im a sophomore and ever since i moved from my home country in semester 2 of ninth grade my life is ruined. I’ve been depressed, lonely, suicidal even at times and it doesn’t help that my grades are fucked as well
I used to be a straight A student before i moved but everything changed when i did. i wanted to make this post for a long time but i just couldn’t do it. I tried my hardest in every subject but the best i could acheive was mediocrity, and i hate it and i hate myself for it.
i was always fine in maths but after my move it got really messed up. i dont know much about high school and i wanna know how fucked i am. I got a 60% average in my grade 9 math course, and then a 64% in my grade 10 one.
I’m an ib student and i genuinely was on the verge of doing something i would regret but i stopped myself and now that I’m in a grade 11 IB course for the second semester of grade 10, it’s happening again.
things were going fine in the beginning, i was doing great, getting 90s on tests and stuff, but then something happened in my personal life (a lot of things actually) and my average dropped to a 71%.
I just did bad on another test and my average is probably in the high 60s now.
Sorry for all the yapping but how does Gpa work, am i doomed or does grade 9-10 not matter as much as 11-12.

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Beforehand, excuse me for any poorly worded sentences, as English isn't my native language.
(I know I could ask boys for this, but to be honest, a girl answering this seemed more fitting. I'm expecting advice from both, though.)
For some background, I'm a senior in High-School in Europe and have never been in a relationship before. Matter of fact, I have avoided long conversations with women, even if they were online. Part of it is because I used to find no reason to keep them going and/or I just find academic challenges(another way to just mean that I would rather do math) more interesting. I'm a straight 10s Student(which for American Grading system it corresponds to a A+ or A*, the very highest possible) and I am a premed. I spend tons of time studying, mainly with advanced exercises etc. You get the overall picture I suppose. About social media, I never used anything to be honest as they came with no practical use for me, other than Facebook, where I chose math problems to solve with my professor(yeah very boomer). I downloaded Instagram only the last December lol.
Now to give a background of this girl, She is stunning. I mean, very, very, very stunning. To me, of course. To be honest, if I have to unavoidably suffer in this life, I better be suffering standing by her shoulders. She ain't a premed, but she is on same school as me. She does pre-engineering and most likely she will pursue an architectural degree on University (unlike me which chose medicine). She is a very sporty girl, was part of volleyball team(not anymore 'cause schoolwork increased its demands) and the most mature(I would say) among every other girl I've ever met(which ain't a lot but still). She works really hard about her academic life, she helps on her dad's business as well(and I help on my dad's business as well) and I really appreciate this humbleness of hers. She's very friendly, very talkative, not awkward at all etc and I can say all of these with a secure tone, as I've been on the same class as her for the previous two years(High School here is 3 years). Now, in 12th class, we're in different classes as mentioned above.
I could say that I've been a pretty good friend to her overall, but never really thought to take a different approach with her. To be honest, now I've seen more than enough and I really think it would be awesome if I could become something closer than that. I don't know... the "tingly" feelings that I get when I get time to spend with her are so outstanding... or when I see that she sent me a message on Instagram of a reel with a caption "You haha" and the reel is the exact description of mine in a meme, and so on so forth, you get it. I've "tested the waters" and can say that she also might be having a new approach towards me, but I don't really know if that's just kindness or what... lol. She does compliment on my fit, especially on the last school trip that we took, and she did appreciate the fact that I accompanied her friend group and her during lunch and dinner time, she does give the usual jokes to me and whenever I'm alone, not really alone, but probably waiting for somebody or waiting for the bus whatsoever, she comes and does a small chit-chat before she leaves, giving the "daily news and drama". Or when we're home and so, the "relatable" memes are sent over our chat, and to be honest, none has ever done that to me other than a dude, lmfao. I don't know if she's into me, exploring me, or understanding if I'm into her right now, but for a fact, I know that I should become more expressive and interesting when it comes to conversations. Remember how I said about the Instagram chats and memes and all? Well, other than just the "haha" or the "heart reaction" or the "that's so real omg" I've got pretty much nothing to say. I don't really spark the conversations with any type of questions either. Pretty much, seems like I can poorly form some type of conversation starter or conversation "go-er". I don't really know how corny it would sound to compliment her on chat, seems really ... I don't know ... kinda too much.
To not make this any longer, I struggle to setup a conversation, or keep it going with some type of question or so, even if it is just online. I kinda am smoother in real life than on chat, now that I'm thinking.
So Girls of Reddit or whoever reads this, what are some type of starters, or memes, or chats, or videos, I could send and how to keep that going? Of course not forever, but I would like to meaningfully talk to her, at least once a day, rather than sharing funny content. :D

