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CSE 2022: Plan/ Strategy/ Daily Routine

@naviiin for highlighting and copying text, Documents (by Readdle) is the best imo. 


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@nerdfighter and this is why under his tenure as CJI we’ll see a transformative shift in judiciary appointments from a system of nepotism and secrecy to one focusing on a diverse and representative judiciary.
Just a year more to go!


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Todays targets

PYQs(1995-2021)- Revision of History and Polity

CA revision (Jan to May 2021)

How's Liverpool vs RMA not on your today's to-do list? :P

Technically it’s tomorrow :P

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After the final result debacle, I now fear another possible shock within a short period of time.


Getting ~92 from the Forum key. How hopeful should we be of a further drop in the cutoff?

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I’ve lived in ORN during my coaching days before Covid hit and since then I’ve been preparing from home.
I generally advise against it since now one can prepare from their home easily kudos to most things going online.
However, ultimately it depends on what frame of mind one is in. Some people work well in a challenging environment, which ORN will give you definitely: food, living, rent, water, weather, loneliness etc, you’ll get all these and more in abundance. On the other hand, it also provides you easy access to materials, opportunity to give tests in a ‘realistic’ environment, access to teachers etc.

I’ve observed that a person who isn’t at ORN generally wants to go there primarily due to the ‘environment’ factor and those who are at ORN yearn for home. 
Last time I gave my tests from home, minimal challenging conditions and didn’t face any problems while attempting the actual mains paper. While it’s different for everyone, I personally didn’t feel the need to go give the tests at institute premises despite living only a reasonable distance away. This time however I’m thinking of giving at least a few tests in person to improve on the spot thinking abilities. 

So in the end, if you shift, it’ll be a challenge surely but achieving something requires sacrifices. If you feel you’re unable to go the extra mile at home, shift and just ignore the challenges. If you can study at home effectively and you feel you require your family’s emotional support and comfort, you won’t be missing on too much. In that case, a month before mains you could come down for a couple of days and attempt 2 tests each on consecutive days to gauge your performance and adapt accordingly.
Discipline ultimately is a mental choice and moving to ORN wouldn’t magically inculcate that and neither would staying at home keep it elusive. For tests I’ve felt procrastination comes from the feeling of not being adequately prepared so for that I’d just say, no one feels adequately prepared even on the eve of the actual exams.
I don’t want to complicate the decision isliye just do what the heart says :)
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@jassikamboj16303 try uniball air micro and Pental 


We had a pen thread too. Would love to see it haha

Pen Thread

@jassikamboj16303 : I used Uniball Air Micro, ticks all the boxes. Just one little issue, mains sheets are a bit glossy and not like your regular A4 paper, so the pen takes that little bit more to dry, maybe 5-6 seconds extra. So after turning the page I had to be a tad bit more careful during the first 2-3 lines so as to not smudge the previous page. 

Also maybe the weather had some effect, peak Delhi winters plus rainy conditions. 

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