CUET UG Toppers’ Tips: Richika Saikia aced the Common University Entrance Test Undergraduate (CUET UG) in 2022 by scoring 800/ 800 marks. She appeared in four subjects in CUET UG – English, Sociology, History and Political Science and is doing a four years BA (Honours) in Sociology at Delhi University’s Miranda House. She is in her second year now.
Born and brought up in Guwahati, Richika Saikia completed her Class 10 from Shrimanta Shankar Academy and Class 12 from NPS International School, Guwahati. She had scored above 95 per cent marks in both Class 10 and Class 12 exams.
Saikia said that she chose Miranda House because she always wanted to study in the University of Delhi and this college’s legacy and its current standing in academia inspired her to study in that college.
Speaking about her CUET UG preparation strategy, Saikia said that she preferred self-studying and relied on the prescribed NCERT books.
For English, however, she went through several sources available on the internet to gather as much knowledge as she could about the language. She did not use any fixed book for preparing English.
CUET UG Topper’s Tips: Some takeaways
What would be your advise to the CUET UG aspirants?
For the future aspirants, I would like to say that they should be determined to work hard to achieve their goals. Motivation is a driving factor to push yourself every day and give one’s best to study religiously. They should not be nervous and anxious on the day of the exam and appear it with confidence and full concentration.
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What do you think about CUET?
CUET has been introduced to provide all the students an equal opportunity. The exam provides a uniform basis for everyone to give their best attempt to get into their desired college. The initial introduction of the entrance exam brought about a lot of chaos and confusion among students as no one was aware how to appear for the exam but slowly things are becoming clearer now.
Richika enjoys reading novels in her free time. She is part of the Book Club and the North East Society Cell of Miranda House and also writes in her department magazine.
Richika’s mother is a homemaker and father a businessman. This 19-year-old student wants to do her masters abroad in the area of gender studies.