Lifetime - Staked: 865.9u, Profit/Loss: +28.08u, ROI: 3.24%, Parlay Suggestions: 164-63 Dog of the Week: 13-14
2024 - Staked: 218.8u, Profit/Loss: -5.28, ROI: -2.41%
As always, scroll down for UFC 301 Breakdowns. The following is just a recap of last event’s results.
UFC Vegas 91 (PREVIOUS CARD)
Staked: 8.5u
Profit/Loss: -0.29u
Parlay Suggestions: 2-3
Definitely not my best work there, but a testament to why hedging is an important tool to utilise when possible because it bailed me out of some bad bets. Thanks to those early moves, I managed to reduce my losses a lot more, so I’m happy with the overall results despite actually getting most of my bets wrong here. Onama’s ability to hit that reversal from back control was ridiculous, and if Pearce addressed that I think he would have been just fine. Guskov was a nice hit. Nicolau getting flatlined was not.
❌ 2u Matheus Nicolau to Win at -170
✅ 1u Bogdan Guskov to Win at +175 (won +1.75u)
❌ 1u Jonathan Pearce to Win at -140
❌ 1u Jonathan Pearce to Win & Over 1.5 Rounds at +150
❌ 1u Maheshate to Win by KO/TKO at +150
✅ 2u Liang/Petrovic FDGTD & Means/Medic FDGTD at -105 (won +1.9u)
❌ 0.25u Na Liang to Win in Round 1 at +1200
❌ 0.25u Parlay Pieces at +633
✅ Mayes/Machado Arb (won +0.63u)
✅ Silva/Lipski Arb (won +0.93u)
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UFC 301
We really were spoiled by UFC 299 and UFC 300, because this PPV looks anaemic in comparison. I guess it’s mainly because those events used up some of Brazil’s biggest names (Pereira, Figgy, Moicano, Andrade, Jailton, Marina, Lopes, Burns), and these kinds of cards are always Brazil vs the World (my favourite kind of style of card). I’m still looking forward to it compared to the typical Apex garbage though=, so no complaints from me!
It didn’t take long to realise that this card has been curated to be very Brazilian friendly. I am absolutely not one of these conspiracy theorists who thinks the UFC is rigged, but I think it’s very important when betting to ask yourself WHY this fight was booked (especially for PPVs). The UFC’s business model runs off creating stars and generating hype (the existence of DWCS proves this), so these kind of cards are the perfect opportunity to do that. The matchmakers are literally paid to make decisions on who fights who, so none of this stuff is accidental. If you’re familiar with my history as an MMA Trader, you’ll know that thinking about public perception is where my skills lie, so I’m always excited for PPVs because there’s extra narrative in a lot of the fights.
Let’s get into it!
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Alexandre Pantoja v Steve Erceg
This is a very weird main event. The Flyweight division is starting to fade again, as its top 15 is littered with fighters who have either shown their ceiling is below championship quality, or guys who aren’t active enough to be given title shots. Erceg has managed to bag himself a title shot from 11th in the rankings, despite having only three fights in the company. Aside from fighters coming into the organisation with a strong reputation in combat sports, or women’s divisions, I can’t think of a fighter who has made their way to a title shot quicker than Erceg has in recent years.
Historically, I bet on Pantoja against most opponents because I’ve always been convinced he’s been championship calibre, and has multiple paths to victory every time. I have tried to fade Erceg mostly due to the rapid stepping up in competition, but I also bet him against Costa.
I know there’s a bit of a theme with me being non-committal towards betting on title fights (except Pereira last event, hehe), but I think this is probably an acceptable fight to shrug my shoulders at – purely because of the unknowns regarding Erceg. I don’t really think you can look at his performance against Alessandro Costa or David Dvorak and come away with any conclusion regarding his chances against Pantoja. I guess you could take something from the opening five minutes against Schnell…but that’s still not a great comparison because Schnell’s biggest weakness is still Pantoja’s biggest strength (chin/durability)?
On the flipside, what we do know about Erceg is that some of his best strengths are actually in the areas that Pantoja looks to exploit. The Brazilian is one of the most durable fighters in MMA history, having never been finished in 32 professional bouts – 14 of which took place in the UFC. He weaponizes that by pushing a pace and creating chaos that he knows he can be the more durable fighter in. Aside from that, he’s also got an elite submission game, and his grappling is top notch. His striking certainly isn’t bad either.
But, as I said, that doesn’t sound as much of a nightmare for Erceg as it does for a lot of other guys. Steve’s done most of his work in the UFC on the feet, where he has shown some very impressive durability (and on the regional scene). People also therefore forget that he’s primarily a grappler also, having six submissions on his record. Of course I expect him to be inferior to Pantoja in both areas, but I don’t see him getting steamrolled like Perez, Royval (1) or Schnell did.
So whilst there are still a hell of a lot of unknowns about Erceg, what we do know is enough to predict that this is unlikely to be Pantoja’s most dominant win. If the Brazilian can’t get finishes against an opponent, he has to rely on his minute winning ability. Whilst those are still very good skills (and enough to get the better of Brandon Moreno!), it’s definitely the way he can be exploited the most (a 9-5 record in fights that go the distance, to quantify that belief).
So in short, despite not having much confidence in my line here, I have to grade Pantoja as less of a favourite than the books currently do, but a favourite nonetheless. Erceg’s ceiling is still unknown, but logic would dictate that this is too much too soon. It’s therefore no bet from me on the moneyline, but my belief in Erceg’s durability will obviously lead me to consider the overs in this fight. Not too sure what I expect to see here but if the FGTD is plus money then I’ll probably get involved somehow. Keep an eye on the bet list at the bottom of the post to see what/if I bet.
How I line this fight: Alexandre Pantoja -188 (65%), Steve Erceg +188 (35%)
Bet or pass: I may look at the overs, but the ML is a pass
Prop leans: None
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Jonathan Martinez v Jose Aldo
Second fight, second non-committal stance, I’m afraid. I know this one is around a pick’em, and I know it’s super interesting…but do any of you train with Jose Aldo or know him personally? If not, I don’t think any of us have even the slightest clue how he’s going to look in the cage after almost two years on the sidelines. Yes, he’s been boxing, which gives some positive signs that he’s still keeping in some sort of shape – but he drew with Jeremy Stephens and beat two guys with combined pro records of 0-9-1. Hardly enough to believe he’ll be as sharp as when he was an active UFC fighter.
Jonathan Martinez on the other hand is eight years younger than Jose Aldo, and in his athletic/career prime. He’s currently riding a six-fight winning streak that includes wins over Said Nurmagomedov and Adrian Yanez. He’s a very well-rounded fighter that uses leg kicks to great effect, as is typical from a Factory X homegrown talent. He’s also been criminally underrated in these last few years after the shock loss to Davey Grant. Dude was -105 against Zviad Lazishvili (who even is that?), and both of the aforementioned wins.
Unfortunately for Martinez, Aldo is not going to lose out to the leg kicking game, instead he may be the one landing the significant leg strikes there. That kind of takes away one of Martinez’s most reliable weapons, which makes this one even more interesting.
Other than that, I genuinely don’t know what more to say. Logic and history tells us that the younger and more conditioned Martinez should win here, but if Aldo manages to find a special Brazilian doctor of some sort, or if he just ends up being fortunate that father time is generous to him, then the Jose Aldo we know and love should confidently beat Jonathan Martinez.
Who wins this fight? I have no idea. Neither do you. That’s why it’s a pick’em. Don’t think about it anymore than that. Just pass and enjoy watching the questions get answered inside the cage.
How I line this fight: No idea.
Bet or pass: Pass
Prop leans: None
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Paul Craig v Caio Borralho
Hell yeah, I love it when we get fights like this. Guys I rate very highly and always look to bet, vs guys I think are massively overrated and always look to fade. In case it wasn’t obvious, Craig is the fade and Borralho is the prospect.
I have a lot of love and respect for Paul Craig. He’s long been one of the most successful and inspiring UK fighters – and his fights at various UFC Londons have often been the highlight of the entire events. Also, the man has an exquisite music taste - his walkout song choices always result in me finding new bands and albums to listen to. Thanks for that Paul!
But in terms of in-cage ability…he’s as one dimensional as it gets. His style is pretty much identical to Royce Gracie in the earliest UFC days. He has an elite submission game, but everything else in his skillset is hugely inferior, which will always limit him. Statistically, I rate all of his skills at a 3, but his pure submission game as a 9.
It’s been really fun to see the UFC booking Craig in fights that allow him to show his best work (as opposed to the Volkan Oezdemir fight, which was painful to watch), but MMA is much more complex than sheer submission ability. Against Muniz he was victorious because he was actually the superior striker, and also had the superior cardio that night…but the fight against Brendan Allen showed those limitations again. Going back to those aforementioned skillset rankings, Craig was inferior in every area of MMA, but he was matched or even trumped by Allen’s BJJ too. In short, I knew that Craig had no consistent way of winning that fight, and needed a high variance Hail Mary. I bet Allen quite confidently there.
And that conclusion is the exact same one I come to here. Caio Borralho is actually a severely underrated wrestler, and that is what makes him so great. I have no doubt that his wrestling is superior to Craig’s, which will result in more top control time for the Brazilian. Of course, Caio is an elite BJJ fighter himself, so like Allen and Muniz before him, I’m not worried about Craig’s offence from guard.
So the only other ways I see Craig winning this fight are the same as the Muniz fight, via superior striking or cardio. Right off the bat, I don’t think Craig’s a better striker than Caio (though it’s competitive enough), and the aforementioned wrestling success should stop that from being the story of the fight if Caio approaches the fight intelligently…but the cardio dynamic could be one to be wary of. I personally think the complaints about Caio’s cardio are vastly overdone – he’s won the third round on 11 of the 12 scorecards that has been submitted in his UFC career (if we ignore the point deduction against Omargadzhiev).
Therefore, that leads me to conclude that I think this is a well-booked fight by the UFC, who want to bolster the record and popularity of one of their most interesting Brazilian prospects and get a big win for the home crowd. Craig will give Caio the fight he wants, and he will likely lose in doing so. Caio should win this fight at least 80% of the time, I think…which gives me about 6-7% of value on the -275 price tag I pounced on. As expected, that’s long gone now. That’s a 5u bet for me.
How I line this fight: Paul Craig +400 (20%), Caio Borralho -400 (80%)
Bet or pass: 5u Caio Borralho to Win (-275)
Prop leans: Caio could win this fight in any of the three ways tbh.
