Originally Posted by daniyalahmed

Aztech, I never formally practiced writing essays. However, when I was in class 12, my brother was doing Masters in English. Due to some chance occurrence, I started to read his novels. I have studied the entire syllabus of MA English, even when I'm an MBA. But, on a serious note, I definitely believe anyone who has done MA English has a higher chance of performing better in competitive examinations. The tragedy is that most people don't read text, they just study from sub standard guides by 'kitab mahal'. So, many people who have MA English degree actually fail in CSS. This doesn't mean that CSS and MA English are not correlated, it's just that most people don't do MA English the right way. Same goes for CSS, the right approach is to delve deep and read excessively. Don't ever go for a short cut, try to be thorough in your approach.