Prelims 2021 Results Declared - In or Out ?

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Cleared. 

@Neyawn thanks for PTS it was of great help.

I am from an NIT. Last year was confident that I will pass. In fact did clear the cut off. But failed CSAT. Got 64. This year have passed... Live goes on my boy. Don't give up

In. 3rd attempt. Will be my 2nd mains.
@Neyawn  sir my Ethics score was literally pathetic last year. How to work there?

In. Both Civils and IFoS.

106.67 from Shankar, 112 from Topper's.

2nd attempt and 2nd mains.

Wasted the gap time last year. This time full throttle through and through. No regrets. 

On the boundary, between 85 to 90 @Neyawn 

All these years I wasted civil and forest attempt also. I am left with one attempt for forest service. Next year my annihilation will complete. 

You are not alone.

No one can figure that out!

In ..105-110 with different keys.

5th attempt and going to be 5th mains (not actually something to be proud of, for anyone..it's mentally draining and every failed attempt takes a part of you actually..)

Real and the only battle is mains...

Going all in for one last time..and hoping for luck to turn around.

All the best to all for your upcoming battles .

In for both CSE and IFoS

Was getting 108.67 to 114 from various keys.

Few things which worked for me.

I will be glad if its useful to even one person.

WHAT WORKED:

1.Good  Luck

2.Past 25 year papers of history,geography and economy.

10 yrs of env Science tech others.

3.Solving less questions (max 80)

4.Less time to questions which i dont know(1 in 3 types or 1 in 4 types or even 1 in 2 types sometimes)

5.Strictly no to random guesssing in 1 in 3 and 1 in 4 

6.Even left many 50 50 Q bcz i knew i had no knowledge or logic to reach the answer.(eg right to property types)

Many times we waste plenty of time in these 50 50 Qs and end up marking some random answer due to guilt.

7   20 mocks in last 45 days and analysed each paper from various perspectives 

     #No of blunders 

      #No of violations of established logic

      #Did i actually thought something before             cutting any statement.

       #Degree of overthinking

       #Lack of revision

       #Spending right amount time on each                  question (too less and u will miss words             and too more u will overthink)

  8.Solving every mock in 90 mins to simulate exam like pressure 

Hope it will help someone someday. 

Out with a heavy heart . Gave it all in . Slogged too much . Was getting 130+ in mocks . Did almost everything right during preparation and did almost everything wrong in the exam . This is how it went : 

Art and Culture/ Ancient and Medieval are achilles heel for me . Got first quarter in Set B full of them . Exhausted 40 mins .

In last 15 mins , i was left with around 30 questions. Panicked and made such stupid mistakes that i wont possibly commit in my wildest dreams .

Learnt a simple truth , very hard way . In this exam , “Mindset matters more than skillset“ . I lost my temperament, that day at that moment i lost my chance .

Was getting 86-90 from various keys . CSAT was 150+ from all keys .

But silver lining is that I have made peace with my failure . I started with Mains preparation just 2 days after Prelims . Because till I am trying , I am struggling. I have not lost it .Try , Fail and Fail better .

I have a lot to say and lot to write , but that is for some other day . For now all i have to do is focus on the process . People might not mean it seriously but if you look in hindsight, “Really , safar khoobsurat hai manzil se bhi”.

On this note , i would like to wrap my emotional pour with these lines of Faiz ,

दिल ना-उमीद तो नहीं नाकाम ही तो है,

लम्बी है ग़म की शाम मगर शाम ही तो है |

It is true that there might be some deficiencies in your preparation but plz also keep in mind the arbitrariness of this year's prelims paper. The role of luck was very high this time. Although someone will get selected in any case does not mean there must be deficiency in your preparation. It can be simply a case where luck was not in your favor.

Out, shocked absolutely, was expecting to clear, was getting 92 from vision 98 from forum, 102 from toppers key. Obc candidate. CSAT was sorted too.

Worked a lot for mains since last 2 years. Don't know what has happened.

But have accepted it on. Perhaps i was not to lucky. Will have to pack the bags i guess. There's nothing more which i could have done for prelim preparation. 

Godspeed Bro. 

Kahte hain na #Some goals are so worthy it's glorious to lose them.

@AlphaCAT 150+ in csat! 100th percentile? Gargantuan!

In for both CSE and IFoS.. 4th mains

Will go all out to do my best in both of them.

I don't know guys whether I will pass the mains or not. This is my final attempt. I will tell you one small thing. Do you know how many mocks I solved this year for prelims? A total of ZERO. How many PYPs did I solve diligently and googled the shit out of? 5 years. After keeping all the controversial questions negative, got 99.xx and passed. Just letting you guys know out there. 

Edit: Adding on. I also didn't study any of the pee tees etc. Saved a lot of brain bandwidth that ways.

This is not to brag. But to tell you that as a community we have to seriously wonder these sources give us any return