I appeared 1st time in CSS exam and sat in exam just with one month preparation. At first I thought not to sit in the exam with this much prep but the very thing that made me to go ahead is that I was left with only three years of age restriction and thought not to waste a year. So, I attempted 2012 as a trial.

Though I knew that my papers weren't that much good still I searched the list of 800 with a hope but I was not there. This defeat was quite discouraging. It took a day to make myself that this was not a failure as it was not possible with a one month preparation.

Now looking ahead for CE-2012. Need sincere prayers.

I also appeared in CE-2012, causes of failure could be explained after the issuance of DMS. Anyhow, less time given to the preps, a blunder in English composition paper, and in General Knowledge papers I committed some mistakes which proved fatal in the result. It was a nice experience to sit in the most prestigious examination, learned a lot of things. Inshallah, will try again in 2013 now.

it shattered me ....dnt knw the reason yet

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the reasons of my failure,although i have not seen the marks sheet which will present a clear picture,yet i believe it must have ruined me are.
first of all i like many also became prey to the perception that in first attempt one gets acquainted with one,s weaknesess and in the second one gets through.it is a wrong perception,though one learns alot from the first attempt as i did, i think it must be taken more seriously.secondly in essay i didn,t use the pen which i practiced with during my preparation,such acts can prove very harmful for a person having poor hand writing like me,my paper looked clumsy and i realised it the moment i finished the paper.besides i gave extra importence to quantity,i should have totally focussed on quality and should have given no importance to quantity.i think in css even little quantity if the it stands well on quality indices can bring you excellent results.i also put 2 may be 3 quite unauthentic statistics in my papar,which is a very bad strategy to adorn one,s paper with statistics,besides i i think i over dosed the paper with statistics.i totally agree with adeelqadri in his suggestion of reading the Qs carefully and repeatedly as i made quite a few blunders in my attempt which certainly will have a very negative impact on my marks sheet and in css marks is all what matters,therefore one has to be absolutely precise in one,s perception of the Qs.in composition paper i think pressure got the better of me,a paper which i could have done easily and reasonably forced me to a very tight corner,this is the paper i am most worried about,this must have put me in jeoperdy,i could not concentrate and focus while attempting precis and some other Qs,i would have done well in this paper had i held my nerves and remained calm.time management was also the issue with me,my last Question mostly got less time than others.i have also learned that organising,writing cleanly and the expression of one,s ideas and knowledge is extremely important in css.And last but not the least luck also has a role to play in css,i say this because i know a person who passed css 2011 in flying colours from kpk,he is allocated to DMG,but it was just a bit of surprise for me not to see his name in the list of the passed candidates,mean he failed it this time.
But guys despite this failure my head is high,its not all over yet,i confident,committed,trying to overcome my weaknesess and looking forward to clear it in my second attempt.

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Excllnce hs alwys bn achved by those who dared to blieve dat smthing nside thm is superior to circmstances.

The reasons of failure vary from person to person and most of the time these factors play the demonic role in one’s failure (as bro srk345 previously mentioned):
1) Bad Luck
2) Lack of confidence
3) weak English
4) lack of writing practice
5) over confidence and poor time management
6) opting out for wrong optional
7) poor selection of essay topic.
8) too much reliance on notes
9) Lack of commitment
10) procrastination

But the most important of all of these is the luck factor. I sat in CSS for the first time in CSS-2011. My papers went very well and I was quite hopeful of my result, but the result shocked me as my name was nowhere in the list of passed candidates. I couldn’t express the pain and the dejection I felt at that time. Furthermore, I was shocked when I saw my DMC, I had secured 733 marks in CSS but I was declared fail because I got only 36 marks in English Essay paper. Yet I didn’t lose heart and started preparing for my next attempt with full throttle and now I have Alhamdolillah passed in CSS-2012’s written attempt. What I want to tell you is that all of you should not lose hope. Had I lost hope after CSS-2011 failure, I would have never passed in this second attempt. So it’s my humble request to all of you is to forget about your failure as failure is the stepping stone towards victory and study well so that you pass in the next attempt inshaAllah!

Precautionary Measure:
I will not advise those who get less than 650 marks overall in Punjab and 615 marks in other provinces to sit in CSS-2013 if their age and household situation permits them to sit in 2014 or later.

lack of revision.
lack of writing practice, couldn't perform well in paper two of almost each subject.

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I am a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it .

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The only reason behind my failure was paucity of preparation.

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"Our Lord, give us the good in this world and the good in the hereafter." (Al-Qur'an, 2:201).