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Anthony Smith v Vitor Petrino
The UFC reward Anthony Smith for his years of warrior spirit, company-first mentality, and his contributions on the UFC analyst bench…with a fight against one of the LHW division’s scariest upcoming prospects. How generous of them. Nonetheless, Smith is still talking crazy in interviews saying he’s close to a title shot with a win here, lol.
Vitor Petrino had one of those questionable records coming into the UFC. People have tried to fade him with Anton Turkalj, Marcin Prachnio, Modestas Bukauskas, and most recently Tyson Pedro. I understood the Modestas one, but the others were ridiculous. I bet Petrino at -250 against Pedro, and I think he definitely justified the price tag there.
Petrino is just so physically imposing. Whether he’s using his wrestling or striking, it just always feels like his opponents are tentative that Petrino’s about to do something explosive and dangerous. It’s been quite impressive seeing him show off his wrestling ability, as most believed him to be a pure striker that would struggle on the ground.
Anthony Smith is a very interesting litmus test for any aspiring top 15’er though, because despite the fact that Smith is very shopworn and clearly a bit mentally muddled (the “you attacked my family” thing against Walker was terrifying and really should not have been glossed over IMO), he is still a very well-rounded martial artist that is respectably skilled everywhere. He can be outgrappled by a safe guard-chilling gameplan, or just by generally being a more powerful striker though, as seen in his multitude of losses in recent years to the likes of Rountree, Walker, Ankalaev, Rakic, and Teixeira.
Those are two routes that Petrino can take, because we’ve already seen him follow those paths on multiple occasions. Whilst that’s clearly enough to deem him the favourite against a clearly declining Smith, this is enough of a step up in competition that I’m not convinced enough by Petrino to get on board with the idea of him being -400. Yes he probably goes and starches Lionheart, but if the finish doesn’t present itself easily then I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see this one turn more competitive than that line indicates. Therefore, -200 to -250 sounds like an appropriate price to me, so it’s no bet.
How I line this fight: Anthony Smith +250 (29%), Vitor Petrino -250 (71%)
Bet or pass: Pass
Prop leans: None
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Michel Pereira v Ihor Potieria
This is a pretty simple one to break down. Doesn’t surprise me that it kicks off the main card. This fight makes absolutely no sense from a ranking perspective, but it makes all the sense in the world from a narrative and promotional perspective.
Michel Pereira is one of the hardest non-Heavyweight hitters in the UFC. Ihor Potieria is a bang average fighter that is basically being used as a litmus test for a lot of unproven prospects. He’s a very beatable fighter and the perfect sacrificial lamb to get you an easy UFC win on your record. He was originally scheduled to face Shara Bullet Magomedov, who is definitely flavour of the month. Hell, they even tried to use him as a softball for 40 year old Shogun Rua last year!
Potieria’s recent upset win over Robert Bryczek does demonstrate that he’s got SOME life in him though, but there’s a massive difference between Bryczek and Michel Pereira. Potieria isn’t overly interested in shooting for takedowns either, making this even more of a nightmare fight for him.
Another highlight reel KO for Michel Pereira is expected, and I’d be quite surprised if he didn’t get it here. Therefore, I fully expect that prop to be priced at something around the -150 mark, maybe even steeper.
Took some time for the line to come out but -400 sounds about right in my eyes. I decided to combine Pereira with Mateusz Rebecki on next week’s card. -140 for the double.
How I line this fight: Michel Pereira -450 (82%), Ihor Potieria +450 (18%)
Bet or pass: Potentially on the KO, price dependant
Prop leans: See above
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Joaquim Silva v Drakkar Klose
This was the first bet I made on this card, and I placed it a couple of weeks ago when the line was much closer. I bet Drakkar Klose at -137.
I bet against Drakkar Klose when he faced Joe Solecki last time, and I’m still frustrated by how unlikely that finish was. Klose was definitely looking the inferior fighter there, but a moment of brilliance can be all it takes sometimes.
This one seems pretty cut and dry to me. Klose is a well-rounded fighter whose biggest issue had typically been his lack of finishing ability, but he’s still a very reliable fighter that will work hard for 15 minutes. He’s been in competitive fights with the likes of Beneil Dariush, Marc Diakiese, and Bobby Green in his time, and these bouts have spanned across all different realms of MMA. He’s never really done anything that will blow your hair back (aside from being on the receiving end of that amazing KO by Dariush, and the recent slam of Solecki), but I think that makes him a bit underrated. He’s 36 years old now, but he’s never been the fastest fighter, nor has he had a long and gruesome career.
Joaquim Silva has a similar level of experience, but his UFC record paints a different picture by comparison. The calibre of fighters he has lost two really does vary, but a decision loss to Vinc Pichel, as well as being finished by Ricky Glenn and Nasrat Haqparast, doesn’t really fill someone with confidence.
Silva’s most recent win came against 41-year-old Clay Guida, where he clearly lost a round and honestly could have lost the fight with a couple of adjustments. That fight was a terrible look for the -320 favourite, and to me that was a clear indication that he seems to be on the decline. Klose, by comparison, seems to be operating on a similar enough level to how he has done for most of his UFC career. Yes he has taken a step down in competition lately, but he’s performing as you would expect him to.
Statistically, Silva has a negative strike differential, and most of the key metrics are inferior to Klose as well. There’s every chance that this one turns into a barn burner, which would definitely suit the more dangerous Brazilian...but I fully expect Drakkar Klose to put on a typical 15 minute performance, where he settles down into his pace, and mixes in his superior striking and wrestling to coherently win rounds. It probably won’t be the most entertaining fight we’ve ever seen, but a commanding win is perfect for me. A vintage Drakkar Klose performance.
In terms of the betting line, I had Klose capped at around -200. The -137 available was a steal and I was very keen to take it, but I’d definitely be passing on this fight if I was looking at it for the first time now. Another reason why it’s important to keep track of my bet list at the bottom of each post, as I gave this out when -137 was widely available.
How I line this fight: Drakkar Klose -200 (67%), Joaquim Silva +200 (33%)
Bet or pass: 2u Drakkar Klose to Win (-137)
Prop leans: None
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Alessandro Costa v Kevin Borjas
Alessandro Costa is a very flawed fighter. Good skills across the board, but the guy’s volume is so, low. I bet against him when he faced Steve Erceg, and that was most of the reason.
He faces Kevin Borjas, who we don’t know much about other than he isn’t as good of a striker than Joshua Van…which doesn’t tell us much at all. He did win a round in that fight, but that’s because Van is a bit of a slow starter and will take some time to get going.
I didn’t do tape on this one because I’m still kind of unsure about Borjas, and the betting line kind of reflects that the books don’t either. He’s a non-committal underdog at +110, where the books think he’s inferior but they don’t believe it with any degree of confidence. That sounds about right to me.
I just hope Costa wins this one so I might get another opportunity to fade him in the future.
How I line this fight: I didn’t tape but it looks about right to me.
Bet or pass: Pass
Prop leans: None
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Dione Barbosa v Ernesta Kareckaite
I lost money on Kareckaite’s DWCS fight, in what was brilliant demonstration of why you really shouldn’t bother betting or researching that show. Ernesta basically followed the blueprint I thought Judice was going to use, almost like I’d gotten the fighters the wrong way around. Super high variance when they’re so green.
And we’ve got more green-ness here. Both women have less than 10 professional fights. Barbosa is a -225 underdog. I’d blindly fade that if you had to bet on this fight. Otherwise I’d leave it alone. Take it as an opportunity to learn more about them for next time.
How I line this fight: Don’t know, didn’t tape
Bet or pass: Pass
Prop leans: None
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Joanderson Brito v Jack Shore
Banger. This is potentially the most exciting fight on the card, as you have to really high skilled grapplers facing off against one another.
I am convinced that Joanderson Brito is quite overrated. He’s so explosive and dangerous, that it actually makes up for some pretty significant flaws. He’s an awful minute winner, and any opponent that is able to stay safe against him is likely going to win on the scorecards. He has bulldozed three opponents in R1, shown a moment of brilliance against Jonathan Pearce, and been out-hustled by Bill Algeo. That shows a 4-1 UFC record, but all I see is a guy who has actually lost more minutes in the UFC cage than he’s won. I think he’s also getting second hand hype because he beat Diego Lopes on DWCS, and that guy is possibly the most exciting prospect in the UFC right now.
So can Jack Shore stay safe here? Well he’s definitely got the grappling to give it a good go. Just like Jonathan Pearce before him, Shore can use his intense wrestling to stay safe from Brito’s striking. Shore also has good BJJ, which makes me feel confident he can avoid Brito’s opportunistic but ultimately low percentage submission from bottom – at least better than Pearce did.
Obviously the striking is where Brito has a big advantage, and his dangerousness will certainly show itself there in the early goings. Shore hasn’t really fought any dangerous strikers in his UFC tenure so far, so it’s kind of hard to say how well he will fare in those striking moments.
This is one of those fights where breaking down the betting line from a probability perspective just results in an uncomfortable feeling, however you spin it. Brito has more ways to win and is somewhat of a fan favourite, so I can understand why he has the minus next to his number. However, I can really easily see the path to victory for Jack Shore, and I don’t think it’s crazy to say he could go out there and look like a -300 favourite. But then if I think about making Shore the favourite I’m immediately thinking about how dangerous Brito is and how he could easily look -300 as well! It’s a mind fuck.
At the end of the day, the line is relatively close at the moment. Shore sits around +125 which, given he hasn’t fought for a year and is going up against the flavour of the month, I guess I’m okay with. If Shore moves to +140 or better, I think I’ll have to play him. I think he could easily do what Jonathan Pearce or Bill Algeo did. Brito is a boogeyman who is half the fighter he’s hyped up to be if he can’t find a finish.
How I line this fight: Joanderson Brito -110 (52%), Jack Shore +110 (48%)
Bet or pass: Pass, for now
Prop leans: Brito ITD probably the best looking prop available, Jack has too many paths
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Elves Brener v Myktkbek Orolbai
