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Hello Everyone,
I normally do not post anything and maintain a low profile but this time I thought why not publish a blog of my experience and my life. (Apologies this may be a little long :) )
To introduce myself, my name is Suraj Joshi and I am working as a Data Scientist at a French MNC since last 1.5 year. I was also a GATE CSE aspirant since my third year. I appeared for GATE CSE 2023 and...
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🚀 From AIR 2756 to AIR 240 – My GATE Journey (2025 → 2026)
After my setback in JEE Advanced, I felt completely lost and demotivated. My parents reminded me that there is always another path to achieve your dreams, and for me that path was GATE. Knowing that IIT was still possible through GATE changed my mindset completely, and I decided to start preparing seriously from my 3rd year.
When...
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If you had met me a couple of years earlier, you'd probably not bet on me writing this. I wasn't in an IIT (not even close). I wasted my JEE attempt and ended up in a tier-3 college in Bhubaneswar. Lets just say academics were optional, assignments were copied, study a night before exam, score decent, and repeat. Honestly, I blended right in. I was optimistic but lazy, I though of preparing for...
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Gate Overflow was my retreat from reality .
I was blessed enough to get AIR 85 in GATE CSE 2026 all thanks to Gate Overflow and the community . Hearty gratitude to Arjun Sir ,Shaik Masthan sir and the whole Gate Overflow team ,I cant express in words how necessary and important this platform and community was for me. Sir every feature especially the Mocks and Quick Quiz Module were a...
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Gate 2025 CSE rank 30,000+ , AIDS rank 5000+.
Gate 2026 CSE rank under 1000 , AIDS rank under 500
Gate 2025:
How much did i prepare for them? Nil-nada. I don't even remember taking sound sleep and taking a bath before the exam.
Then why did i take the exam?
My friend challenged me that its impossible to score 20-25+ in Gate without any prior knowledge and preparation of Gate.
I was not a fan...
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Firstly I want to thank GOD for providing me :
Good Health
Good Study environment and Motivation
Supportive Parents
I began studying for Gate around October 2024. I saw some pyqs on "PracticePaper.in" and each of their solutions pointed to "gateoverflow.in". That was my introduction to this amazing website.
Later I came to know about Go classes, while reading some testimonies here. I saw...
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Hello GateOverflow, this is Himanshu Gupta. I have secured AIR 40 in CS and AIR 477 in DA without any coaching. GateOverflow was crucial in my journey and I think this blog post will be useful to future aspirants. For some background info this was my first time giving GATE and I have graduated in 2024 from a third tier government college. I belong to a CS background. I started my preparation in...
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I secured admission into IIT Jammu with a GATE 2025 score of 648, and I owe a huge part of this achievement to Gate Overflow and GO Classes. Their high-quality study material and well-structured tests were instrumental in my preparation. Although I wasn’t a full-time student of their platform, I genuinely believe I could have performed even better if I had been. I’m deeply grateful for the...
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Hello GATE Overflow Community,
This is Sharvani Devalla, and I have secured AIR 130 in GATE CS 2025! I'm writing this post with the hope that it will be helpful to future aspirants.
I'm a 2024 ECE graduate from Osmania University, Hyderabad. Initially, I had not planned to prepare for GATE during college. My aim was to get placed and then prepare for GATE along with a full-time job, as the...
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I also gave GATE in 2021 in my final year of B.Sc. but didn’t qualify and ended up with 23 marks. It was expected because I didn’t prepare and just went to give the exam to taste it. Later after giving the exam, I came to know about the opportunities of the exam and really got mesmerized as this single exam can give me so much opportunities in the field of Computer Science and can make me an...
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I got 53 marks and AIR 477 in GATE CS 2022. I decided to write about my journey because posts from other students on GO were a constant source of motivation for me when I was preparing. I hope this post acts as a motivation for someone like me.
Why GATE?
i. To be good at CS concepts - Halfway through my B.Tech, I realized that I don’t have proper knowledge about my field. I was simply passing...
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Thank You GATEOVERFLOW!!!. Finally after an year of hardwork, I got AIR-152 in gate CSE-2021. All the questions and doubts I had were cleared in Gateoverflow site , leaving no doubts .
And , Your RANK-PREDCITOR is next level .
GO-Predictor Showed : Rank – 130-160 , and Score = 820.6
Actual Result : ...
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Hello everyone . My name is Ayush Tripathi . I have secured AIR 56 in GATE 2021 . In begining of year 2020 I found Gateoverflow . It is a place where i am sure all the top rankers were in months of their preparation . I want to thank Arjun Sir for creating this great platform . Sir you have blessing of all those who wanted to explore GATE CS .
From starting of my preparation for every previous...
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Hey,
My name is Shaswat and i have completed my Bachelors in Electrical engineering in 2018 from NIT Jamshedpur and was working in a Steel Industry till April last year. After that i decided to quit my job and started my preparation for Gate in Computer Science and secured an All India Rank of 13.
After my 10 month long preparation I genuinely believe that Gate-CS can be cracked by anyone...
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Huge thanks to GO and the community for making a dream come true!
