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hello brothers , i am contemplating of joining forum ias test series for two reasons 1. available offline ( insights) 2. in budget (vision) so , what you people will suggest..please help. ( and please don't give a biased opinion)
Don't join ... There question setting is very poor and even below SSC level .. If you are preparing for state PCS then also I want to suggest you to not join.
Even their open test no one attended and paper quality is very bad.
They are the worst. PM me if you want to which institute to join for mains test series. I will guide you.
Don't join ... There question setting is very poor and even below SSC level .. If you are preparing for state PCS then also I want to suggest you to not join.
Even their open test no one attended and paper quality is very bad.
They are the worst. PM me if you want to which institute to join for mains test series. I will guide you.
normally i do not give free advice on the forum, try to be a silent observer and gain something meaningfully, but i thought it would be nice if someone cleared the air.
the kind of comments posted above are exactly why i wasted one good attempt at civils. not knowing what to do.
the MGP was the best program ever. I do not have many friends in ORN and my only friend from civils had joined the MGP. She already had a rank and was looking for improving her rank.
We both wasted at least 6-7 days thinking and thinking and wasted good amount of time, because lot of such comments. finally we joined.
We were afraid, so we had both joined vision ias also, in case forum guys disappear, and also because my attempt is very important for me. while, i do have attempts, i have already wasted good number of years because i am writing after a gap of two years.
here are some of the things, where i think forum has a big advantage
- their feedback is very specific. if you have written mains before, u will immediately know what you are doing wrong. its not that its not in vision feedback, but the thing is that vision gives so much general feedback that u wont be able to make out which one to work on. at forumias the feedback was very specific.
in fact, last week before the exam, both me and my friend were sitting at the center discussing the entire test series paper and making last minute strategy with [name removed upon request] sir. he is amazingly motivating and will tell you exactly what you are doing wrong.
and those of you who are questioning the question paper quality of forumias, the very first question of mains marathon was asked in gs paper 1 ..
also, stupa question 1 was covered in test series - this was good as i wouldnt have prepared stupa dedicatedly. i think at least 8-9 questions that came in mains were very much there in mgp test series.
the problem last year was i am not very internet addicted user and no information was available about mgp on the website or on any discussion thread - maybe to maintain forum neutrality they removed it - but this doesnt help aspirants in anyway. people join useless test series where they dont even check copies 2 months before the exam - like vikas ranjan did this time. forumias is much much better.
and regarding the open test,i am not sure if you attempted it,but it was really good. they had taken pains to keep one seat for each of us with our name and roll number of the chairs. it was a big boost at least for some of us who have slow handwriting. and whole classroom was full and the discussion at the end was also very helpful.
p.s. i had joined their prelims test series also, and i found it good. while i am not an expert in comparison, do write the last simulator tests. they are the closest to upsc standards, at least of the prelims papers that i had written.
i also helped out the forum guys by making suggestions which they have put in the plan. one was to complete syllabus before feb-march.. and another was to keep shorter tests before prelims..and keep more tests for gs paper 1 as gs 2 and 3 are covered very well through the mains marathon itself.
at least as long as few thousand people dont join the mgp, it will be a good choice. i had also joined after long dilemma because no one reviewed it here and my friend was also not sure. one thing was there that she was not seeing any value addition in doing it from vision because marks were not improving and same feedback was given. we were more than happy with the feedback we got at forumias.
i am not sure about people who have no writing practise at all, but people who have even written some answers, will clearly see the difference between in what u write in first test and last test. they pay a lot of attention to each candidate.
i also realised that it is totally different to write answers with evaluation and without evaluation - there is big difference.
forumias, do yourself a favour by making some thread on mgp - because its almost impossible to find anything about it and noone really visits your portal. it will also help mgp students discuss doubts and have discussions.
@realhero11 i dont tag strangers on the forum, but i dont think that SSC conducts any exam like the mains. again, i am not an ssc aspirant, so i dont know.
Don't join ... There question setting is very poor and even below SSC level .. If you are preparing for state PCS then also I want to suggest you to not join.
Even their open test no one attended and paper quality is very bad.
They are the worst. PM me if you want to which institute to join for mains test series. I will guide you.
normally i do not give free advice on the forum, try to be a silent observer and gain something meaningfully, but i thought it would be nice if someone cleared the air.
the kind of comments posted above are exactly why i wasted one good attempt at civils. not knowing what to do.
the MGP was the best program ever. I do not have many friends in ORN and my only friend from civils had joined the MGP. She already had a rank and was looking for improving her rank.
