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@ank88 shared the UPSC's own link, which says cut-off was 82.
The uncertainty that you, @The_Renaissance_Man and others from the SC/ST category are experiencing is doubly enhanced because there's no discussion at all happening here: most coaching centres putting out cut-offs either just skip the other categories or else do a blind general minus 10 = SC, SC -5 = ST approach (with very, very few speculating about PWD).
The two biggest factors in cut-offs are 1. the difficulty of the paper and 2. how people performed on the day.
I hate contributing to cut-off speculation, but since there's very little SC/ST speculation on this thread so far:
It's hard to see a scenario where SC/ST cut-offs are higher than last year's. The gap between SC/ST and general category cut-off tends to narrow in conventional papers that adhere to the usual set of books and tends to expand in papers that throw everyone for a toss, like the last 2-3 years' papers have been. IMO, this year's paper was even more off-base than last year's paper, so it's unlikely that the gap narrows, and it's unlikely that the gen cat cut-off rises.
All the same rules that apply to high-score discussion amongst gen-cat candidates apply even more so to sc/st scores. You will hardly see anyone posting about their 70s/80s scores because there's already a hesitation to post scores in the early 90s. That makes it really tough to get a gauge on what the sc/st market score is.
Faulty coaching keys are also not as big of an issue as people think. It's highly unlikely that someone is going to have benefitted from all 9 of ShankarIAS' errors during their calculations; that degree of correlation is just insanely bad luck. It's much more likely to have like 3 right and 3 wrong questions turn into 3 different right and wrong questions.
Thanks man. I hope so. I had been going through depression last whole year. Fucked up the paper too. Made many mistakes. I just hope I get the chance to write mains.
@VeronicaI can empathise with your thoughts. I always wanted to play guitar, set out on a solo trip & get the bike dirt on my face but alas! I fell in the upsc trap even when i had a way out. Always hiding my face from public gatherings and telling myself ki "apna time aayega"! Be it the scorching summer heat or the chilling winters, I've seen seasons come n go. It's not upsc that baffles me anymore but life! More than these seasons I've seen people changing, masks peeling off and that rawness fears me no longer. Every attempt makes me a wiser and a quieter person and though it's a very private affair, yet i evolve. Some call it a depression, others mark it as a liability, but the day i get to the other side of the wall, I'll make my every action as effective as my every step today. And if at all i don't, then more than burdening my child with my unfulfilled dreams, I'll advice her/him to follow their instincts even if it brings swollen eyes, frigid back and public shame... I've learnt that my private victory is much more larger and deeper than my public credentials! Call it a retreat or call it resistance- I'm a fighter and I'll fight till my end!
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