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Yar your story looks a LOT similar to mine. I also graduated from Mech. engineering from IIT. And now I am going to write my 3rd mains (without any success so far). What's more, I too had an optional that is now facing the genocidal onslaught of UPSC. The thing is , it hurts to see your peers march ahead of you when you have gambled away your life with UPSC.
I gave CAPF last year and qualified it this year. Now CAPF was never on my mind even when I left my job for UPSC. But atleast a secure job can give some peace of mind and help you prepare better.
I believe, it's far better to get screwed in prelims, rather than toil hard till mains only to realise you haven't qualified it and you are back to square one. You have time on your side for next year. So here is my advice to you.
Drop your present optional and take mechanical engineering as an optional. You have around 1.5 years to prepare for mechanical , and trust me its more than enough. I had to do this after mains result. With this, the advantage is that a lot of other options open up for you. GATE, PSUs, IES, etc. Plus an engineering optional is scoring too if you work hard.
Yar your story looks a LOT similar to mine. I also graduated from Mech. engineering from IIT. And now I am going to write my 3rd mains (without any success so far). What's more, I too had an optional that is now facing the genocidal onslaught of UPSC. The thing is , it hurts to see your peers march ahead of you when you have gambled away your life with UPSC.
I gave CAPF last year and qualified it this year. Now CAPF was never on my mind even when I left my job for UPSC. But atleast a secure job can give some peace of mind and help you prepare better.
I believe, it's far better to get screwed in prelims, rather than toil hard till mains only to realise you haven't qualified it and you are back to square one. You have time on your side for next year. So here is my advice to you.
Drop your present optional and take mechanical engineering as an optional. You have around 1.5 years to prepare for mechanical , and trust me its more than enough. I had to do this after mains result. With this, the advantage is that a lot of other options open up for you. GATE, PSUs, IES, etc. Plus an engineering optional is scoring too if you work hard.
This should not be the reason for choosing mechanical as the option. There is age limit of 25 years for most of Navratna PSUs except IOCL Moreover to clear Gate it takes 6 month fully focussed preparation. I will stick to my history optional.
To my forum friends who are thinking about a job/ backup plan and still want to crack upsc with remaining shots,
I saw many suggesting banking exams as back up plan, that may be good if u r aiming for 2019, if you are aiming for oct/nov ibps exams, it requires time to catch up with the speed of coaching wala kids, though the qstn seems easy speed is all matters, for that u need time, min 2-3 months( With all Focus). And once you clear pre ,mains gonna happen next month then interview, whole process will take your 6-7 months(min). that means by March2018 & prelims is on june 2018. if you clear all the stages then its a relief, but what if u fail?. another disaster, ur precious time for upsc is gone and couldnt make a back up plan too..
This happened to me last year, so if you want to be financially independent, you have lots of opportunities, say
1. Teaching 2. Editor or Content writers (NGOs, Media etc) 3. Get certification in some softwares which can secure you a job ( CCNA, CCNP, Coreldraw, DCFA etc, etc ). look around for it which suits ur graduation , u can get into a job asap with it.
Any job which can financially support you for some time, once pre is near you can resign or apply for leave, atleast it will help you in career as in u will get experience and some savings, also you will get 4-5 hours daily to study. it is way better than sitting 16 hours daily with overthinking, tension and stress.
You can complete your option by December, and by Jan you can start pre along with a job.Every sunday you will get time for mock test. I wrote this cos i dont want to see you guys jumping from one sinking ship to another one like DUNKIRK soldiers. We all will reach our destiny/home provided we have the will , make it simple choose the easy and safest path to reach there ( Little ships/ Civilian boats )
This is my opinion and i do respect the same of everyone here.
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I gave CAPF last year and qualified it this year. Now CAPF was never on my mind even when I left my job for UPSC. But atleast a secure job can give some peace of mind and help you prepare better.
I believe, it's far better to get screwed in prelims, rather than toil hard till mains only to realise you haven't qualified it and you are back to square one. You have time on your side for next year. So here is my advice to you.
Drop your present optional and take mechanical engineering as an optional. You have around 1.5 years to prepare for mechanical , and trust me its more than enough. I had to do this after mains result. With this, the advantage is that a lot of other options open up for you. GATE, PSUs, IES, etc. Plus an engineering optional is scoring too if you work hard.
What shd be preparation strategy?Can u suggest any material to prepare...