Man, what does Elves Brener have to do to catch a break!? Dude steps into the UFC (possibly on short notice?) and gets a win as a massive underdog against Tukhugov, then pulls off another upset against Guram Kutateladze. His opponent pulls out of his third fight and they give him a guy with a 15-1 record. Now he’s 3-0 and you’d finally think they start to give him the chance to build up some hype…but then they go and book him against Myktkbek Orolbai!
For those who haven’t seen Orolbai’s debut against Uros Medic last year, it was definitely one of the best debuts of 2023. He stuck to the Serbian like glue and, despite some persistent get ups, managed to find the submission relatively easily in what was a dominant performance.
Unfortunately, that fight was so one-sided that we don’t really know anything else about Orolbai at this level, as his other recent bouts took place on LFA against guys with 18-14 and 10-7 records.
With no further relevant info, there are too many gaps to form an opinion on Orolbai. What I will say is that Elves Brener has continued to play spoiler so far in his UFC career and continues to be underrated by the books despite that. Does he deserve to be around +200 here? Only if Orolbai is the real deal.
We will get our answers, but there’s no reason to put money on this fight. Anyone who does is putting blind faith in nine minutes of dominance against a Serbian on the mat…or they’re just chatting shit.
How I line this fight: Impossible to say
Bet or pass: Pass
Prop leans: None
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Jean Silva v William Gomis
On the subject of underrated fighters, William Gomis features in our next bout. The Frenchman has a very underrated style, one that isn’t going to grab all the highlights or get him clamouring for a main event, but it’s still a very useful one inside the cage. He’s well-rounded, has great kicks to compliment a very technical striking style that goes well with his long frame. I was made first aware of Gomis when he dismantled the overhyped Cage Warriors prospect Tobias Harila. He was calm amongst the chaos, and put in a really professional performance that likely got the ball rolling to eventually earn him a UFC contract. The experience from that fight will serve him well here.
He faces Jean Silva, a very explosive Brazilian that trains with Caio Borralho’s Fighting Nerds. We saw him most recently when he obliterated the vastly inferior Westin Wilson – God knows how that kid got asked to come to the UFC. And they’re giving him a third fight. Really is an embarrassing company at this point.
Before that we saw Silva go 15 minutes on DWCS, and his style looks a lot less impressive when he can’t find a finish. There wasn’t much investment in striking fundamentals, everything was a big action with fight ending intentions. That’s all good when you’re fighting Westin Wilson who blocks punches with his face, but what about when you’re facing a talented kickboxer who prioritises defence and range management? I could very easily see Silva hitting air for 15 minutes.
So I think the line is the wrong way around here, and that William Gomis has the potential to win this one quite comfortable if he can play the matador game. Whilst that sounds like I am gearing up to bet him, I’m actually going to pass on this one currently. He’s only at +110 so it’s not like he’s at a clear underdog price, and considering he’s not the explosive fighter that’s going to be chasing the finish and doing the damage, I think he’s got more of a job to do to impress the judges. Furthermore, we are obviously in Brazil where I think the crowd can certainly emphasise the work that Silva does, which may twist the judges’ arm a bit more.
So there’s value on Gomis, but not enough to warrant a bet. It’s a reluctant pass for me. If there’s major line movement I might play Gomis at like +150, but I doubt it goes that far.
How I line this fight: Jean Silva +120 (46%), William Gomis -120 (54%)
Bet or pass: Pass, unless the line moves.
Prop leans: None
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Karolina Kowalkiewicz v Iasmin Lucindo
If Craig v Borralho was a nice gift for me as a bettor, this is possibly my worst nightmare. I’m probably one of KK’s biggest fans, and Iasmin Lucindo is a prospect I am very high on. I bet on these women pretty much every time I can, and I think I’ve actually won money on both Moneylines and Method of Victorys in every fight they’ve both had since I started posting here.
If you read my stuff every week, you’ll know Karolina is my girl. Genuinely my favourite fighter. But I think this is the wake-up call she and I knew was coming eventually. KK’s resurgence has been such an inspiring journey, from getting absolutely brutalised, struggling badly with her mental health, taking the time off and coming back to string together four wins on the trot. That post-fight interview against Herrig was one of my favorite interview moments in UFC history.
But, having said all that, the UFC have been really kind to her. They’ve given her competitive fights that she is capable of winning if she keeps herself together…but Diana Belbita, Vanessa Demopoulos, Silvana Gomez Suarez, and Felice Herrig are certainly a lower calibre within WMMA who have already shown us their ceiling. Iasmin Lucindo is a completely different fighter.
Lucindo is a prospect, pure and simple. She’s got great striking, and great BJJ. I said when she fought Jauregui in her debut that these two could easily meet again in the top 5 of the division in a few years time, and I think her sophomore performance against Polyana Viana showed that (I bet her quite heavily in that one). Viana’s trash and it was the perfect matchup for her, but there’s reason to believe that this one could be too.
Kowalkiewicz’s resurgence has relied on her fighting opponents that mostly want to strike, and even if not, the wrestling of these women has been at a level she could handle…I don’t expect that to be the case against Lucindo. Iasmin has an advantage in speed, and age/youthfulness as 16 years the junior. We know that plays a massive part in fights, and I expect it to here. Karolina isn’t particularly good on the mat if those takedowns, but we just haven’t seen it for some time. If Lucindo gets top time, I think she probably manouvres her way to a submission with relative ease.
Of course, this one is much more competitive if they choose to strike, as Karolina’s got the right blend of determination, volume, and technique to keep any B grade or lower striker honest over the course of three rounds. Lucindo’s not the most amazing striker I have ever seen, but I also don’t expect her to be outclassed by Kowalkiewicz either. In WMMA, if you don’t have a unique striking style such as power or suffocating pressure (which neither girl has), then there’s only so much you can really do at this level to separate yourself as the superior striker. If they fight 100 rounds on the feet, I wouldn’t expect either woman to win more than 65 of the 100 times.
So that’s the key bit of information when looking at the betting line here. I know Lucindo deserves to be a significant favourite, due to youthfulness and a style that finally doesn’t actually suite her Polish opponent…but Karolina is sound enough to easily make this one competitive. If Lucindo doesn’t show a significant urgency or even desire to shoot takedowns, or if Karolina can stuff them, then this one looks much closer to a 50/50ish fight on the feet.
Whilst that sounds like I’m leaning towards playing my girl Karolina Kowalkiewicz, I’m unfortunately not. It’s impossible to really say how much success Lucindo is going to have with her takedown attempts here, so I can’t clearly quantify how much of a favourite she could be. If she can land them with ease, she might look -500. If she can’t land them at all, she could look +100. Compared to the -300 betting line we are getting, that definitely sounds like a pass. If you’re someone who likes to bet on every fight for the fun of it, a roll of the dice on Kowalkiewicz definitely isn’t the worst idea.
However, I will be keeping an eye out for that Lucindo by Submission prop. I doubt I’d get a good line on it with her being -300, but there’s always a chance the books get caught napping because it’s WMM and they expect a decision. We’ll see, I’d probably take +200 or better.
How I line this fight: Iasmin Lucindo -200 (66%), Karolina Kowalkiewicz +200 (33%)
Bet or pass: Pass on the ML, might bet Lucindo by Submission if I get a nice price (I’m talking +225 or better)
Prop leans: See above
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Mauricio Ruffy v Jamie Mullarkey
Mauricio Ruffy has won all of his professional fights via KO, and has fought quite a few cans in his day. He is the -160 favourite and is obviously very undeserving of that price tag against a guy with a decent amount of UFC experience.
Jamie Mullarkey is very unreliable, has bad fight IQ, and just generally isn’t very good. Dude lost a striking fight to Michael Johnson and got KO’d by Nasrat Haqparast – two things I thought were very hard to do in this day and age.
Pick your poison. Or don’t, and just be smart and leave this fight alone.
How I line this fight: who knows
Bet or pass: Pass
Prop leans: None
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Ismael Bonfim v Vinc Pichel
Ismael Bonfim returns from what was originally a massive upset at the hands of Benoit Saint Denis last July, but thankfully for him the Frenchman’s performances since have helped that result age well, as he elevated himself to prospect status and faced Poirier.
I was sadly all aboard the Ismael Bonfim hype train, as I deemed his debut win over Terrance McKinney as arguable the debut of the year for 2023. McKinney’s actually been fraud checked a fair bit since then so that win has coincidentally aged badly on the reverse. Nonetheless, I still think this Bonfim is good and will eventually turn into a top 15 fighter (not like his brother, an overrated fraud that I faded against Nicholas fucking Dalby).
Either way, the UFC are trying to run the Ismael Bonfim hype back again by pitting him against a 40 year old Vinc Pichel, who they’re probably just looking to get off the books as he likely has a contract that pays far more than he’s worth (by the 10/10 standard, anyway). Pichel is old but not particularly shop worn due to lack of commitment to his MMA career. He’s a well-rounded guy that always seems to end up in grappling-based fights. He has been competitive with the likes of Mark Madsen, Austin Hubbard, Jim Miller and Roosevelt Roberts in recent years, which kind of paints the picture that he’s capable but limited.
I think it’s fair to assume that Ismael Bonfim really should have Pichel covered here. He’s the way more dangerous fighter, and will be the one having moments of success where he threatens to finish. Outside of some sort of massive cardio dump, I think he can either find a finish or competently win 2/3 rounds with relative ease.
He’s -400 on the betting line so the odds clearly reflect that. I definitely wouldn’t be interested in playing him at that number, seeing as he’s returning from a massive setback and may not be the same as he once was. I could see him winning via all three potential methods of victory, so I’m not really sure a bet is possible here.
How I line this fight: Ismael Bonfim -400 (80%), Vinc Pichel +400 (20%)
Bet or pass: Pass
Prop leans: None
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Bets (Bold = been placed)
Xu Pantoja vs Erceg to last Over X.5 rounds (+XXX, can’t really say what I’d bet until I see numbers)
5u Caio Borralho to Win (-275)
1u Michel Pereira to Win by TKO/KO (+XXX, probably not bettable but I’d take under -150)
2u Michel Pereira + Mateusz Rebecki to Win (-105)
2u Drakkar Klose to Win (-137)
2u Jack Shore to Win (+140 or better)
1u Iasmin Lucindo to Win by Submission (+XXX, I’d take +225 or better)
0.25u Parlay Pieces (+XXX, props not out yet)
Parlay Pieces: Pantoja/Erceg Over 1.5 Rounds, Caio Borralho, Michel Pereira, Drakkar Klose, Ismael Bonfim
Dog of the Week: Jack Shore

