Hello 2021 aspirants. I thought it would be nice if we can share what we are doing and intend to do with one another here.
This could be a thread for discussing everything prep for 2021.
No one method fits all but to see the plans and progress made by fellow aspirants might help with the finer details of preparation and also keep one on track.
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Good morning guys... Woke up so so late.. Almost missed a brainstorming zoom session with my senior..
Kal se I will have to ask my parents to snatch away my cozy blankets after 6 am, If i havent woken up by that time..It will be a slow first half of the day, because expecting a lot of relatives on the occassion of bhai dujh..
Anyway, Targets for 6/11/21
- Finish revision of Archaeology (optional)
- Finish ethics topic 6 and 7
That's all folks !
Calling it a day already..
Clearly not in a good state of mind to study or do anything !!
The Sense of An Ending:
So, hello!
Writing this post on this thread because probably/maybe/perhaps you guys would know about us.
Who's us?
Me and @AJ_
What are we upto?
Tying up ends, so to speak. FC is coming up for both of us (three of us actually, @whatonly )and then IAS/IPS/IRS trainings start. So, basically THE career begins. And shoppings for the career begin much early.
So, we wouldn't be here. Not in the absolutely-sitting-at-this-site-constantly-refreshing way anyway.
Bhai kehna kya chahte ho?
That we would want to help as many people as possible before we leave this place. Try and help people sharpen their tools for Pre-Mains-Interview and lessen their anxieties.
Because once that training starts, we wouldn't be of much use on one-to-one interactions. And we, simply put, would hopefully be occupied by learnings about services, than to visit this place regularly.
We'd be leaving this space by 6th November '21.Till then, here to help. All the time.
Ask us things, worries, doubts and talk to us. We'd be happy to indulge.
So, finally, looking forward to talking to you guys if you would want.
@Arrokoth - Rank 124, CSE 2020
Pre Scores:
2019 - GS: 129.34 CSAT - 100.34
2020 - GS: 117.69 CSAT - 106.68
@AJ_ - Rank 16, CSE 2020
Pre Score:
2020 - GS: ~121 CSAT: ~140
So, as promised, we tried to answer all queries that came our way.
Hopefully that added some value to your strategy and mental peace.
It is time for @AJ_ and I to log-out.
Push yourself, motivate each other and never forget that hardwork beats intelligence and luck 10 times over in this exam.
All the best and Godspeed!
Something to end my time here by:
"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."
TL;DR: Bread realises there’s a mountain of work
Day 2 of forgetting to post targets in the morning. Tomorrow will be day 1 of remembering to post targets in the morning itself. So I managed to finish the test, finalise most of the notes for polity section (I’m sure I’ll remember some left over bits and bobs eventually), and also do most of agriculture section ka reading. Will probs finish off notes within 1-2 days as well for agriculture. Also did daily C/A. My PSIR is not going well. I think I’ll be able to think about it only once my GS notes are set and arranged. The last day for notes is 13th, going to stop making notes after that. So will have no other choice but to complete by then. Good night folks! Bread wasn’t bad today, neither was dinner of porotta and mutton curry (a sincere apology to all my vegan/ vegetarian friends here)
I've reached a point where I'm sitting for many hours. Now I need to improve my effectiveness in making full use of those hours. So from now on aiming to work harder.
Targets for tomorrow:
1) Governance (3/3)
2) Polity - some pending portion
3) Numerical Analysis theory + PYQs
4) CA class
5) Newspaper
1 - done
2 - done
3 - 60% done. Computer programming part is left
4 - didn't have time. Instead finished off governance class
5 - not done
A bad day
*Just managed Models and theories
Targets for 5/11/21 will be
*Revise Human geography of paper 1
Happy day
*Revised pretty much topics of Human geography
*Done CA class
To be done on 06/11/21 will be
*Essay test.
*Human geography left over topics revision.
Able to do only essay test.
Targets for 08/11/21 will be
*Revision optional test syllabus