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CSE 2021: Plan / Strategy / Daily Routine

Hello 2021 aspirants. I thought it would be nice if we can share what we are doing and intend to do with one another here.

This could be a thread for discussing everything prep for 2021. 

No one method fits all but to see the plans and progress made by fellow aspirants might help with the finer details of preparation and also keep one on track. 

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Getting my first dose of vaccine today and thanks to@12432TrivendrumRajdhani I got it only by your hack other wise may be corona come and go still I will not able to get thanks alot ........and I will try to achieve some targets of today 

Congrats dost!

whatonly,THE_MECHANIC
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13 June

Feeling sleepy already, thanks to a loaded Sunday breakfast.On we go

  1. PSIR: Politics of representation and participation (3 hours) 
  2. Write an essay (maybe) 
  3. Daily to-dos
TambourineMan,Rashmirathiand6 otherslike this
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10-1 : mcq 

2-5 : theory part

Newspaper notes

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PP1204said

12/06/21 

  • Answer writing (1 hour)
  • History (2 hours)
  • Optional (3 hours)
  • Note making (2 hours) 
  • CA (1 hour)

Answer writing ✅

History ❌

Optional 3 hours ✅

Ethics 4 hours ✅

CA partially ✅


Changed my targets half way through the day, be mindful of sticking to the plan. 

Rashmirathi,nerdfighterand1 otherslike this
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13/06 

  • Ethics spillover from yesterday - wrap it up asap 
  • Optional - 4 subtopics (at least 2)
  • GS 2 - second half
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@THE_MECHANIC All the best ! Take ample rest for next 48 hrs. Don't study/engage in any taxing work, it will only prolong the weakenes. Eat. Sleep. Repeat.

PS: Assuming it's Covisheild


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The target for Today-

Plan for future targets and start daily uploading them, for a  week. 

USPC CSE 2021----->119 days to go. 

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The target for Today-

Plan for future targets and start daily uploading them, for a  week. 

USPC CSE 2021----->119 days to go. 

All the very best hai ji! :D

BD,SergioRamosand2 otherslike this
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The target for Today-

Plan for future targets and start daily uploading them, for a  week. 

USPC CSE 2021----->119 days to go. 

All the very best hai ji! :D

Bas aap logon ka aashirvaad! :P


BD,nerdfighterand2 otherslike this
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The target for Today-

Plan for future targets and start daily uploading them, for a  week. 

USPC CSE 2021----->119 days to go. 

All the very best hai ji! :D

Bas aap logon ka aashirvaad! :P


100 rupay daan paetti mei daalna na bhoolein. :P

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Have been able to follow roughly 60-70% of my daily plans for the past one week. 

Going to post here from tomorrow onwards !

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13 June

Feeling sleepy already, thanks to a loaded Sunday breakfast.On we go

  1. PSIR: Politics of representation and participation (3 hours) 
  2. Write an essay (maybe) 
  3. Daily to-dos

@Villanelle from where are u doing this politics of representation and participation topic? I don't think SR has this much content to take 3 hours.

dalpha,BD
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@THE_MECHANIC All the best ! Take ample rest for next 48 hrs. Don't study/engage in any taxing work, it will only prolong the weakenes. Eat. Sleep. Repeat.

PS: Assuming it's Covisheild


Hnn bhai covishield hi h 😅😅 and thanks for the meme ...... Test h yrrrr vrna to jrur eat sleep and repeat krta baki try kruga enough rest lu

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@Villanelle from where are u doing this politics of representation and participation topic? I don't think SR has this much content to take 3 hours.

I usually plan my day by dividing into quarters of 3 hours with one tangible goal (big or small) in every quarter. That does not mean I’ll study the entirety of 3 hours. I mean sometimes, I do, but mostly it’s interspaced with random wandering around the house, or watching sunsets from the balcony :)

For this topic I’ve referred to SR’s notes hi. But as@nerdfighter says, this is one area where they’ve not been asking very straight forward questions. So as I’m going about revision this time around, I’m also googling a some stuff, referring other notes or books, and adding if I find anything of value (in strict accordance with the syllabus). I think this exercise could be fruitful for the entire paper 2. It’s usually the least consolidated part of the syllabus for us.

Also, I think while answering some tricky questions from Comparative Politics we would actually have to combine concepts and ideas from the entire syllabus and not just the content for the particular topic. Like, there have been PYQs centred on suitability of democracy in 3rd world countries, eurocentrism, social movements, party system etc  - all things which we study in some form or the other throughout Paper 1. 

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@nerdfighter  Movie =>Moonsoon Wedding by Mira Nair. 


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@nerdfighter Sorry, it’s near impossible for me to pick a favourite, or even a handful for that matter. IMDB’s top 250 would have a lot of overlap. :P

You must have seen most of them already.

I’ll wait to see what others have to recommend though :)
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13 June

Feeling sleepy already, thanks to a loaded Sunday breakfast.On we go

  1. PSIR: Politics of representation and participation (3 hours) 
  2. Write an essay (maybe) 
  3. Daily to-dos

Essay, optional and newspaper - done. Calling it a day. 

Will probably watch the French Open finals which is on now, and pretend as if I know the ins and outs of tennis. XD

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