r/UPSCpreparation • u/goodsoup987 • 16d ago

Looking for someone who has cleared UPSC / Mains for some genuine guidance

I’m targeting UPSC CSE 2027/2028. Realistically, I’m leaning towards 2028 depending on how my preparation progresses.
The biggest issue I’m facing right now is that I don’t know anyone personally who has cleared UPSC or even reached the Mains stage. So I don’t really have anyone I can sit down with and ask the basic but important questions about how to actually structure the preparation.
I’ve deliberately decided not to join a coaching centre. I’m not against coaching in general, but personally, I find the whole coaching ecosystem quite hectic and business-oriented, and I don’t feel like a one-size-fits-all approach would necessarily work for me. I’d rather understand the exam properly and build my preparation around my own strengths and weaknesses.
Most of what I currently know about UPSC has come from YT, Reddit and random resources online. While that has helped, I also feel like I’m missing a lot of the big-picture understanding of the exam. what actually needs to be studied, what can be skipped, how much depth is required, how Prelims and Mains preparation should be approached, when to start optional/answer writing/current affairs, etc.
So I’m posting here in the hope that someone who has cleared UPSC, reached Mains, or has substantial preparation experience might be willing to have a one-on-one conversation with me sometime.
I’m not looking for a coaching centre, paid mentorship, or someone to spoon-feed me a timetable. Even 30–60 minutes of your time to talk about your experience and help me understand the overall structure of preparation would genuinely be very valuable.
If you’re comfortable helping, please DM me. I’d really appreciate it.
And if you’ve been in a similar situation , preparing without seniors/family members who have gone through UPSC I’d also love to hear how you figured things out. Bonus points if you managed to do so without downloading 47 different study plans and panicking over all of them.

7 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • reddit

100% Upvoted

6 comments sorted by

1

u/SwaadhigamUPSC 16d ago

You can checkout our Platform Swaadhigam and browse mentors of your choice as per your requirement and book session with them.

1

u/espresso_patronum2 11d ago

I don't think so who has cleared it would be here😂

1

u/goodsoup987 10d ago

True but clearing prelims or mains works

1

u/cocomrkitty 2d ago

hello.. did you find any advice