My GATE 2020 marks were 42 and my preparation was also not up to the mark. So I decided to drop out and give my best for Gate 2021 and in the process decided not to take any online Coaching. I Completed GO PDF 3 to 4 times during my preparation which helped in boosting my confidence. Also, a huge thanks to the GO Test Series...
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I kept using gate overflow for solutions which I didn’t understand when I was solving PYQs from my classes book. In November I came across GO PDFs. I solved all the questions again during December – January and checked many solutions and comments. Many solutions completely changed my understanding to topics. The community is the best with so many knowledgeable people and aspirants. We also...
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[Index]
Resources: I used for GATE
Study tips
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1. Resources
Digital Logic
Book: Digital Design by Morris Mano [5th ed] Chapter 1 to 6 along with some questions from exercises
PAL and PLA : Neso Academy
Floating point representation: Article by Steve Hollasch
Computer Organization and Architecture
Book 1: Computer Organization...
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My name is Himanshu Kumar, I got AIR 38 (899 score) in GATE CS 2021, This was my second attempt with full-time preparation. In GATE CS 2020 my rank was 1491.
First of all, I would like to thank my parents for giving me the freedom to do anything, especially to bear me and support me. Our parents work extremely hard to give us a better life. And also, thank all my friends, teachers, Special...
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Without this platform and the people behind it working tirelessly to maintain its quality (including all the good people in the FB group), I would not have been able to succeed. I’m not the typical applicant – I graduated in 2014 and have 5+ years of product startup experience. I had to start preparation from scratch in 2019, and by scratch, I really mean from zero – I graduated with CS...
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So i graduated from a decent government engineering college in electrical engineering. I always had an inclination towards computer science, and during my bachelors days, used to create websites for fun. I wanted to do m tech in computer science related field, and when i checked the subjects and their syllabus for GATE CSE, i was initially thrilled to be learning such interesting topics, but...
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Hello readers,
Opened Gate Overflow after almost 4 years, thought of writing something about my journey, experience and some milestones i went through in last 4-5 years. Something about my journey, trying to make it short and precise:
Here we go,
Completed Btech in 2020 from a tier3 college and I started preparing for gate exam in my third year with the aim of getting into some good IIT. In my...
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I am a final year student at IIIT Bhubaneswar of CSE branch. I secured rank 178 this year with 68.67 marks and 818 score. This is my first post on gate for all future gate aspirants.This was my first attempt of gate and I studied with the help of video lectures and then self study.GO helped a lot during my preparation.Whenever I faced any doubt on any topic or faced trouble solving any question I...
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My Background
During my 11th-12th I studied in a school where there were no one preparing for JEE. Everyone just wanted to get into some local engineering college. Best scenario possible was getting into some private college with tuition-fee-waiver. If one cannot make it into some engineering college then he/she would join BSc or something. That’s what our teachers told us. I didn’t know...
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Quick Read : Follow the resources given in gatecse.in. Those are the best that you can find online. Solve GO pdf thoroughly unless you've mastered the concepts involved in the PYQs. Read comments and different approaches for answers. Take test series if you've time but don't take the marks seriously :P
A big thanks to GO community. Here you will find everything you need to strengthen your...
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Hello Everyone,
I’m Aditya Pradhan, a final year student of Information Technology at a state government college in Udaipur. I have secured $AIR\ 312$ in $GATE\ 2020$. I expected much better rank before the exam, but was not able to attempt more questions (attempted only $52$) and was depressed because of this. But hopefully I got only $4$ or $5$ of them wrong and landed at this rank. Now, I...
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Hi, This is Vishal Gourav, I work at TCS,Noida presently and prepared for GATE 2020 while having a full time(9-6) job.
Short Back Story: I was never great in studies not because I couldn’t understand the concepts but because I lacked the hard work and discipline. While I was pursuing B.Tech from JSSATE,Noida I was content with just finishing up with my studies finally and getting into a...
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I have secured AIR-(202) out of 97481 students( 99.79 percentile) in GATE CS-2020 with marks 68/100 and my gate score is 811/1000. Currently , I am in my final year and pursuing my B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering from Feroze Gandhi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Raebareli (U.P.). I always had a dream of getting into IIT and with that dream after my 10+2, I went to KOTA FACTORY...
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Hi Everyone,
I am Prashant Ravi and I got AIR 283 this year and my GATE score is 787. This year I prepared with a job. This rank is an improvement over my previous year rank which was 2050. I have already covered my preparation experience in a separate article here. So, I will try to keep this post short and cover main pointers for working professionals and also about how I used GO.
Main...
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Hi, I am Suraj Kesharwani, I have scored AIR: 372 in GATE 2020. My Gate-Score is 764. This was my third attempt. I had to leave my job earlier in June 2019 to prepare seriously as I decided this would be my last attempt. My previous ranks are 5793 and 7613 in GATE 2018 and 2019 respectively.
I want to thank my family, GO Community, and my friend/ Mentor Abhishek Shaw. He has cracked GATE in...