We both wasted at least 6-7 days thinking and thinking and wasted good amount of time, because lot of such comments. finally we joined.
We were afraid, so we had both joined vision ias also, in case forum guys disappear, and also because my attempt is very important for me. while, i do have attempts, i have already wasted good number of years because i am writing after a gap of two years.
here are some of the things, where i think forum has a big advantage
- their feedback is very specific. if you have written mains before, u will immediately know what you are doing wrong. its not that its not in vision feedback, but the thing is that vision gives so much general feedback that u wont be able to make out which one to work on. at forumias the feedback was very specific.
in fact, last week before the exam, both me and my friend were sitting at the center discussing the entire test series paper and making last minute strategy with [name removed upon request] sir. he is amazingly motivating and will tell you exactly what you are doing wrong.
and those of you who are questioning the question paper quality of forumias, the very first question of mains marathon was asked in gs paper 1 ..
also, stupa question 1 was covered in test series - this was good as i wouldnt have prepared stupa dedicatedly. i think at least 8-9 questions that came in mains were very much there in mgp test series.
the problem last year was i am not very internet addicted user and no information was available about mgp on the website or on any discussion thread - maybe to maintain forum neutrality they removed it - but this doesnt help aspirants in anyway. people join useless test series where they dont even check copies 2 months before the exam - like vikas ranjan did this time. forumias is much much better.
and regarding the open test,i am not sure if you attempted it,but it was really good. they had taken pains to keep one seat for each of us with our name and roll number of the chairs. it was a big boost at least for some of us who have slow handwriting. and whole classroom was full and the discussion at the end was also very helpful.
p.s. i had joined their prelims test series also, and i found it good. while i am not an expert in comparison, do write the last simulator tests. they are the closest to upsc standards, at least of the prelims papers that i had written.
i also helped out the forum guys by making suggestions which they have put in the plan. one was to complete syllabus before feb-march.. and another was to keep shorter tests before prelims..and keep more tests for gs paper 1 as gs 2 and 3 are covered very well through the mains marathon itself.
at least as long as few thousand people dont join the mgp, it will be a good choice. i had also joined after long dilemma because no one reviewed it here and my friend was also not sure. one thing was there that she was not seeing any value addition in doing it from vision because marks were not improving and same feedback was given. we were more than happy with the feedback we got at forumias.
i am not sure about people who have no writing practise at all, but people who have even written some answers, will clearly see the difference between in what u write in first test and last test. they pay a lot of attention to each candidate.
i also realised that it is totally different to write answers with evaluation and without evaluation - there is big difference.
forumias, do yourself a favour by making some thread on mgp - because its almost impossible to find anything about it and noone really visits your portal. it will also help mgp students discuss doubts and have discussions.
@realhero11 i dont tag strangers on the forum, but i dont think that SSC conducts any exam like the mains. again, i am not an ssc aspirant, so i dont know.
bhai can you also review forum's prelims test series
i am not sure if you are asking me,as I am no "bhai" and i do not give views on things i dont know about. So i will share what i know.
their 8 simulator tests are the best that happen in the end. It is probably the most balanced mock paper you will write and the ranks are also encouraging , with good competition on the forum.
i have not seen there detailed plan for prelims 2017 as i dont that once you have done the basics for prelims , u need to write so many tests, but it may be beneficial for people who are taking first attempt or have not been able to clear the prelims before. I think they have expanded the plan to make it friendly for first timers so you can give it a try.
I gave a good review for mgp because dont expect any other coaching to put so much personal effort / attention on you that forumias did last year. At least i did not get any attention from places i had taken classes. They email you if you perform badly and will call you to make changes. Even if you do not email or call them.
Join kerlo bhai forumias ki test series prelims ke liye best lagi mjhe..baki mgp I dint join so cant comment.. waise there are few questions in mains gs paper which most of the test series had in their tests like urban floods, stupa, gandhi vs bose, airmass,scs, even 1-2 caste study of gs4 was ditto there in vision tests . But that does not mean inclination towards any specific coaching institute. Only thing is join one good(forumias or iasbaba or insights or viion or gsscore etc ) test series, do hardwork and improve.
