Merit and Cutoff

NETHRAPAL IRS
The Pain of Merit
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3 min readAug 25, 2023

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Section 2- Merit and Cutoff

Tina Dabi, the topper who achieved the Ambedkar Dream…

The Merit Pschye: The way it is build in Indian society

Success at ISRO belongs to all. Data points on number of sc/st/obc employees from Annual report 2022–23

North vs South Merit- Who has more merit ?

The cut off for NRI quota in private colleges is significantly lower than for SC categories

In SBI exam, OBC, SC, ST students get more than EWS

BHEL cutoff !!! OBC scored more than General-EWS.

The merit of a disadvantaged without any privileges is greater than the merit of an advantaged with all privileges.

Harvard Interview vs UPSC Interview

The probability of getting lower Interview Marks with Higher Written Marks is higher for SC, ST, and OBC students in UPSC 2023

IIT-JEE and Negative cutoffs for SC/ST/OBC

The Myth of Merit in UPSC Prelims

UPSC interview scores versus written scores were extremely low for SC, ST, and OBC students in 2003

A small change in interview marks can make a big difference in one’s career for SC, ST, and OBC candidates in UPSC

How a small change in Interview Marks can change the overall rank of an SC/ST/OBC candidate?

The Myth of Merit at IIMs

The Myth of Merit in IIT-JEE 2023

The Myth of Merit in AIIMS/NEET

Merit !! What Merit !!!

SC kids getting more than Others is remarkable..

IIM Ahmedabad — Cut off marks in CAT does not determine your final percentile.

The Myth of Merit in SSC

The Myth of Merit in UPSC Prelims

The Myth of Merit in CAPF(Acs) Examination

It is not the case that SC/ST students never score more than OBC and General Students?

In Indian Forest Service Examination 2019, ST students got more than EWS students. The difference in marks between SC and EWS was just 5 marks. OBC students got more than EWS students

In IES 2019 exam, OBC got more than General.

The Myth that Medical Services Students from SC/ST get lower marks

Do SC/ST get lesser marks in Interviews compared to other ?

The Myth of Merit in IIT JEE

Cutoffs are not the correct measure of Merit !!!

The probability of getting lower Interview Marks with Higher Written Marks is higher for SC, ST, and OBC students in UPSC 2023

Your UPSC interview score also depends on your category. See this correlation

GATE Cutoffs and Merit !!!

Is Gate cut off for EWS and OBC same?

The Myth of Merit in IBPS PO

Written and Interview Marks Disparities

The NEET cut off for pondicherry medical colleges admission is 427 for OBC 270 for SC but for EWS Gen CAT it is 128… where is merit…

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NETHRAPAL IRS
The Pain of Merit

B-Tech from IIT Madras, PGDM from IIM-Bangalore, Writer, Senior IRS Officer, FM Awardee,Views personal.