Sorry to be so reductive in the title, it's just that "Asian Male CS" is a headline-grabber nowadays
Demographics

• Gender: Male
• Race/Ethnicity: Korean-American
• Residence: Southern California
• Hooks: None

Intended Major(s): Computer Science and Economics (applied CS + Econ to schools that offered it as a singular major and CS to those that didn't. Planning on double majoring)
Academics

• GPA/Rank (or percentile): 4.0 UW, 4.63 W (1st decile, school doesn't rank)
• of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 15 APs, 4 DE
• Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C (both), AP Economics (both), APES, Korean 4, English 12, Band, Computer Science 3, Calculus 3 (DE), German 1 (DE)

Standardized Testing
List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.

• SAT/ACT: 1590 (790 RW, 800 M)
• AP/IB: All 5s except for one 4 in CSA

Extracurriculars/Activities: (Not too extraordinary, at least compared to the calibre of what I've seen here)

1. Marching Band/Wind Ensemble: Section Leader
2. President of school's cybersecurity competition club
3. Worked at fast food place for a year (8-16 hrs/wk depending on time of year)
4. Academic Decathlon (won a few medals but our school isn't exactly a powerhouse)
5. Internship/volunteering where I designed a web design summer course for a middle school
6. Meme YouTube channel with 800k+ views (stopped after 9th grade)

Awards/Honors:

1. National Merit Semifinalist
2. Local Chemistry Award
3. National Rural and Small Town Recognition (my city's very urban, it's just that a small enough number of people live within its city limits that it counts as a "small town" lol)

Essays/LORs/Interviews:
Essays: I can't really give an objective rating to my own essays, but I tried making each one showcase a different aspect of my personality/life through my own lens. My English teacher, my cousin in college, and a few other people I sent them to liked them for the most part though. I wrote my Common App essay about how I only ever wear shorts (I grew up with colder weather in Idaho)
LORs: Never read them but I asked for one from my Physics, US History, Computer Science, and Calc teachers
Interviews:
Cornell: I thought it went decently well with me getting to explain a lot of my passions and interests, but I also know this interview doesn't count for anything and is really just a way for alumni to feel relevant
Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)
I only applied EA to UIUC, all others are RD
Acceptances:

• UIUC (EA, CS + Economics)
• San Jose State
• UW Madison
• U Minnesota Twin Cities
• U Washington (Pre-Sciences tho, not CS)
• Georgia Tech
• UC Irvine, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, San Diego, Davis
• UCLA!!!
• Cornell!!

