For aspirants targeting CSE 2026

Dear aspirants I am sharing a list of mistakes that I committed during my journey of 5 attempts so that you people can learn from it and avoid doing the same.

1) Preparing for the three stages of the exam (prelims, mains and interview) in silos.

2) lack of answer writing practice in initial days of preparation

3) taking my health for granted

4) Fear of Missing Out and Low self confidence level (primary factor for having to write the exam 5 times)

5) lacking a healthy competitive environment

Please work on these things from Day 1 itself. Otherwise this journey becomes very challenging at the later stages as years pass.