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Hello everyone, This is Rajnandani Shaw and I have secured AIR 312 with marks 65.3(Gate score 779) in GATE 2020 and also selected as Scientist B in DRDO. I am neither a GATE topper nor from IIT/IIIT/NIT's but just an average student from a very normal engineering college just like many. I am a 2016 batch passout and had prepared for GATE with a full-time job. I am very thankful to Arjun sir and...
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Marks:68 AIR:308
Currently BTECH Final Year SGGS College nanded
I had no coaching but I never felt like one as whenever I got problem I just googled it out n guess what first link was of GO. Comments in that problem on GO page by experts really helped me a lot #I'm not bragging but hatssoff to u arjun suresh sir . Thanks GO once again
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Reading the past year’s toppers testimonials on GO and thinking whether I will be able to perform well and be an example for future aspirants always seemed to be a motivating factor for giving my best, and now this feeling is totally magical. I am Tejasvi Sharma, a BE CSE 2018 graduate from UIET, PU, Chandigarh, managed to climb up from 4 digit rank(1707) in Gate-18 to 2 digit rank(78) in...
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Words would fall short to express how much thankful I am to GO for the helping hands that the wonderful users of this site had extended to me to enable me land up at AIR 116 in GATE CS 2019 in the very first attempt. I am currently pursuing my Btech in 4th year. Thank you @Arjun Sir , @Bikram Sir to come up with such a wonderful site and always helping fellow aspirants like us. Though this...
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I am Shreyansh Jain, a B.Tech CSE 2018 graduate from a tier-3 college, managed AIR-86 in GATE-19 with two months of dedicated preparation.
This post might help people who messed up their exam or could not held their nerves on the D-day. I will try to pin point everything wrong I did while preparing last year. Before that I would like to thank everyone who has contributed in the making of GO book...
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Firstly i would like to thank gateoverflow community for my success. Without gateoverlfow air 45 would have been only a distant dream for me. The detailed solutions to all the question on gateoverflow is unmatched. I would also like to thank all the members of gateoverlow community for guiding me directly or indirectly through their comments and blogs.
I would also like to thank my seniors...
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Before you read any further, you should judge me, because I am not a topper! My rank(558) and gate score(729), marks (63.67). It is important for you to decide if my experience is worth your time. Also, the usual disclaimer, below is My reasoned routine for GATE 2019.
First things first, there is "NO SHORT CUT TO THE GATE JOURNEY". Quite trivial a line it is and you must indeed learn to value...
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AIR-$175$
Marks-$71.67$
This was my third attempt and I got AIR-$175$. Gate preparation can be described as $30:70$ ratio, $30$% is learning concepts from videos/classes/books. $70$% is about practice.
So for $30$% have a look at videos, books before joining anything/ paying your money.
Gate Overflow is very helpful for the $70$% part of preparation. Previous year questions(more than 3000...
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Marks : 66.33 AIR: 410 . It is my first attempt to GATE CS.Firstly I am not topper but I tried my best to qualify gate with good rank. I am currently pursuing B.Tech. from Tier-3 college. GATE Overflow Books really helped me to achieve that rank and also post GATE guidance provided by Arjun Suresh Sir really helped me a lot. I got IIT Guwahati in COAP 2nd round . At the end I would like to thank...
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*This is my first post, so forgive me if its written badly*
After preparing twice (Gate 17 & 18) and failing twice I was frustrated and disheartened. I left the hope of getting into premium institutions and joined NIT Delhi with no other option. But still that dream was awake in some corner of my heart. I decided to appear for Gate 19. I started stealing time from academics to prepare for gate...
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This was my first attempt for gate and I scored gate score 737 and rank 498.. Though it is not that good score.. But without gate overflow I seriously dont think that it could have been possible.. A big thanks to all the gate overflow community members especially Shaik Masthan Sir, Arjun Suresh Sir, Srestha Mam..
I started preparing for gate since 3rd year but at that time I didnt know much...
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I would like to share my story with you all.
My rank in gate 2018 was 10374 with marks 27.67. I didn't sit in college placements because I wanted to give it one more shot. Didn't wanted to be a financial burden on my family so I decided to stay at home and study. I arranged some lectures from a friend and started watching them and making notes. But when I started giving mocks I was only scoring...
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I am writing this post not to give any tips about the preparation strategy as it has already been given/will be given by many toppers.
This post is just an attempt to motivate whoever is planning to take a drop.
Last year (2017-18) was a nightmare for me and I know there are a lot more to come as this is what life is! I have faced many hurdles in a short period of time and each of them had...
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I got GS : 618, rank : 1855 and marks : 53.67 in GATE 2019.
I’m not a topper, I didn’t get even under 1000 rank, so why will you read my testimonial about GO? Totally depends on you. GO doesn’t need any testimonial to prove that it’s THE first and ultimate option for Gate Aspirants.
Unfortunately, I came across Gate Overflow during mid-September of 2018, when Gate-2019 was only a few...
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Well, after my BTech in EXTC, I had managed to get a good job at Wipro in Telecom domain. However, after few months in the IT work, I started feeling that this is not the place where I belong, I felt I am born to do something more, the IT work can be taught to any other BTech guy, and he was any day replaceable. I didn’t wanted to be that replaceable person, and wanted to do more fruitful work,...
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