Waitlists:

• Carnegie Mellon
• Boston University
• Northeastern
• Northwestern
• UMich

Rejections:

• Cal Poly SLO
• USC
• Stanford
• Berkeley
• Columbia
• Yale
• Brown
• Vanderbilt

I got into almost every public school I applied to and was not accepted into every private school save for Cornell, hence the title of this post
Reflection:
In hindsight, it probably wasn't necessary to apply to so many schools; I think I was just scared about how competitive CS admissions had become after watching so many kids at my school from previous years getting flat-out rejected from every UC. I'm also very surprised by my acceptances at CS powerhouses like GATech, UIUC, Cornell, and even UCLA. I know I had very strong academics, but I think my activities and awards were fairly "normal" by this sub's standard, and I definitely know people who did more than me and didn't get in.
I'd like to think it was my essays that made me shine through, but I also know I wrote my Cornell essays the night of while spending weeks crafting some of the essays for schools I didn't get into. I guess that goes to show how random admissions can be ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
At this point, I'll probably be attending UCLA due to in-state cost (which, in hindsight, makes me wonder why I even bothered applying anywhere on Common App). If anyone wants application or essay help, please feel free to reach out!

This week I've been traveling with my classmates to Paris, (since we're graduating from 4 ESO, if u don't know what it is the course that corresponds to 15/16 yo in Spain). It's been fantastic and magical, until today; the last day.
As we were leaving today, I spent all night getting things ready for the flight. Checking the room, reviewing my suitcase, etc. Eventually the next day, when we were on the subway going to some monuments and attractions before leaving I felt asleep.
I didn't woke up, no one noticed and missed the stop. I've been late to meeting points once or twice , but never something like this. The worst that happened to me was getting lost for about 10-20 min in a mall. So no one actually thought I was left behind.
When I woke up I was surrounded by strangers, 20-30 min laters they texted me where I was. I think they just realized I was missing, idk.
They started blowing my phone with texts, audios, calls. I was with like 50% battery and in ten minutes it dropped to 30%. I was at the verge of a panic attack tryiyto answer everyone who was calling me.
My FE teacher ( let's call him Mr.R) started asking for my location and as I was with an aweful signal it didn't sent, even though I sent it 3 or more times.
Then he stared menacing me with wether I sent my location or I got expelled from school loosing my title.
I have good grades and have worked my ass of the whole year, so this really hit me and I stared panicking. First he told me to go to a certain stop. When I was going there, he told me nvm, take a cab.
Firstly, idk of he had noticed but cabs in Paris, and everything in Paris are the hella expensive. I had like 10 € or stuff for my lunch. I don't like having money since I sufer from binge eating among other anxiety and Ed, so I told my parents to not give me a lot of money to avoid the temptation to waste 500€ in macarons.
I was desperate and he demanded pictures of the cab. I knew that if I told him I was on the subway he would kill me so I tried making excuses to make myself some time.
At this point I felt aweful, I knew all my classmates where waiting because of me. That I ruined everyone's day because of being selfish. That I was unable to do something as simple as taking a cab and go to the meeting point. That I was a disaster and know I was a dumb, selfish and lost disaster who was going to get expelled from school.
I exited the subway trying to look for a cab who would bring me closer to the meeting point. I called my parents, crying and trying to formulate the words to explain what happened.
They tried calming me down and help me to contact the teacher in charge of the trip, let's call him Mr M.
As the address couldn't he sent despite my several attempts I sent them pictures of the street's name so they could locate me.
I kept calling my parents to calm down a little and don't feel alone. When Mr.M came, instead of lecturing me, he gave me a hug and told me that everything was fine and that when we went back to the group we would stuff ourselves with macarons. I stared crying but this time with relieve and joy.
I still felt guilty but at least I was safe. As my parents, he also told me he got lost when he was young, but for a whole day with his crew ( apparently he was in the military). We walked for an hour or so and when we met Mr R, Mr M told him he already lectured me and that everything was settled .
Man, when we arrive to Spain I'm going to buy him chocolates, the finest wine and, if I had the money, the most luxurious car.
Ofc my classmates made fun of me as expected. My friends told me they all pacted to be rude to me. That Mr.R was wether going to confiscate my phone for the rest of the year, expel me for a month or both.
I tried to chill but I was so anxious I ended up wasting all my money and more in the biggest amount of food I could afford, making things worst.
My parents told me to text them when I arrived to the subway that would bring us to the hotel where we would take a bus to the airport.
While I was texting him, Mr R took my phone until "undefined time". Now I was contactless, moneyless and crying again.
U wouldn't be crying if he had taken my phone in a nice or normal way, bit he screamed at me and pulled my phone away from my hands out of the bloom.
Mr R saved me again managing to give me my phone and telling me to be more focus this time.
Even though Mr M and the other teacher, Ms A, where really understating about the situation, the mocking and hatred from Mr R and 95% of my classmates made this one of the worst days of my life. I wish I had been hit by a train on my way here.
Now is confirmed I'm getting expelled, since I'd been unpolite and mean according to Me R.
That means that I'm failing all the tests until the end of school year. That if my grades where 9/10 now I'm officially failing. Bye bye graduation, bye bye medicine school, bye bye all my effort. Bye bye friends.
I've been an asshole and I deserve it. Thanks if you read this far ❤️

This week I've been traveling with my classmates to Paris, (since we're graduating from 4 ESO, if u don't know what it is the course that corresponds to 15/16 yo in Spain). It's been fantastic and magical, until today; the last day.
As we were leaving today, I spent all night getting things ready for the flight. Checking the room, reviewing my suitcase, etc. Eventually the next day, when we were on the subway going to some monuments and attractions before leaving I felt asleep.
I didn't woke up, no one noticed and missed the stop. I've been late to meeting points once or twice , but never something like this. The worst that happened to me was getting lost for about 10-20 min in a mall. So no one actually thought I was left behind.
When I woke up I was surrounded by strangers, 20-30 min laters they texted me where I was. I think they just realized I was missing, idk.
They started blowing my phone with texts, audios, calls. I was with like 50% battery and in ten minutes it dropped to 30%. I was at the verge of a panic attack tryiyto answer everyone who was calling me.
My FE teacher ( let's call him Mr.R) started asking for my location and as I was with an aweful signal it didn't sent, even though I sent it 3 or more times.
Then he stared menacing me with wether I sent my location or I got expelled from school loosing my title.
I have good grades and have worked my ass of the whole year, so this really hit me and I stared panicking. First he told me to go to a certain stop. When I was going there, he told me nvm, take a cab.
Firstly, idk of he had noticed but cabs in Paris, and everything in Paris are the hella expensive. I had like 10 € or stuff for my lunch. I don't like having money since I sufer from binge eating among other anxiety and Ed, so I told my parents to not give me a lot of money to avoid the temptation to waste 500€ in macarons.
I was desperate and he demanded pictures of the cab. I knew that if I told him I was on the subway he would kill me so I tried making excuses to make myself some time.
At this point I felt aweful, I knew all my classmates where waiting because of me. That I ruined everyone's day because of being selfish. That I was unable to do something as simple as taking a cab and go to the meeting point. That I was a disaster and know I was a dumb, selfish and lost disaster who was going to get expelled from school.
I exited the subway trying to look for a cab who would bring me closer to the meeting point. I called my parents, crying and trying to formulate the words to explain what happened.
They tried calming me down and help me to contact the teacher in charge of the trip, let's call him Mr M.
As the address couldn't he sent despite my several attempts I sent them pictures of the street's name so they could locate me.
I kept calling my parents to calm down a little and don't feel alone. When Mr.M came, instead of lecturing me, he gave me a hug and told me that everything was fine and that when we went back to the group we would stuff ourselves with macarons. I stared crying but this time with relieve and joy.
I still felt guilty but at least I was safe. As my parents, he also told me he got lost when he was young, but for a whole day with his crew ( apparently he was in the military). We walked for an hour or so and when we met Mr R, Mr M told him he already lectured me and that everything was settled .
Man, when we arrive to Spain I'm going to buy him chocolates, the finest wine and, if I had the money, the most luxurious car.
Ofc my classmates made fun of me as expected. My friends told me they all pacted to be rude to me. That Mr.R was wether going to confiscate my phone for the rest of the year, expel me for a month or both.
I tried to chill but I was so anxious I ended up wasting all my money and more in the biggest amount of food I could afford, making things worst.
My parents told me to text them when I arrived to the subway that would bring us to the hotel where we would take a bus to the airport.
While I was texting him, Mr R took my phone until "undefined time". Now I was contactless, moneyless and crying again.
U wouldn't be crying if he had taken my phone in a nice or normal way, bit he screamed at me and pulled my phone away from my hands out of the bloom.
Mr R saved me again managing to give me my phone and telling me to be more focus this time.
Even though Mr M and the other teacher, Ms A, where really understating about the situation, the mocking and hatred from Mr R and 95% of my classmates made this one of the worst days of my life. I wish I had been hit by a train on my way here.
Now is confirmed I'm getting expelled, since I'd been unpolite and mean according to Me R.
That means that I'm failing all the tests until the end of school year. That if my grades where 9/10 now I'm officially failing. Bye bye graduation, bye bye medicine school, bye bye all my effort. Bye bye friends.
I've been an asshole and I deserve it. Thanks if you read this far ❤️

