand the Q or problem here
4. Theek hai, if you're planning to read them later. It's fine
Strategic
1. Can't do anything about college interventions. You'll have to work harder later when it's done or before
2. I am unable to understand the Q here. Please re write if you can?
I come back to this post often. Keeps giving me reality checks.
Previous few weeks have been rough.
Got annihilated in the SFG entrance test (15 correct 21 incorrect) - it was't in the planned events but decided to give (arrived 15 mins late at the centre and first time filling the omr so got stressed out on time - made a few silly mistakes, but thats for some other day to blame. - got into the programme border line.
Got HLT7 checked the next day scored 49.5/125 - rank 100/1000 got a sense of relief that not very off the track, maybe i was in the mains mindset therefore couldn't score in a prelims paper. Gave the feedback that i wanted a little critical feedback to improve and identify weak areas.
also had given HLT6 on the same day (which had gone better according to me) but again got obliterated, scored 35.5/125 - rank 700/900 almost cried on the feedback apologised for asking a critical feedback - but realised this is what is needed.
Fuck up now to perform the best during the D-Day.
Decided to shift to karol bagh - kinda excited to join SFG offline give tests everyday at 7 - i dont intend to specifically study for the tests, these are mostly to identify weak areas and give special emphasis on them during the level 2 - i would have shifted to pure prelims centric prep.
Stil trying to Finish all the Tests heres the update list.
Its kinda hard to be stoic to tests and not take them to heart - but thats what we aim for identify your weaknesses work on them and keep improving
The Hegel TRIAD method hitting me hard with the anti-thesis(es) but anyways heres the progress for the past two weeks.
also have changed the format of tracking goals - now its a mixture of fixed time slots as well as goals (tracking them qualitatively and quantitatively)
Grateful to the community for all the advice - we thrive towards getting better. always.
Karol Bagh mai Kahan? Let’s meet 24th ko during sfg orientation. Tere room ke darshan bhi kara dena (#nohomo) And good decision w taking sfg. You were dicey earlier na, remember there’s no point being mains ready if we mess up prelims. Pura saal wait karna padtha hai fir.
Bhai@TomiokaGiyu the sfg/pre god is hereeee. Delhi ya ghar brother?
@happySisyphus , numbe/tg id dm karna.
Hi@DancingMaster . preparing from home. Tum btao bhai
Gave forest mains this year. waiting for the results.
Qurafat bhai ,now spartanskv , yad kar rahe tthy apko. Forest updates ke liye hi 0:)
Fingers crossed! Praying for the best brother. Bas tumara jitna dedication lana muje prelims prep mai, crazy amazing bhai.
Baki ki baat dm/tg pe karthee haii.
Agaya rajdhani chodke mai. Recovered my health and my peace. By far the shittiest exp I have of Delhi till now. During my past two visits I was unknown to the world of live-ins and backchodis that's present in the Upsc circle. This time I tried to broaden up my horizon and lol its an endless shithole. I have no issues w live-ins or any other mastis. It was the pollution, shitty weather and mental trauma for me. Wanna highlight the mental trauma xD. Was about to engage in SFG on field competition, but lol my health. Anyways, First 15 days agg lag dia mene, so the month was not wasted. Sarojini and my Winter aesthetics were fun. Was legit looking like A OG only. Meet with RashmiRathi was amazinggg! Learnt a lot bhai! Also w another SFG/ Pre god Choragangakinarewala xD hopefully he will make it in the list this year. Bhai '22 ETHICS course se bohot log hojaenge select and I kid you not, 3 sal panicle @Neyawn would claim this while giving lectures. Good Stuff only. I Believe in him.
Hey all, I never intended to spread negativity on the community, neither do I disregard anyone’s efforts.
Have Deleted all my previous comments doubting any aspect or process or which seemed to be negative. Have no intentions to take inappropriate benefits of anonymity! Please dont compare reddit with this community. Meaningful discussions take place here
Regards, London
Areyy brother mere taraf se I have no complaints against you. Rade karne thodi ayein hai yahan. I'm sorry that I in a way disturbed your mental peace. deepest apologies from the bottom of my heart.
bas bas abh I'm going lowkey,bohot bada bada baat kara mene kal, abh waaat lag rahy hai xD
All the best brother.
This and so many other comments of you I have starred bhai. My fav one being the movie recommendation post. I was lurker( now a lowkey member) here when you guys were active. Huge respect and admiration to offer. 17/1
1.Psir 2 topic 1
2.one video/notes
Rewatching GOT,now getting the outrage regarding later seasons.1st time i watched i saw dip in quality in later seasons but not so much.but now seeing how good s1 is(especially writing).
