Reiterating these facts,

1st Do not hustle for filling up the form. You aren't allowed to edit after submission.

2nd Attempt this year only after watching the above video

3rd Choose regional centres for mains instead of delhi if u can.
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Service preferences for CSE 2026

These are my personal recommendations , You can change as per your preference.

CSE 2025 candidates

Be ready for Holika Dahan 🔥

Apologies for the delay.
Details would be posted soon. It will start just after holi. A dedicated 75 days program.

Mean while please keep revising the static part 🙏

Congratulations Soumya for upgrading to IPS 👏

(Rank 168 CSE 2025)

(Rank 218 CSE 2024)

Congratulations to all these Decoding UPSC family members who have secured their place in the final list. Your hard work, discipline, and faith in the process have paid off, and we are all incredibly proud of you.

AIR 46 — Shambhavi Tiwari
AIR 75 — Rahul Shekhar
AIR 89 — Sonali Jha
AIR 160 — Srishti Goyal
AIR 168 — Soumya Sharma
AIR 196 — Prateek Joshi
AIR 319 — Amanpreet
AIR 379 — Rahul
AIR 556 — Ullas M S
AIR 616 — Srinjay Kumar
AIR 653 — Vijaypal Bijaraniya
AIR 691 — Purshotam Jhorad
AIR 693 — Adithya Maruthi K
AIR 809 — Vanshika Bhagat
…and many others.

But my heart also goes out to those who did everything right — studied sincerely, followed the process, gave their absolute best — yet could not find their name in the list this time.

Take time to process this moment. Heal. Reflect when the marksheets come out. And if you still have the strength to continue, rise again with even deeper clarity I'll be there for you.

CSE 2025 cut offs

(For UR)
Prelims 92.66
Mains 739
Final 963

Inflation at all the stages!!
Reason:
👉Prelims- Both GS and CSAT were moderate.
👉Mains- Weightage is being shifted to GS marks instead of optional.
👉Final- 20 minutes interaction becoming THE most significant one while sealing your fate in this journey.

So basically unless and untill you don't score minimum 100+ on 24th may (by different institute keys) , you have very high chances of failure!!!

⚠️ Again asking all the candidates, please don't rush making any decision right now.

Wait for marksheets, assess properly, weigh all your options, preparation level etc then only make final decision of appearing this year exam. You can refer this discussion video .

FINAL LAP 3.0

The Last 75 Days Before Prelims

For weeks many of you kept asking the same question:

Sir, will you start the Prelims mentorship again?

I delayed this announcement intentionally, because i wasn’t sure whether to start a full mentorship program again or simply open access to the Marks Booster videos.

But after receiving many messages, I’ve decided to open three options depending on what suits your preparation stage.

1⃣ Final Lap 3.0 — Prelims Mentorship Program

2️⃣ Prelims Marks Booster Videos

3⃣ Personalised 1-to-1 Mentorship

I'll say this with full conviction,

If you follow the program with honesty, Prelims will not be the stage where you fail.

Marks of Recommended Candidates CSE 2025

IN DEPTH ANALYSIS

Maximum marks in PT
225 ( rank 62) !!!!

Maximum marks in mains
867 ( rank 1)

Average PT marks 184.3
Average final marks 957.2

Top 50 candidates-

Average mains- 831
Average PT- 193


Interesting Case Studies

Case 1: Rank 5
Written: 823
Interview: 215
Interview boosted the rank significantly.
Case 2: Rank 14
Written: 862
Interview: 165
Very high written compensated for low interview
Case 3: Rank 26
Written: 806
Interview: 215
Classic example of interview pushing rank.

@DECODINGUPSC