Read this before starting your UPSC CSE Preparation

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Read this before starting your UPSC CSE Preparation


After a successful stint with UPSC CSE preparation, almost all toppers are happy to share their strategy. There are a few reasons for this:

  1. A lot of friends and relatives are asking them.
  2. They want to give back to the UPSC prep community.
  3. They can now simply re-route all “guidance” requests to these writings, because if you’re unwilling to put in the effort to even read this, you might not be making it through the exam.

Over the years, I’ve read a lot of their blogs in order to figure out what worked for these toppers and find out where my own shortcomings lay. On that journey, I’ve found some blogs that were more helpful than others.

This is not to say that all others aren’t useful, just that they did not resonate with me. Find a topper who thinks like you do and figure out their systems.

How do you do this? Read their writing, a lot of it.

Also read: How to clear UPSC exam in first attempt

Why not watch the interviews?

A fair ask. Youtube has a ton of interviews by previous year topper’s who share their process and journey. Why not watch those instead of so much reading?

Somehow, I’ve always felt that it’s easier to share the core ideas of your preparation process by writing about it.

An interview is a two way discussion. You have to cater to the questions asked and share your understanding in bite sized format because attentions spans aren’t going to hold indefinitely. Other than that, you may have to simplify, sometimes gloss over important details because you’re speaking to a wide audience ranging from beginners to veterans and everyone should be able to get something out of it.


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But when you’re writing, you are freed from all those expectations. You can write in as much detail as you want and are not limited by questions because you set the question for yourself.

So then how to find the best blog? For that we need to understand what makes a topper’s blog great.


What makes a topper’s writing great?

The parameters are simple:

  1. Actionable ideas. Good principles.
  2. Focus on practicing. Ideas are worthless if you don’t act on them.
  3. Ideas that resonate with you. Find people with similar habits, it becomes easier to understand what they are saying.

A question to ask yourself

Instead of running after coaching and paying a hefty fee, why not get your ideas from the people who made it work? The blogs above contain all the information you'll ever need to make your own strategy.

If you still want a mentor, why not check out our courses where past rankers will guide you to success.


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