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@Neyawn Sir should I enroll, or would that be a classic case of trying to do too many things at the same time?

Depends on the things you are trying to do :)

Jokes apart, this will wind up by July 26th, so you will have time for everything on the planet. Please go ahead. Take this up. We are putting a whole lot of energy in this.


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My medium is Hindi. Can i join this program? @forumiasacademy @Neyawn sir

I dont know you, your committment levels, so I cannot say anything. Last year this candidate who was writing in Hindi medium did courses in English only, and she somehow managed to get a rank .But we cannot say that just because she did, other people will also be able to do it.

So I am not sure of if all Hindi medium candidates will be able to benefit from English Discussions / Answers. 

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Dear  @forumiasacademy @Neyawn During issue based preparation, I am frequently encountering with one major problem. Sometimes while reading an issue (what you should know section-WYSK) from my reference sources, i found not so many dimensions to it. To explore the issue, I need to go on the internet which is very time consuming. What should i do? 

Should i write only as many dimensions as i am finding in my reference material or should i go for internet even if it is time taking?


Draw a line somewhere. For every topic / dimension write three to five points or arguments. Also on any topic read 3-4 articles on it, that’s it. 

Also once you know what you are looking for, and develop the mental slots for it, you will be able to put things in that bucket whenever you read something.

Please ask me if you need further clarifications.

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Falconsaid

@farejul @Neyawn 

Also one trend I've been observing among the toppers and my own answer sheet evaluation is lengthy answers (over 200 words) are being rewarded. 

Those answers which are between 130-150 words for a 10M answer aren't looked at in good light. Is my observation correct? Can you introspect if there are any internal biases in evaluation process?

Nevertheless, can you penalize answers exceeding word limit? (I am exceeding word limit in several questions as well :p) It helps in two ways:

1. It disincentivizes writing awfg for 1.5hrs

2. In exam conditions we can't keep crossing word limits and finish 20Q in 3 hours.

Also, evaluated toppers' copies with remarks on what went well helps us evaluate our own answers better.

Thanks

One thing, please remember, that invariably we see that whoever has a bhara - bhara copy has conventionally gotten marks in the exam. This was even before the introduction of QCA booklet in 2013. Content dense answers tend to get rewarded.

With respect to word limit, I am personally not aware of anyone being penalised for it . Three years back, an old forum members had texted me about her SI's daughter being penalised in Mains exam.  I could not speak to the kid back then because of time committments.

Last year ( in fact last to last given that last year things were closed, and I think I am losing sense of time due to the lockdown, merger of weekends with weekdays ) I finally met her before her Interview, and i specifically did ask her if she was penalised for the breach of word limit, to which she said no. She thankfully scored 30 rank in the interview. 

There is an article about it below, but for some reason the images are missing.

https://blog.forumias.com/common-mistakes-in-mains-examination/

@curious_kid  Can you fix the images?


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Falconsaid

@Neyawn @Others Tomorrow marks the 10th test. So far kept up with the schedule.

How to deal with burnout? AWFG feels overwhelming and I am not able to find time to study much else till now except newspaper.

Need your suggestions to tune my attitude, schedule.

The Pain has Purpose.

If you can complete what you are writing tests on, that is enough work for the day. Look, many people are managing this with ease, while some people are struggling and having a burnout. Others are simply not able to complete in a week what is being done in a day.

What can we learn from it?

Can we safely say that there are people who have lesser and more gaps in their preparation, which they become aware only when they go through something like this?

Secondly, do you realize that this burnout, on one hand shows that you are doing this with sincerity, on the other hand shows how much you had to do and were not doing? 

Rest assured, if you do it well, you will have a decently robust Mains preparation.

@manojreddy21041096  I think you are one of those people who do well under pressure and competition. I am seeing your name in the list nearly three years after your name used to be in SFG toppers list. All your folks have been selected, and I sincerely hope that this is the point where you get out of your comfort zone and go through the grind that is needed to accomplish in few weeks which we sometimes take months to finish off - and make it. 

We become what we write. Keep up the performance and consistency.

#whateverittakes. 


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I am having a strange pattern in marks.

The day when I write the test without much preparation, I beat my best score.

Is anybody having the same pattern?

I am having the feeling that My answer writing is becoming unpredictable.


@farejul Can you plz share your view on this

Does it happen that the day you don’t prepare you write what is asked. And the day you prepare, you wrote what you have read /know?

There is nothing to worry about here. Do not adopt the wrong philosophy of not studying because you don’t currently see a direct correlation between effort and marks.

Your preparation will definitely help you after a time lapse when things will be more evened out, such that you will not have some areas /  points unduly highlighted as answers in your memory.

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@root @Neyawn @farejul  Hi, I couldn't find another place to post this query. Is there any possibility of Forum uploading the Governance(handwritten) notes just like the Social justice ones you recently uploaded on epic channel?

Thanks

Lol, this must have been done by an overenthusiastic team member :) It wasn’t part of the plan. Can you share the link of social justice notes ?

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