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CUET UG 2023: Aparajita Garg from Gautam Buddha Nagar felt it would have been better had she secured full marks in the Common University Entrance Test Undergraduate (CUET UG) 2022 Political Science exam. Though she got the college and course of her choice, she believes her name was last on the list as she didn’t get full marks in the subject.
Currently pursuing BA (Hons) Political Science from Lady Shri Ram College, she appeared for five subjects in CUET UG 2022— Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, English (Language). She scored 200 in all subjects except Political Science. Her best of four subjects was 800. She got 194 in Political Science.
She shared her CUET UG journey with indianexpress.com. Garg secured 98.4 per cent in CBSE board Class 12 exams in 2022. She was a student of DPS Gautam Buddha Nagar.
It wasn’t difficult for me as I always focussed on details while studying, therefore it was easy for me. I secured 200 in all subjects except Political Science. I secured 194 in Political Science, I lost 5 marks as I chose one wrong answer and lost one marks to normalisation.
My tentative rank for being eligible for the course BA (Hons) Political Science was 33. Despite it being my lowest among all the other courses I applied for. I am happy that I am studying my dream college and my choice of course.
If you look at it, CUET was an exhausting process for us in one way as we had two boards, lots of uncertainty and we were the first batch to appear for board exams after Covid-19 pandemic. CUET itself was a very long procedure that went on for months.
However, I feel it benefitted a lot of students and shifted the focus from board exams to a common platform. It provided a level playing field to all the students.
Since there was a lot of confusion initially as to how to appear for CUET and what subjects to take, it added to a lot of stress. There were problems for students from the PCM batch as they couldn’t score as much as Humanities students. I am not sure of how much it positively impacted the students in terms of options.
CUET could expand their syllabus and become more inclusive by adding topics covered by other boards. Other boards, especially state boards do not have the same syllabus as NCERT.
I hope they do not waste their time in coaching centres, as not only is it time-consuming but they also can’t teach you anything different than something you already know. Concentrate on self-study and read the NCERT thoroughly.
