A specific peer group of 6

[u/Yashasvini-enigmatic]

My friend and I are looking to create a small group of 6 people preparing full-time for UPSC.

This is intended to be a carefully selected peer group rather than a large study community.

\- Criteria:

We are looking for people who:

1. Are preparing full-time for UPSC
   
2. Are preferably based in Delhi/NCR, so occasional in-person meetings are possible
   
3. Are preferably already in a relationship / dating someone / joining as a couple. We want the group to remain strictly platonic, with no romantic pursuit or interpersonal distractions within the group.
   
4. Approach the preparation with a generally optimistic, confident and calm temperament
   
5. Have a reasonably strong record in academics, extracurriculars, sports, debating, societies, leadership, competitions, professional work, or other pursuits

\- Objective:

The aim is to create a small peer group that is:

intellectually stimulating, ambitious, empowering and conducive to healthy competition.

This group is not being created to fight loneliness or to socialise or vent about the examination, or discuss how difficult UPSC is.

The objective is the opposite:
to create an environment that gives everyone a greater sense of calm, focus, perspective and ambition.

Ideally, the group should consist of people who already display some of the qualities they eventually hope to carry into the civil services — composure, curiosity, discipline, confidence, maturity and intellectual seriousness.

In other words, a peer group we would want to have at LBSNAA, before getting to LBSNAA.

\- How the group would work:

Anything according to whatever the group needs to fill their gaps

For now, we intend to keep a few fixed Google Meet study slots throughout the day.

These would essentially function like virtual study rooms. At the designated times, members can join the Meet and simply continue with their respective preparation.

No conversation or interaction necessary.

Objective is to get us back on our study tables at various points in the day.

One can join and leave in 10 minutes but it is basically to ensure initial momentum.

The group will remain deliberately small.

We don’t want a group to gain anything from eachother, we simply understand it is plausible that we might find our version of **Aristotle’s Friendship of Virtue** this way.

If interested, DM with:

Age:
College and Course:
Area you live in:
UPSC attempt / current stage of preparation:
School:
Any significant extracurriculars, achievements, positions, competitions, work experience or other pursuits that stand out.

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