Before I tell the story I want to say that I'm def TAH, but I want to hear some advice from you anyways.
This week I've been traveling with my classmates to Paris, (since we're graduating from 4 ESO, if u don't know what it is the course that corresponds to 15/16 yo in Spain). It's been fantastic and magical, until today; the last day.
As we were leaving today, I spent all night getting things ready for the flight. Checking the room, reviewing my suitcase, etc. Eventually the next day, when we were on the subway going to some monuments and attractions before leaving I felt asleep.
I didn't woke up, no one noticed and missed the stop. I've been late to meeting points once or twice , but never something like this. The worst that happened to me was getting lost for about 10-20 min in a mall. So no one actually thought I was left behind.
When I woke up I was surrounded by strangers, 20-30 min laters they texted me where I was. I think they just realized I was missing, idk.
They started blowing my phone with texts, audios, calls. I was with like 50% battery and in ten minutes it dropped to 30%. I was at the verge of a panic attack tryiyto answer everyone who was calling me.
My FE teacher ( let's call him Mr.R) started asking for my location and as I was with an aweful signal it didn't sent, even though I sent it 3 or more times.
Then he stared menacing me with wether I sent my location or I got expelled from school loosing my title.
I have good grades and have worked my ass of the whole year, so this really hit me and I stared panicking. First he told me to go to a certain stop. When I was going there, he told me nvm, take a cab.
Firstly, idk of he had noticed but cabs in Paris, and everything in Paris are the hella expensive. I had like 10 € or stuff for my lunch. I don't like having money since I sufer from binge eating among other anxiety and Ed, so I told my parents to not give me a lot of money to avoid the temptation to waste 500€ in macarons.
I was desperate and he demanded pictures of the cab. I knew that if I told him I was on the subway he would kill me so I tried making excuses to make myself some time.
At this point I felt aweful, I knew all my classmates where waiting because of me. That I ruined everyone's day because of being selfish. That I was unable to do something as simple as taking a cab and go to the meeting point. That I was a disaster and know I was a dumb, selfish and lost disaster who was going to get expelled from school.
I exited the subway trying to look for a cab who would bring me closer to the meeting point. I called my parents, crying and trying to formulate the words to explain what happened.
They tried calming me down and help me to contact the teacher in charge of the trip, let's call him Mr M.
As the address couldn't he sent despite my several attempts I sent them pictures of the street's name so they could locate me.
I kept calling my parents to calm down a little and don't feel alone. When Mr.M came, instead of lecturing me, he gave me a hug and told me that everything was fine and that when we went back to the group we would stuff ourselves with macarons. I stared crying but this time with relieve and joy.
I still felt guilty but at least I was safe. As my parents, he also told me he got lost when he was young, but for a whole day with his crew ( apparently he was in the military). We walked for an hour or so and when we met Mr R, Mr M told him he already lectured me and that everything was settled .
Man, when we arrive to Spain I'm going to buy him chocolates, the finest wine and, if I had the money, the most luxurious car.
Ofc my classmates made fun of me as expected. My friends told me they all pacted to be rude to me. That Mr.R was wether going to confiscate my phone for the rest of the year, expel me for a month or both.
I tried to chill but I was so anxious I ended up wasting all my money and more in the biggest amount of food I could afford, making things worst.
My parents told me to text them when I arrived to the subway that would bring us to the hotel where we would take a bus to the airport.
While I was texting him, Mr R took my phone until "undefined time". Now I was contactless, moneyless and crying again.
U wouldn't be crying if he had taken my phone in a nice or normal way, bit he screamed at me and pulled my phone away from my hands out of the bloom.
Mr R saved me again managing to give me my phone and telling me to be more focus this time.
Even though Mr M and the other teacher, Ms A, where really understating about the situation, the mocking and hatred from Mr R and 95% of my classmates made this one of the worst days of my life. I wish I had been hit by a train on my way here.
Now is confirmed I'm getting expelled, since I'd been unpolite and mean according to Me R.
That means that I'm failing all the tests until the end of school year. That if my grades where 9/10 now I'm officially failing. Bye bye graduation, bye bye medicine school, bye bye all my effort. Bye bye friends.
I've been an asshole and I deserve it. Thanks if you read this far ❤️

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I have the 2019 ap chem princeton review book and I did the practice test on, graded myself and got a 4. But, in the final exam my ap chem teacher gave, I got a 5 and only 8 people got it. he gives pretty accurate tests and most of his class got a 5 last year. so my question is, is my score of a 4 accurate for the 2019 practice test?

Welcome to Serial Sunday!

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This Week’s Theme is Traditions!

Image Song
Bonus Word List (each included word is worth 5 pts) - Please list which words you included at the end of your story. - tasty - taboo - transient - tartle
This week we’re diving into the theme of ‘traditions’. Many cultures have traditions that go back ages. They provide us with a sense of order and comfort. They help us feel closer to our roots, our families, our communities, and even our gods. How do traditions vary between the people in your worlds? Are there practices that seem strange to outsiders? How do your characters deal with their beliefs being judged or challenged? What would happen if someone prohibited those practices?
These are just a few things to get you started. Remember, the theme should be present within the story in some way, but its interpretation is completely up to you. For the bonus words (not required), you may change the tense, but the base word should remain the same. Please remember to follow all sub and post rules.
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Just wanted to share my 6 years of experience where I grinded for 6 years, went above and beyond and had nothing to show for it, my goal was to become a wealthy by 26.

