Please put up an estimate of your Mains Marks ...

[jkiranb]

Hello everyone.

I put this post up so that we all can give our estimated marks in all subjects in Mains 2010. It may help us in evaluating our performances on a relative basis.

Please put up an extremely conservative estimate.

My scores are as follows -

GS paper 1 - 106
GS paper 2 - 110
Essay - 100
Public Administration 1 - 125
Public Administration 2 - 135
Law 1 - 125
Law 2 - 115
Total - 816 Marks

My personal opinion is that the cut off for the General category would be somewhere around 850 this year.

Please do share your views.

[swamy_me]

GS paper 1 (ruined) 122
GS paper 2 142
Essay 100
Political science paper 1 140
Political science paper 2 155
history paper 1 132
history paper 2 142

total-933

but these are very conservative figures,meaning actual variation may be by around a 100 marks!
and what scares me much more is i dont know what to expect in terms of correction.basically this being my first attempt i know zilch of how we are graded,but now is as good a time as any to find out.
the reason i wrote this out is to later compare conveniently after the results are out,how on an average marking pans out vis-a-vis expectations.that should leave me on a sounder foundation next time around,though i do hope earnestly there be no next time!

[gokulgr]

I am not so sure about this....Each person will be using his own method and it will be completely different from how the evaluator thinks...

Still, explain the method used with the scores...i mean how much percentage of correct attempt and like that.....for pub-ad, i have and i am sure most have 100% attempt...so how can the marks be arrived at....what method have u ppl used....this endeavor cannot lead to meaningful comparison without using similar methods

[jkiranb]

The method that I have basically used is that the ones that I have attempted best quality wise, to those questions I have given 50 % marks allotted to that particular question and it goes on like that.

I have reduced marks accordingly of other questions which are not so good quality wise.

@Swamy - If this is a conservative estimate, I think you will be in top 10 even if you score reasonably well in your interview. :-)

[swamy_me]

my method does not vary too much actually.
In those i have done to my satisfaction i have given 60 % or so,and downward grading from then on.since i do not know what criteria are used to evaluate subjective answers,i am only basing my judgement on my own happiness with the answer in this year,and hopefully will get a clearer idea of what and how to expect the next time.
@jkiranb i specified that my judgement is actually a shot in the dark,not knowing any thing about the correction.not factoring scaling and based on a half baked recollection.i mentioned a variation of 100,subtracting it from 933 gives 833,a close shot to your own score.lets see how it pans out,but if i do get a interview call and a decent rank,i would not be complaining..hope for the best (but prepare for the worst)!

[yathishgh]

GS Paper I 133
GS Paper II 135

Public Ad Paper I 179
Public Ad paper II 133

Geography Paper I 148
Geography Paper II 120

essay 115

Total 961/2000

These are highly conservative score.

ie if i have written ans for a question fully and covered almost 90% of points in it then i have alloted 65% marks.

if i have written 80% of ans perfectly then given 45% marks

if i have written 60-70% of ans perfectly i have alloted myself 30% of marks

if i have written below 50% of ans i have alloted 10% marks and in some cases i have alloted 0% of marks even though i have written 30% of ans.

but scaling is a huge factor for Geography and Pub Ad which counts..
never the less essay should be a big hit.. then if all the things are pro me.. i can expect +75-100..


Yea i have heard the cuttoff may be around 850-860 for General cat.

[jkiranb]

Is it only me who has done so poorly ??

: (

God ... I am so nervous now.

And specially regarding GS, I thought the papers were really very difficult.

I think you guys should share your preparation tips with us. I mean your conservative estimates are 950 Plus. Amazing I would say.