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AIR 144 in UGEE after a free group led him in

UGEE AIR 144 per video title
JEE Main 97.6 %ile
JEE Advanced ~20,000 rank
BITSAT ~212 2nd attempt
I'd say the personal connection like the mentors aren't disconnected from the students.
Samanyu, verbatim from the interview above

01 · The journey Burnout, a coaching shutdown, and organic chemistry

Samanyu started class 11 locked in, then burnout hit and effort dropped. FIITJEE closing left a one-to-two-month gap before he moved to Aakash. Organic chemistry stayed his weakest subject throughout — he is blunt that he still does not like it.

02 · The turning point A friend's BITSAT link, then the UGEE group

A friend on a BITSAT crash course told him there was a UGEE group too and sent a link. He joined because it was free, filled the shortlisting form, and that is how he found the platform.

03 · What worked Mentors who actually reply

What he liked most is the personal connection — mentors who are not disconnected from students, and who reply within an hour even to a late message. His advice to fence-sitters is to ask friends already enrolled; his own experience, he says, was very positive.

Personal mentorship

Mentors who reply quickly and feel part of the student group.

UGEE group

Found through a friend's BITSAT link — the free shortlisting path in.

Summary written by Phodu Club from Samanyu's video interview. It restates only what they say on video — the quoted words above are theirs verbatim. The full interview transcript is below.

Full interview transcript

Auto-generated captions, lightly cleaned. Speaker turns are split for reading — not labelled as student or interviewer.

Hello guys, I'm Neil from IIIT Hyderabad and here we have one of our club mates. His name is Samanyu and he scored an all-India rank of 144 in UGEE through Phodu Club. So someone can you please introduce yourself to the audience?

Hello I'm Samanyu and [clears throat] uh I'm from Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh and my JEE Mains percentile was 97.6 six and uh my advanced rank it was 20,000 something I it was [snorts] it was not very good and my bits score in the second attempt was 211 or 212 out of 390 so those are all the exams I gave apart from UGEE so can you tell the audience about your 11th and 12th journey in the start of 11th I was very locked in like it was I had a zeal that I I won't go and uh then burnout hit and the efforts starting declining and I was part of Fiji and then Fiji closed down so there was a one to two month gap. It was very stressful and then I switched over to Akash and then I regained some ground and then it again declined because uh frankly organic is one of my weakest subjects and I've never liked organic and I still don't like organic. So how did you come across Phodu Club and what made you join Phodu Club?

So one of my friends took uh a bits crash course and he was the one who told me that there is a UG group as well. So he sent me over a link and I thought that I have nothing to lose. It's free.

So I joined it and then I they had us upload uh that shortlisting form. So I uploaded it and I got added to the group and that's how I got to know about Phodu Club. Okay.

So can you tell us one thing that you liked about Phodu Club? I'd say the personal connection like the mentors aren't disconnected from the students. It's like they are a part of the students and that is something that you need a bit of informality to get people comfortable.

So that is the main thing that I liked about 4:00. Like I can message the event or I can message you at say uh 12:00 p.m. and there is a very very high chance that you'll reply within an hour.

That is one thing that I really liked. Okay. So like let's say if someone is at the crossroads of or if they're like unsure of whether to join Phodu Club or not.

So what would you tell them? I tell them that it would be beneficial but if you're in a position that uh now it's uh taking too much of your time deliberating then just ask a few of your friends because there would surely be some of your friends who are already in contact with Phodu Club they are already enrolled and you can ask them about their experiences I personally had a very positive experience with Phodu Club so I'd obviously recommend it okay thank you so for joining with us on the meet and once again congratulations on scoring such a great rank and I hope I see you in Triple I thanks thank you for joining

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