Writing is good because DnD stuck to the books.
GRRM is an amazing and an under appreciated writer. Dude, maybe I’ll start GoT once again, season 1-4 are such a feast to consume.
S1E1 has such great dialogues; “Man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.”
For an insecure person like me Tyrion’s first humanising line hits at the perfect sensitive spot, “Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you.”
The Language, the flow and the delivery is natural and medieval-like. Pacing is good, Characters and Plot take their sweet time to grow and set up.Early seasons do indeed have the Magic and Blood in them to give light to the dark fantasy world of GoT.
As a 9-10th grade student I started GoT for the ashlel things, but Ned Starks death got me hooked in. Ahahah, bas hogaya abh.
TBH I miss early forum people who had GoT references in their name, there was this guy called kingslayer, mgp list me he would always be there. Neyawn would know him ig. Wherever he is, I know he’s happy ^_^.
Rahy baat about this week? Well not a good performance in SFG. Talked to mentor this Wednesday and well we both ended up praising each other xD. Mustafasa sir hai ( if anyone’s interested) he is a good guide and an interesting person.
Mains prep isn’t disappointing, just ‘hope’ ki SFG Mai acha performance aajata. But lol hope Karne se kya hoga, you have to grind. Took things a lil bit lightly and learnt a lot. Anyways, i have tier 2, 20th ko, toh I can be the sore loser that I’m and do ‘blame shifting’ ki tier 2 ke Karan week wasn’t good xD
And hmm @bihar_se_hai bhai, thanks to you, maybe I’ll treat this thread as my digi diary xD expect good insights, thoughts and of course crazy GoT quotes from now onwards xD
Ohh also dauntless and other sfg people from old days are killing it yaar. This week I realised, most of the people who are acing sfg are managing mains+ prelims. Be it offline crowd or online crowd. Gives you an idea where the competition is actually.
Now if for me to get a 70+ score requires a good 4-6 hours of study, but for them it’s just ehh 2-3 hours at max. Basically I’ll have to grind aur acheseee.
18/11.Psir 2 topic 12.one video/notesMy username is somewhat inspired from tyrion quote only.saw people in college having inferiority complex about language and trying to adapt.i never did.Miss good old days where i could binge watch.saw GOT in a week.have not seen any big series in past 3 years...top 3 in list to watch post exam is succession,BCS and sopranos.
SUCCESSION TOH CRAZYY HAI. Bawal hai succession.
And kudos yar, for the username move<3
@balwintejas agaya notification??? About Ypt uff, kya hi bolu mai abh. Hopefully post 24th I clock in my targeted hours on a daily and consistent basis.
Ajka SFG was okok, I mean 61 isn't that good of a score but better than my last performances, given ki kal mene thoda bohot padh lia. Thodasasa back in the groove.
Targets : Kuch bhi karke :
PMF ias nipta dal + quick notes of a topper se go through + SFG envi value add.
Guess I'm into degradation kin&, kal Sharam ke mare thoda bohot padh lia mene.
Now ajj pure din and rat hai mere pas, it's not even 7 am. Toh chalo itna kar lo. And Kal se fir you'll have time for hist ncerts etc.
Be calm and composed, Don't shut down and stop functioning due to minute anxiety. You can get things under control. One at a time. Tbh ajke ke targets kar lega tu( abh sharam ke mare kar).
@balwintejas agaya notification??? About Ypt uff, kya hi bolu mai abh. Hopefully post 24th I clock in my targeted hours on a daily and consistent basis.
Ajka SFG was okok, I mean 61 isn't that good of a score but better than my last performances, given ki kal mene thoda bohot padh lia. Thodasasa back in the groove.
Targets : Kuch bhi karke :
PMF ias nipta dal + quick notes of a topper se go through + SFG envi value add.
Guess I'm into degradation kin&, kal Sharam ke mare thoda bohot padh lia mene.
Now ajj pure din and rat hai mere pas, it's not even 7 am. Toh chalo itna kar lo. And Kal se fir you'll have time for hist ncerts etc.
Be calm and composed, Don't shut down and stop functioning due to minute anxiety. You can get things under control. One at a time. Tbh ajke ke targets kar lega tu( abh sharam ke mare kar).
ahahan should be 8am. lol Thike kya hi abh. buffoonery kar di subhe subhe, toh abh pura din nahi karunga (':
Does anyone have tips on improving attention span/ quickening revision? Takes me 5 hours to get through 15 pages. And the material is not even new, just something that I am studying after a gap of 2 years. Plus the degree alongside. Not enough time and my brain is super slow when I do sit to study.
Hi! Long time.
