Originally Posted by behzad hussain

@Aminshah101 and @parcorian am quite impressed by your reading your success stories. i tired to look in to your accounts for contact info but am unable to find any. Kindly share your contact details so that we may learn further from your experiences.
Esp. @aminshah101, as i myself is in Lahore so it would be great if you can provide your details. Thanks

Originally Posted by aminshah101

Prepared CSS 2012 in 18 days with other limitations. To make matters worse, I had to receive calls from my bank and moreover, due to problem in Computer, could not access CSS Forum after 1st 7 days. But still, luck favoured and secured Merit # 131 by the Grace of Allah Almighty.

Now, preparation strategy:

1 day of mine stands for 8-10 hours with 1.5 hours break for meal, playing with my daughter etc.

1. Focused more on subject which can give more marks. Such as in compulsories, I gave 3 full days to EDS and 1 full day to Composition. [4 days]

2. Gave 1 full day to Essay and prepared only Energy Crisis. Gathered all facts and figures on the internet.

3. Gave a half day to Pak Affairs and 1.5 to Islamiyat. [2 days]

4. Gave full 4 days to Current Affairs (which still hurts as the paper came totally unexpected and I knew only 1.5 questions out of 4 )

Now towards optionals

1. Gave 2 full days to Geography Paper I and 1 day to Paper II.

2. 1 full day to Forestry

3. 1 full day to Statistics.

4. 1 full day to Journalism

One full day for the purchasing of books and other related material.

Most of the books that I bought contained errors and became a terrible headache for me, so it became a nightmare for me to prepare through them. Thanks to the internet I managed to correct a few critical mistakes and go on.

Please note that these 18 days include only those before the start of Exam. It does include the 15 days of Exams, which gave me additional time to prepare in case of Off days. For Instance I had almost 3 days off in Business Admin so prepared the entire subject in that. Moreover, I got 2 additional day offs in Forestry so continued my preparation in that

Moreover, I did not read the entire books. I went with selective study. I studied few topics thoroughly, gave other important topics a mere glance and left a few altogether .

Baaqi, as I said CSS is heavily dependent on luck, so my belief in this statement got strengthened with the outcome.

But in case of Viva, I did prepare for more than a week regarding various Current issues and their facts. However, I met a domestic tragedy a day before my Viva but thanks to Allah Almighty, all is well that ends well .

One more thing, I was never afraid of failing in CSS 2012. Despite I knew it was not, I still forced myself to look upon CSS 2012 written as just another exam in my life and had committed with myself not to let this fear of failure overcome my preparation time.

Originally Posted by rashidrhb

Wow Astonishngly Smart work favoured with immence luck !
You have made what was thought 2 b impossible, Indeed encouraging and inspiring.

Originally Posted by aminshah101

Thank you very much brother. Perhaps for me, it came out as a way pleasant surprise. Let's hope for the best regarding allocation and further best regarding my 2nd attempt of 2013.

Originally Posted by iranibilly

dear seniors, hope you'll be fine.
My question: do you think preparing notes of various subjects is that much helpful as it is thought of... Or it is a mere waste of time and energy. Energy in a sense that it takes too much time to extract material from books and then to pen down on separate sheets followed by memorizing it. Waiting for a satisfactory response.
Regards

Originally Posted by Parcorian

My email is also there in my profile.

Originally Posted by iranibilly

dear seniors, hope you'll be fine.
My question: do you think preparing notes of various subjects is that much helpful as it is thought of... Or it is a mere waste of time and energy. Energy in a sense that it takes too much time to extract material from books and then to pen down on separate sheets followed by memorizing it. Waiting for a satisfactory response.
Regards

Originally Posted by aminshah101

Prepared CSS 2012 in 18 days with other limitations. To make matters worse, I had to receive calls from my bank and moreover, due to problem in Computer, could not access CSS Forum after 1st 7 days. But still, luck favoured and secured Merit # 131 by the Grace of Allah Almighty.

Now, preparation strategy:

1 day of mine stands for 8-10 hours with 1.5 hours break for meal, playing with my daughter etc.

1. Focused more on subject which can give more marks. Such as in compulsories, I gave 3 full days to EDS and 1 full day to Composition. [4 days]

2. Gave 1 full day to Essay and prepared only Energy Crisis. Gathered all facts and figures on the internet.

3. Gave a half day to Pak Affairs and 1.5 to Islamiyat. [2 days]

4. Gave full 4 days to Current Affairs (which still hurts as the paper came totally unexpected and I knew only 1.5 questions out of 4 )

Now towards optionals

1. Gave 2 full days to Geography Paper I and 1 day to Paper II.

2. 1 full day to Forestry

3. 1 full day to Statistics.

4. 1 full day to Journalism

One full day for the purchasing of books and other related material.

Most of the books that I bought contained errors and became a terrible headache for me, so it became a nightmare for me to prepare through them. Thanks to the internet I managed to correct a few critical mistakes and go on.

Please note that these 18 days include only those before the start of Exam. It does include the 15 days of Exams, which gave me additional time to prepare in case of Off days. For Instance I had almost 3 days off in Business Admin so prepared the entire subject in that. Moreover, I got 2 additional day offs in Forestry so continued my preparation in that

Moreover, I did not read the entire books. I went with selective study. I studied few topics thoroughly, gave other important topics a mere glance and left a few altogether .

Baaqi, as I said CSS is heavily dependent on luck, so my belief in this statement got strengthened with the outcome.

But in case of Viva, I did prepare for more than a week regarding various Current issues and their facts. However, I met a domestic tragedy a day before my Viva but thanks to Allah Almighty, all is well that ends well .

One more thing, I was never afraid of failing in CSS 2012. Despite I knew it was not, I still forced myself to look upon CSS 2012 written as just another exam in my life and had committed with myself not to let this fear of failure overcome my preparation time.