My present status
3 attempts--Not cleared mains in all.
Optional - - pub ad
Last time I had 75+75+75+86 marks in GS
What i was thinking?
Changing optional to mathematics immediately because i have little time in my hands.
Why
Because I never had problem understanding mathematics but I'm not in touch with maths.. For 10 years pricisely.
Need help?
1).If I'm in top 10% of scorers in maths am i scoring 250+
2). I saw one online portal for maths classes. Can someone tell me ki how are they and have they joined so we can share it.
3) Next optiom is IMS... How much classroom coaching covers in mathematics optional because i was literally shitted by pavan kumar coaching in pub ad.. What he taught neva covered more than 50% of syllabus.
What else i need to know. How is maths kitna time lagega.. Complete karne mein.. Kitne bache hote hai maths se..
Comments
1. Relevance of this question can be doubted because marks in optional or any other subject would vary as per marking scheme by upsc. One can top at 250 in one year while in the next year 250 is like an avg score (like in 2014)
2. Don't know about online math portal.
3. You may be disappointed with math classes at IMS. Some people find Mr. Venkanna's accent difficult. That being said, syllabus is huge so it's not possible for any teacher to cover the whole of it. One needs to log in lots of hours for this subject.
From 2015 experience, it seems that usual strategy followed until 2014 didn't work. Pattern of papers was completely different, thus that 50% thing that you mention may as well be true for Mathematics.
I don't know the exact number of students but jitne bhi hote hain, kaafi strict competition hota hai coz most of these people are from premier institutes = very high quality competition among students. (Not trying to demean any other subject, just stating from what I know about profile of math takers)
And as I said earlier that syllabus is huge, it takes decent 6-8 months. Since you've not been in touch with math, it might go on the higher side of the range. But you may as well compensate for it if you've innate abilities to tackle the subject.
Good luck.