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and still expecting that views to be unbiased
Even their open test no one attended and paper quality is very bad.
They are the worst. PM me if you want to which institute to join for mains test series. I will guide you.
the kind of comments posted above are exactly why i wasted one good attempt at civils. not knowing what to do.
the MGP was the best program ever. I do not have many friends in ORN and my only friend from civils had joined the MGP. She already had a rank and was looking for improving her rank.
We both wasted at least 6-7 days thinking and thinking and wasted good amount of time, because lot of such comments. finally we joined.
We were afraid, so we had both joined vision ias also, in case forum guys disappear, and also because my attempt is very important for me. while, i do have attempts, i have already wasted good number of years because i am writing after a gap of two years.
here are some of the things, where i think forum has a big advantage
- their feedback is very specific. if you have written mains before, u will immediately know what you are doing wrong. its not that its not in vision feedback, but the thing is that vision gives so much general feedback that u wont be able to make out which one to work on. at forumias the feedback was very specific.
in fact, last week before the exam, both me and my friend were sitting at the center discussing the entire test series paper and making last minute strategy with [name removed upon request] sir. he is amazingly motivating and will tell you exactly what you are doing wrong.
and those of you who are questioning the question paper quality of forumias, the very first question of mains marathon was asked in gs paper 1 ..
http://forumias.com/portal/mains-marathon-current-affairs-questions-day-1/
and see mrunal question 17 mains 2016 paper
http://mrunal.org/2016/12/download-upsc-mains-2016-general-studies-paper-1.html
also, stupa question 1 was covered in test series - this was good as i wouldnt have prepared stupa dedicatedly. i think at least 8-9 questions that came in mains were very much there in mgp test series.
the problem last year was i am not very internet addicted user and no information was available about mgp on the website or on any discussion thread - maybe to maintain forum neutrality they removed it - but this doesnt help aspirants in anyway. people join useless test series where they dont even check copies 2 months before the exam - like vikas ranjan did this time. forumias is much much better.
and regarding the open test,i am not sure if you attempted it,but it was really good. they had taken pains to keep one seat for each of us with our name and roll number of the chairs. it was a big boost at least for some of us who have slow handwriting. and whole classroom was full and the discussion at the end was also very helpful.
p.s. i had joined their prelims test series also, and i found it good. while i am not an expert in comparison, do write the last simulator tests. they are the closest to upsc standards, at least of the prelims papers that i had written.
i also helped out the forum guys by making suggestions which they have put in the plan. one was to complete syllabus before feb-march.. and another was to keep shorter tests before prelims..and keep more tests for gs paper 1 as gs 2 and 3 are covered very well through the mains marathon itself.
at least as long as few thousand people dont join the mgp, it will be a good choice. i had also joined after long dilemma because no one reviewed it here and my friend was also not sure. one thing was there that she was not seeing any value addition in doing it from vision because marks were not improving and same feedback was given. we were more than happy with the feedback we got at forumias.
i am not sure about people who have no writing practise at all, but people who have even written some answers, will clearly see the difference between in what u write in first test and last test. they pay a lot of attention to each candidate.
i also realised that it is totally different to write answers with evaluation and without evaluation - there is big difference.
forumias, do yourself a favour by making some thread on mgp - because its almost impossible to find anything about it and noone really visits your portal. it will also help mgp students discuss doubts and have discussions.
@realhero11 i dont tag strangers on the forum, but i dont think that SSC conducts any exam like the mains. again, i am not an ssc aspirant, so i dont know.
+1 about mains test series/MGP.
their 8 simulator tests are the best that happen in the end. It is probably the most balanced mock paper you will write and the ranks are also encouraging , with good competition on the forum.
i have not seen there detailed plan for prelims 2017 as i dont that once you have done the basics for prelims , u need to write so many tests, but it may be beneficial for people who are taking first attempt or have not been able to clear the prelims before. I think they have expanded the plan to make it friendly for first timers so you can give it a try.
I gave a good review for mgp because dont expect any other coaching to put so much personal effort / attention on you that forumias did last year. At least i did not get any attention from places i had taken classes. They email you if you perform badly and will call you to make changes. Even if you do not email or call them.
waise there are few questions in mains gs paper which most of the test series had in their tests like urban floods, stupa, gandhi vs bose, airmass,scs, even 1-2 caste study of gs4 was ditto there in vision tests