[Results] Prelims 2020 Over - Gearing for 2021

Ludvik_Jahnsaid

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Ludvik_Jahnsaid

is there any possibility of upsc reopening the application form for cse 2020?

Not a chance.that process is over.they would have already prepared candidate list for each centre in each district in each state. Just go for 2021 .

sad. i skipped this attempt to get some kind of a job , but corona has shown that even the best of plans can go to the dogs !! coincidentally, i read a novel The Joke just before corona and now life has replied - Jokes on you. only if it were a meme i could have quipped - No You.

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Phagocytesaid

Since there is no information on centre change, should we assume that they won't give that option? 

Jan 1st week mains in delhi is going to be a task :( Sept sochke delhi rakha tha mains ka center 

Exactly that's what i was thinking. I remember i had a tough time going to office in January this year. This years winter was very harsh. It was bone chilling cold and writing mains with those shaky hands will be a challenge for Delhi people.

Delhi walon(I too was till Oct 2019)- Delhi Mei sardi nahi moderate sardi hoti hai

LeoMessisaid

Guys what do you think about 2021 exam cycle?when will prelim 2021 may happen?

Johnny_Distractedsaid

Here's my 2 cents:

Until and unless the covid graph has reached its peak (or plateau top) and considerable decline has not been noted, there is gonna be no exam. We, in mad race for an examination/job (howsoever important it may seem right now) have forgotten a basic fact that it's a mere exam and there's a whole big world outside which doesn't care about it. The same world has real vulnerable people whose lives matter. Timely Lockdown and its positive effects (lesser mortality) have lulled us all into a false sense of security.

You have given X years to this exam? Is this your last attempt? You had taken a leave from job and have to return back there? You are almost on last leg financially and will now have to return your hometown? You had given your interview and expecting a double digit rank still being forced to study? I get your problem. It's tough being in your position. Mentally, physically, psychologically. But.

But, with all due respect, your problems are nothing in front of lives getting lost forever. It's an unprecedented situation, occuring after 100 odd years. Let's accept we are mere mortals living at mercy of the nature. Our lives simply don't matter much. Ok, way too philosophical.

So, when's exam gonna happen?

Noone knows exactly. That's the answer. Noone likes it, I know. Most of you can't accept it. Most of us are pretty weak to not accept uncertainty in life. Despite the fact that uncertainty is only thing certain in larger scheme of things in our life.

Still, intelligent guess?

For that just look at graph of Covid cases around the world. And the fact that we are now gonna open the economy (which will accelerate the cases further). Look at US. They are still not far down the peak. 2 months have passed since deaths began there. By any logic, it will take minimum of 2 more months (saying only at this point) to register zero deaths. Yes, I am not talking about cases but deaths (3% of registered cases).

Apply the same about India. We are nowhere near the peak yet (cuz no decline noted yet). Summers didn't help much, neither did Indian immunity or genes or anything. People get infected here and die. Bit lesser than the West, but still people are dying. UPSC can't take a chance until deaths have gone to zero. UPSC can't take exam if there is even one district in so called red zone (where students can't move safely in public transports). More so, many students are stuck at places without study materials for whom UPSC has promised minimum 1 month of time. Looking at all factors, I DON'T SEE EXAMINATION HAPPENING BEFORE SEPTEMBER. (Saying this without considering the effects of lockdown easing, effects of which will come after a week or two).

PS: There is also possibility of no exam happening this year at all if new factors come into play. They might be: 1. 2nd wave of infection after monsoons, 2.Higher mortality rates after lockdown easing, 3.Any other untoward factor coming up from nowhere complicating the game further. Nature doesn't care about schedules or graphs or curves. Nature just acts.

Also. The shops selling test series and stuffs have their own interests. And it's justifiable in economic sense. A fear of exam date (good even if it continues shifting every other month) keeps the business churning. Fear sells.

Should you give up preparation, then? Of course not. But do it knowing all truth. Don't do it being an ignorant fool or an unrealistic ostrich. Foolishness doesn't suit UPSC aspirants. Astuteness and accepting reality does. Be cool and calm with heads right on the shoulders.