Know how CUET Topper 2023 Bulbul Singh paved her way to Lady Shri Ram College, DU
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Shiksha.com got in touch with one of the CUET-UG Topper 2023 Bulbul Singh who has scored 747marks out of 800 marks. Singh talked about her CUET-UG 2023 preparation strategy, exam experience, plans on higher studies, targetted colleges and more.
CUET UG Topper 2023 Bulbul Singh
CUET UG Topper 2023 Bulbul Singh: Shiksha.com got in touch with one of the CUET-UG Topper 2023 Bulbul Singh who scored 747.23 marks out of 800 marks and made her to Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University. With the release of DU CSAS 1st Merit List, Bulbul is now celebrating the news of making it to her dream college. Talking about her subject-wise marks break-up, Singh informed, "History being my strong subject I secured 99.27 percentile, in psychology, English, and economics I have secured 98.58, 96.98, and 93.54 percentiles respectively." National Testing Agency (NTA) released the CUET-UG Result 2023 on the official website of CUET UG and NTA, i.e. cuet.samarth.ac.in on July 15.
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Bulbul further talked about her CUET-UG 2023 preparation strategy, exam experience, plans on higher studies, targetted colleges and more. Check out the excerpts from the interview below:
From the year 2021 onwards, CUET is conducted in computer-based mode. Till 2020, the exam was conducted in paper-pencil based (PBT) mode. The exam will continue to be conducted in the computer-based mode or online mode. As per the CUET exam pattern, the exam was conducted in two to three slots, depending on the number of applications received in a subject. There were three sections on Language, Domain Subject and General Test (optional). The number of questions and marks will vary from paper to paper.
More than 200 CUET participating universities, including central, state, government, private, and deemed institutes offer admission to various undergraduate and integrated courses through Common University Entrance Test (CUET-UG). Each CUET college offers the courses across Science, Humanities, Commerce, Management, Law, Engineering, and other streams. Students planning to get admission through CUET exam have to check the courses offered by their target university on their official website, NTA official website, or at Shiksha page.
- Q: You have scored more than 747.23 marks out of 800. Was this result expected? Please tell us about your first reaction.
- Q: Tell us about your family and educational background?
- Q: How was your board result?
- Q: When did you start preparing for CUET Exam? What all books did you refer to?
- Q: How much time did you devote to self-study? What do you feel is better, coaching or self-study?
- Q: Which subject is your strong one and which is the weakest? Are NCERT books sufficient for preparations?
- Q: What was your exam day strategy? According to you, what was the toughest and easiest section?
- Q: Which all universities did you apply for? What was your dream college?
- Q: What are the courses you are looking forward to?
- Q: To whom would you like to attribute this success? What would you suggest to future CUET aspirants in terms of preparation, attitude, etc.?
Q: You have scored more than 747.23 marks out of 800. Was this result expected? Please tell us about your first reaction.
A: I scored 747.23 out of 800 which was less than I expected, was aiming for 750+ but was still satisfied as my hard work paid off.
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Q: Tell us about your family and educational background?
A: I’m privileged to have 2 supportive parents, one younger sibling, and an interior designer elder sibling who is the backbone of our family. My mother is a homemaker while my dad is a businessman.
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Q: How was your board result?
A: My board results were not something that I expected, this did dishearten me in many ways but self-reflection is a powerful tool that helped me excel in my CUET UG exam.
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On analysing the CUET UG cut off for the academic year 2025-26, scoring above 700 marks can be considered a good score in CUET UG. Candidates scoring above 700 may fall in the category of 95+ percentile. Candidates can get admission to top central universities like University of Delhi, Banaras Hindu University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and other universities in the desired course. Given below is the range that is considered good for admission:
- Very Good Score: 700 and above
- Good Score: 650 and above
Score range between 400-649 is considered an average score. Admission on the basis of the average score can et into any decent college in India accepting CUET scores.
Q: When did you start preparing for CUET Exam? What all books did you refer to?
A: I started prepping whilst preparing for my board exams, highlighting one marker and concept clarity which I believe is the key to acing any competitive exam. I made Ncert my bible and for mock tests bought Arihant which came in handy.
Q: How much time did you devote to self-study? What do you feel is better, coaching or self-study?
A: A lot of days I procrastinated since after board exams I reached my saturation point while this is something less talked about ( my peer groups faced the same), overcoming this mental barrier was very important. I used emotion regulation techniques since procrastination is rooted in emotion regulation issues. I studied for around 2-3 hours a day using scientifically proven methods such as Feynman's technique, SQ3R, blurting, etc. For me self study was better but considering the neurodivergence there is no one size fits all.
