[Results] Prelims 2020 Over - Gearing for 2021
Because of the corona virus issue? If it does not happen then worst affected will be people whose interview is stuck, around 600-700 such people I think are yet to appear for their interview.
@neyawn sir and others, what is your take?
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@Howz_the_josh this is a very aptly written piece. Where is it? I want to read the whole of it.
https://www-theweek-in.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.theweek.in/columns/Mani-Shankar-Aiyar/2020/10/15/lost-sheen-of-the-ifs.amp.html?amp_js_v=a6&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#aoh=16035622404770&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theweek.in%2Fcolumns%2FMani-Shankar-Aiyar%2F2020%2F10%2F15%2Flost-sheen-of-the-ifs.html
plmokn25688524,Capedcrusader1
2013-- without preparing 1st attempt scored 35 in GS1
2016-- 2nd attempt scored 113 in GS1
2017-- 3rd attempt scored 122 in GS1 (714 in first mains)
2019-- 4th attempt 86in GS1
2020-- didn't clear prelims(was getting 87-95) from different keys..
Cracked CSAT everytime..
UPSC is now luck based exam, knowledge is the only one component of the paper. This uncertainty killing the future of so many candidate..
Purpose of sharing this post is only one
" jo Maine is journey mein jhela vo unknowingly koi or na jhele"
Now some of the mahatmas will pinpoint that I was not enjoying the journey this is the reason why I have not cleared, this is the only one side of candidate, life has multifarious dimensions, and there are so many ups and downs on personal front which are'nt required to be shared on public platform. My motive to tell the aspirants pls secure yourself first and then jump to the wilderness of UPSC. It's lottery precisely 2018onwards.
Not cleared prelims
Advice me should I join a test series for mains
And when should for prelims I should join
You should prepare notes for static topics of mains. Notes for keywords given in the syllabus. All of them. Test series I don't thinks is really necessary.
Prelims test series you can join though. Probably start around end Jan or Feb start. I got 81 last time and this time I was getting 114.5 from vision key. Don't know how much I actually ended up getting, but I cleared pre. I have been reading the comments and despite what most of the people here would have you believe, the trick to prelims is still the same. Stick to your sources(source should be comprehensive) and those monthly or yearly compilations for CA. And revise so many times that even looking at it a day before prelims just makes you want to throw it away. And then revise once more. Pay attention to the word 'not' and its contexts in the compilations.
Wht will be the source for keywords notes?
And any strategy for mains?
I am complete noob in as far as writing is concerned
2013-- without preparing 1st attempt scored 35 in GS1
2016-- 2nd attempt scored 113 in GS1
2017-- 3rd attempt scored 122 in GS1 (714 in fir mains)
2019-- 4th attempt 86in GS1
2020-- didn't clear prelims(was getting 87-95) from different keys..
Cracked CSAT everytime..
UPSC is now luck based exam, knowledge is the only one component of the paper. This uncertainty killing the future of so many candidate..
Purpose of sharing this post is only one
" jo Maine is journey mein jhela vo unknowingly koi or na jhele"
Now some of the mahatmas will pin that I was not enjoying the journey this is the reason why I have not cleared, this is the only one side of candidate, life has multifarious dimensions, and there are so many ups and downs on personal front which are'nt required to be shared on public platform. My motive to tell the aspirants pls secure yourself first and then jump to the wilderness of UPSC. It's lottery precisely 2018onwards.
The same journey since 2014, 3 mains and an interview. And then came 2018- kind of unsettling ! I was like, take a break! Recollect things. Dug out everything , read paper ritually every day, even when driving to work my car had rstv discussions playing instead of tracks (now I laugh at myself), had cervical problems but gave in everything - every detail, but at the end of the day, it was about sheer bloody luck! Candidates have been silent about this pathetic scheme of prelims which was an interim measure since the change was introduced, there are gyaanis clearing prelims of late and blabbering ways to clear it and asking people to blame themselves instead of this fallacious , outdated exam process to select decision makers who can't comprehend, can't do basic numbers, but are good with *intelligent* guesswork!
@mandeepsngh123 please suggest any other course of action. I have completed gs once. (Failed pre)
Go through it again till December, make short notes! Which you can revise over and over. Try top down approach, go through questions, and cover topics accordingly! Reading plain books is boring at times, and turns mundane after an hour or two. Keep going through daily paper and write one or two answers. Make a schedule and keep two months free for prelims and pray that it's not a matter of luck at the end of the day. Maybe plays song in your head before sitting for prelims to take lesser load for the *intelligent guesswork*
Not cleared prelims
Advice me should I join a test series for mains
And when should for prelims I should join
You should prepare notes for static topics of mains. Notes for keywords given in the syllabus. All of them. Test series I don't thinks is really necessary.
Prelims test series you can join though. Probably start around end Jan or Feb start. I got 81 last time and this time I was getting 114.5 from vision key. Don't know how much I actually ended up getting, but I cleared pre. I have been reading the comments and despite what most of the people here would have you believe, the trick to prelims is still the same. Stick to your sources(source should be comprehensive) and those monthly or yearly compilations for CA. And revise so many times that even looking at it a day before prelims just makes you want to throw it away. And then revise once more. Pay attention to the word 'not' and its contexts in the compilations.
Wht will be the source for keywords notes?
And any strategy for mains?
I am complete noob in as far as writing is concerned
This is going to be my first mains bro, so I am not the best person to advise on mains. Sorry about that. Don't want to say something that I myself don't know will work.
For prelims I tried something and it clicked so I was able to say.
Raillife,@AureliusM which attempt..
3rd attempt.
2013-- without preparing 1st attempt scored 35 in GS1
2016-- 2nd attempt scored 113 in GS1
2017-- 3rd attempt scored 122 in GS1 (714 in fir mains)
2019-- 4th attempt 86in GS1
2020-- didn't clear prelims(was getting 87-95) from different keys..
Cracked CSAT everytime..
UPSC is now luck based exam, knowledge is the only one component of the paper. This uncertainty killing the future of so many candidate..
Purpose of sharing this post is only one
" jo Maine is journey mein jhela vo unknowingly koi or na jhele"
Now some of the mahatmas will pin that I was not enjoying the journey this is the reason why I have not cleared, this is the only one side of candidate, life has multifarious dimensions, and there are so many ups and downs on personal front which are'nt required to be shared on public platform. My motive to tell the aspirants pls secure yourself first and then jump to the wilderness of UPSC. It's lottery precisely 2018onwards.
The same journey since 2014, 3 mains and an interview. And then came 2018- kind of unsettling ! I was like, take a break! Recollect things. Dug out everything , read paper ritually every day, even when driving to work my car had rstv discussions playing instead of tracks (now I laugh at myself), had cervical problems but gave in everything - every detail, but at the end of the day, it was about sheer bloody luck! Candidates have been silent about this pathetic scheme of prelims which was an interim measure since the change was introduced, there are gyaanis clearing prelims of late and blabbering ways to clear it and asking people to blame themselves instead of this fallacious , outdated exam process to select decision makers who can't comprehend, can't do basic numbers, but are good with *intelligent* guesswork!
imagine kind of effort we give.. if csat was included we wld have mastered aptitude and any other exam wld have been so easy to clear .
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