Vahi generic do thodasa physical activity? Call a friend/ junior who’s preparing and discuss those topics with them, certainly helps to get flow back.
Or maybe give a test, get a reality check and then use that emotion to study? Set micro targets and use timer to complete those? There are phases even during a day Jahan nahi hoti padhai. Tabh timer works, ki 20 mins hi Padhunga usme I’ll complete xyz ( achievable targets)
attention span ka issue toh I solve ese hi. And if nothing works then, lol, i give myself time. 5 mins padh, lo 30 mins break. But at least complete one goal. Vahi philosophy if you can’t run, walk, if you can’t want walk, crawl. But keep going.
And yeh sabh se bhi kuch nahi hua toh , lelo break. Break me, I introspect ki kya ho raha hai exactly. Like what is really eating me up? And then either let those things go/figure things out/supress them/ just sulk/ watch something.
ps: suggestions toh nahi hai, it’s just the way I work. I’ll be Happy if it helps, otherwise it’s okayy:D
@DancingMaster Your strategy is naiice.
Bas app ho margdarshan ke liye toh thodi bohot strategy bana leta hu 🤲🏽
Bhai by chance do you know Nikhil? He got in NABARD ‘24 Mai hi. Serving in south India. Socio optional. Agar Jante rahoge toh legit smol world.
"In the midst of chaos chase light" (statistics in my case)
Its community update time. - all drained from previous week of college assignments and presentation (Karol bagh parabola my prof calls it) physically drained due to travel, mentally and emotionally drained due to health problems of family (i don't know if this is a place to dump that so lets keep it for later)
To begin with heres the prev 3 weeks of progress
a litlle dissapointed of not being able to save 500 rs by one ques in sfg ent (scored 65.33 the cutoff was 68) 50 hi aajate yaar isse achha to 😭 anyways the grind shall continue so lets aim for saving this next month.
SFG progress as of now seems fair target was top 100 but hovering around 250 so lets rely on consistency and the process play its part.
Coming back to the starting line - i feel like i keep getting lucky in the tests and i dont deserve the marks i have been getting because the people around me have studied much more yet are scoring less.
Attempted the PYQs - excluded the qs i knew ans from before or counted them as i attemepted them when i saw for the first time in sfg or elsewhere (if i got something wrong before i counted it as a -ve) with a target for myself as the forest cutoff.
need to go till 2015, and about the FLTs attempted 2 as of yet
Forum AI-0 - scored 93.33 (54/19) got into time trouble wasn't able to attempt more questions felt the paper was easy and could have scored about 110 easily. yet convinced myself that i dont deserve this score as i might have scored because of familiarity with Forum questions and mindset due to SFG.
Insights AI - 1 - this was something to bring me to the ground scored 63.67 (45/40) manged the time a lil better but still got a place to improve.
So in the self doubt tantrum we chase more data points to cut shot the standard deviation of confidence hyperbola. lmk if you guys are attempting any full length open mocks would love to have someone to compete with.
+ the full length are being saved by SnT and Env mostly because of familiarity with them due to my background (JEE and Biotechnology) so the scope of improvement in polity and history is still a lot.
ps - i have an eye out for@DancingMaster and@Fairyflu since sfg L1 the aim is to get ahead in the weekly/monthly ranking in L2😤 (all healthy competition tho)
and the mind is still a little scared about the mains prep but has accepted the situation and lets go cash in aur aptitude for the MCQs.
To end with -
"Statistics don't lie like the emotions do." and
"Outwork your self doubt" are the quotes i remind myself in the times of need, throwing it out there if it helps.
Bhai Boss God Prox level of SFG toh@Dauntless hai. Bohot Kam, padhke bhi 80+ score kar raha hai banda !-!
@Siebzehn is doing good in SFG too! Keep an eye on him.
Simu 0 toh ig you scored good. I messed it up, * Ghar par dene ke bad bhi * but thike, Udass hoke kya hi karlunga, time bhi toh nahi hai udas hone ka abh.
Did #2, 1 and 3 remain. Same targets for todayDid #2, rest left. Today -Did 1 and 2, 3 left. Today -Bad day, no targets done. Today -Finished 1 and 2, 3 and 4 left. Today -Restarting target tracking, this time with (hopefully) better consistency. Today -
1. Oceanography
2. Climatology
3. Human geo.
4. Jan CA (if time permits)
1. Biogeography2. Indian geo.3. Environment4. Jan CA
1. Biogeography2. Environment3. Jan CA1. Indian geography2. Environment3. Jan CA
1. Indian + human geography2. Envt.3. Jan CA
SFG toh you are already aceing. What's up w FLT's ? One every week ?
