'10 yrs, 6 attempts. Missed last try by 11 marks.' UPSC aspirant's undying spirit wins the Internet

The results of prestigious UPSC civil services examinations 2021 were declared on May 30 and since then, the Internet has been flooded with congratulatory messages for those who cracked the exam. The social media has also been buzzing with inspirational stories of aspirants who passed the exam.

However, there were also many who could not go through this year. For several aspirants, this was also their final attempt, including one such Rajat Sambyal, who invested 10 years of his life to the civil services examination and gave six attempts, but missed his last try by 11 marks.

"I succumbed due to low score in interview," Sambyal said, who took to micro-blogging platform Twitter to share his UPSC journey which came to an end this year.


"10 years of hard work ended in ashes," the aspirant wrote as he shared his story on Twitter.

Sambyal revealed that he gave six attempts, out of which he failed three times in prelims and two times during mains.

"10 years of hard work ended in ashes.
6 UPSC attempts over.
3 times prelims failed.
2 times mains failed.
In my last attempt, yesterday I succumbed due to low score in interview. Missed by 11 marks," he wrote, adding that despite this, he still rises.


As per the marksheet shared alongside the tweet, Sambyal scored 112 in paper 1, 84 marks in paper 2, 110 in paper 3, 87 in paper 4, 93 in paper 5, 169 in paper 6 and 138 in paper 7, taking his total of written to 793 marks.

Sambyal scored 149 in personality test, bringing his final score to 942.

Several people took to comment section of the tweet to send encouraging messages to Sambyal and applauded his dedication towards his dream.

"I understand your sentiments. Destiny is unchallengeable. You can shine as a structural engineer,” one Twitter user replied.
The civil services (preliminary) examination 2021 was held on October 10 where over 10 lakh candidates attempted to crack it.

Shruti Sharma, a history student, emerged as the topper of UPSC 2021 examination, while Ankita Agarwal and Gamini Singla secured the second and third rank respectively.