Q: Which subject is your strong one and which is the weakest? Are NCERT books sufficient for preparations?
A: History and Psychology are my strong subjects and Economics is my weakest. For my subjects, NCERTs were more than enough except for economics for which I used Sandeep Garg as it is more structured.
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Q: What was your exam day strategy? According to you, what was the toughest and easiest section?
A: One day before my exam I left all my books and enjoyed, took rest, ample sleep as the relaxed my brain would feel the better my performance would be. The toughest part was to sit for almost 3 hours straight in front of the screen and the easiest was the general test for which I didn’t study at all separately.
Q: Which all universities did you apply for? What was your dream college?
A: I applied for DU, and BHU, JMI being my backups. My aspired colleges are LSR, and Indraprastha College for Women.
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Q: What are the courses you are looking forward to?
A: I am looking forward to pursuing my passion for psychology by taking BA (Hons) Psychology in undergrad.
Q: To whom would you like to attribute this success? What would you suggest to future CUET aspirants in terms of preparation, attitude, etc.?
A: I attribute my success to my dad and my school teachers, especially Kaushlendr Sir, my Psychology teacher, who instilled faith in me and saw something that even I couldn’t see in myself.
My piece of advice to the upcoming batch of cuet 2024 aspirants would be to devise a personalized plan of action while prepping for boards and execute them by overcoming procrastination using emotion regulation methods. ( a few ted talks on Youtube help!)
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 days ago
To prepare for CUET Mathematics exam effectively, students must ideally give two to three hours practice. Students must focus on previous year qiuestion papers and mock tests to prepare well for exam. Daily practice and consistency will help candidate score 250 marks in exam.
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Yes, NCERT is sufficient for conceptual clarity while preparing for CUET exam, but MCQ practice and CUET mock tests are important for scoring high. Students must not only focus on preparation books, they must solve CUET previous year question papers for Mathematics to know important topics or repeat
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No, a valid CUET score is accepted for admissions to both BA (Hons) in Liberal Arts & Humanities and the BA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics & Economics at JSLAH.
In the previous year admissions, CUET was only listed as an accepted exam for the BA (Hons) in Liberal Arts & Humanities admission.
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No, candidates who wish receive the Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities BA (Hons) scholarships must provide a valid score in the JSAT. Those candidates who appeared for the CUET during BA (Hons) admissions can still appear for the JSAT after getting admitted into the Jindal School of Libera
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For admission to Delhi University, candidate must have passed or appeared for class 12 examination. There are no minimum marks requirement in class 12 for DU admission through CUET UG. DU may use the class 12 marks or percentage for tie breaking criteria.
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Class 12 marks are important for fulfilling the admission criteria and tie breaking criteria (if any) during admissions. Admission to Central Universities are conducted through CUET scores, however, candidates must fulfil the minimum marks requirement for admissions.
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The minimum marks for CUET class 12th is prescribed differently for accepting universities. CUET universities like DU and Allahabad University does not prescribe the minimum marks in class 12 for CUET UG. However, universities like Banaras Hindu University, BBAU has prescribed the minimum percentage
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There are a total of 157 subjects in the CUET PG exam. The subjects are segregated into six streams. The table below shows the number of papers in each stream.
| Stream | Number of Subjects or Papers |
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| Science | 30 |
| MTech | 12 |
| Language | 41 |
| Humanities | 26 |
| Common | 22 |
| Acharya | 26 |
The CUET PG exam pattern is the same for each paper. The language of the CUET PG question papers is English and Hindi. For the Language paper
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Yes, there is a scholarship for BSc students at IILM University Greater Noida based on the CUET percentile.
If you score 95 percentile or more, you get a 40% scholarship.
In case your percentile is between 90 to 94.99, you get a 30% scholarship.
For the 80 to 89.99 percentile, a 20% scholarship is of
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Bro domain subject ke sath laungage bhi compulsory ho skti hai vese kuch university me
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The difficulty level of the CUET exam varies between moderate and tough. Since the CUET UG exam is held for multiple subjects and slots, the difficulty level of the exam varies from subject to subject. Sometimes, the difficulty level may also vary for different slots. While for the well-prepared candidates, the difficulty level will be low, for the underprepared students, the level of difficulty will be on the higher side.