• 2018 (Seattle WA)
  • Migrated to US, family was living paycheck to check, Dad was alcoholic, I'm working on a factory at night, then self studying at day, then sleep for around 5 hours/day.
• First Job (Jan 2019 - Sep 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos)
  • Jan 2019 (Semiconductor company in California at $52k/year).
  • I was a System QA contractor where the primary job was to basically write test using python, and interact with data center. I was doing a pretty good job at what I'm responsible for, finishing ahead of deadlines, showing the ropes to interns on their web app projects. What I did outside of my responsibility is analyzed all these logs from the test, Jira tickets/epics/roadmaps where basically it shows statistics of common errors and why in which our team not our department didn't have analytics to analyze these logs, everything was done manually. Also built a live web dashboard (guiding the intern), in the end around end of Q2 of the year, all I got was thank you and nice work.
  • I asked another managers team for internal transfer where I became a CI engineer by around September making now $75k/year, I was doing OK, the tough part is I had no mentor because I'm still a contractor, getting hold of my senior engineer was also difficult as they are pretty busy too, meetings get cancelled so I was doing YOLO onboarding teams into our CI where there architecture was different from what we had traditionally support.
  • Covid hits, my productivity kind of slowed down because the whole company was still adjusting, but with full time work, I started to self study machine learning (CNN) and Kubernetes along with AWS, built a web dashboard to identify pneumonia on x-ray images. I've shared it on my professional network at Work, and they were trying to take credit for it since I technically committed some code on it from work laptop, but most of it was trained on my local machine. I also tried to get in touch with UC Davis, SutterHealth, Kaiser, maybe they would be interested on my project, since I had 93% F1-score at that time using data from UC san diego hospital, only UC Davis got back, they had me connected to one of the Phd student, took over my work(It was public on my github) and added it to his research paper and got no credit. I decided to sabotage my whole repo and delete everything and screw it, It was a learning experience so I was thinking it was fine.
• Second Job (Sep 2020 - Aug 2021 · 1 yr)
  • Sept 2020 (Start up Real Estate new contraction company in east coast at $105k/year).
  • I was a Mid-Level SWE where the primary job was to basically work on Back-end, Front-end, and Deployments. I report directly to the CTO, who was pretty old coder, he was bad at managing people and sprint, but he was an excellent coder with solid experience. On top of my primary responsibility, I've built their whole CI/CD pipeline operation along with GCP, introduced development workflow because they used to deploy to production right away and only test applications locally on the CTO's laptop. I was working like 10hrs/day at this job, where even before I introduced the CI/CD, I had to get up 6:00 AM in the morning for deployment. I was happy with what I've learned and also what I've contributed, I've started owning 3+ products along with the whole development operations standards, but during the performance review (1 year) all I got was a $2,000 raise.
  • Company got 0 transparency on financial and didn't really seem doing well in the middle of the year.
• Third Job (Dec 2020 - Feb 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos)
  • December of 2020 (Co-founded a startup in east coast with a 30% share of the company, partner was a sales guy).
  • I was the sole engineer within the team, it was only me and him. I've built everything for 3 months on top of my second job where we eventually got a $50,000 investment from state. We also got one client rolling in about $5,000/month, we decided to re-invest everything to the company. Outsourced the developers expecting the sales would grow.... But it did not.
  • I ended up having overall earning of $25,000 throughout this whole experience, I learned some business bullshit and started from scratch, I've left the company with the sales co-founder, and 2 outsourced developers since it was only self-sustaining on operation cost and developer salary. We haven't acquired a client after 1 whole year.
  • This was a failure and full of pipe-dream, I was naive in the first place for agreeing on 30%, I lost some opportunity cost on those time I've invested, but I try to look at on the bright side on what I learned.
• Fourth Job (Sep 2021 - Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos)
  • I became a Senior Software Engineer raking in $150,000.
  • Team was brand new (6 months), and the Senior guy was leaving and I was to ramp up quickly (2 weeks), I was doing pretty well, mentoring juniors, speaking for the team on cross team collab, and introducing workflow methods and also new technologies to our stack. Until....
  • One day, we have a product bringing in $40M/year that my team owns, it was a legacy application (7 years old) and we had to rebuild it due to the bugs present, feature request timelines that are difficult to accomplish with how dinosaur this application has been built, even all the packages used are deprecated. My team spent nights and days, ranging up to ~10hrs/day even on weekdays to finish the product by end of Q2(took us 6 months). After it was released, customers were happy, KPI was trending upwards, we even integrated AI(GPT) for fun which was not on the roadmap, then we got acquired and never got a raise, our stocks were down. Moral was down, people got layed off, but hey the C-suite got like a lot of $$$ bonus.
• Fifth Job (Nov 2023 - Present · 6 mos)
  • I become a DevOps engineer still in east coast, not senior anymore but raking in $200,000/year
  • I started to just do what I'm supposed to do, I work a lot now with cross teams on boarding their applications but that's it. I see my senior engineer with all the stress he have to deal with where I sometimes hear he has to work weekends, sometimes I help them out to lessen the burden but I started to remember my past bad luck of experience when I overperform... for a $50,000~60,000 pay difference it makes me think that maybe staying at this level ain't so bad.

TLDR; I've overperformed on some companies, and even my own company, got peanuts. Now I'm performing on what is expected out of me, nothing more nothing less. Maybe it ain't so bad. My drive has been burned down to nothing, but when I see others who has the drive, I envy them... Maybe I'll start doing something outside of work again, but the boring investing side of things seems to be fitting me well.
PS: I will welcome career advice.

Hey Everyone,
Passed the exam with AT/AT/AT earlier this week. I got a lot of useful information out of this sub so hopefully, some of these tools. tips, and tricks can help someone going down the PMP path. :)
Taking The Exam
So as you know, the test is 4 hours long 180 questions. For pure test taking suggestions I would recommend the below.

• Do it in person, if possible.
  • The test centers are quiet, nice, and in my experience, friendly.
  • Doing it online, while flexible, leaves many variables open that doing it in person will solve. Most importantly, you're not subject to a proctor you can't see and talk to in regards to whatever concerns they/you may have.
• Take your breaks
  • You get two break, use them. It's an important way to help you rest your brain for a bit and move around. It is extremely hard to focus on 180 questions at one time over several hours.
• Show up early to the testing center
  • At least at my testing center, it was really busy. Show up early so you're among the first to check in and get going. Helps prevent anxiety as well.

Test Itself

• About 5 drag and drop questions
• About 5 multiple selection questions
• 1 graph question
• 2 calculation questions where you have to break out the calculator
  • No formula questions
• About 50% agile & 50% Predictive/Hybrid
• 2 questions I wasn't super confident in / didn't know
  • Some very specific agile questions that probably would be "Expert" in StudyHall
• Completed in 3 hr 30 min
  • Spent about an hour on each set of 60 questions
  • After completing a set I'd spend ~10-15 min reviewing my answers. Only changed a few of them after re-reading the questions.

Test Observations

• Lots of conflict resolution questions .
• Could be me but, things seemed to get progressively harder each set of 60 questions. Nothing unsolvable or things you weren't able to reduce.
• Lot's of questions to see if you'd follow the process.
• A few questions to see if you'd follow the law / regulations.
• Found that highlighting everything burned too much time. Ended up only highlighting questions that were long or complex.
• The strikethrough tool is your friend. Use it to eliminate bad options. I found that I was able to knock out at least 2 options almost instantly.
• Test tries to steer you towards escalating the issue to sponsoleadership. In very very rare cases, at least in the exam, should you escalate.
• Lots of questions on change management.
• Large emphasis on communication and stakeholder management.
  • Communicate, communicate, and communicate.
• StudyHall more or less directly aligns with the exam.

Exam Question Tips

• Always assess and then look for opportunities resolve
  • Resolve issues collaboratively with the team, if possible
• Always communicate and be an active listener. Confirm that your message is received and understood.
• Solve issues early and don't let them escalate.
• Prioritize legal issues and concerns. Can’t generate business value if you can’t get your stuff to market.
• Motivate, facilitate, and be a leader for your team.
• Train and mentor team members.
  • Enable mentoring, training, or shadowing for team members needing help with quality, developing experience, or direction.
• Ensure requirements are clear and if stakeholders don’t know what they want, help facilitate and guide them to a project vision and what they want out of it.
• Understand how to run a sprint (planning, stand ups, review, retrospectives, etc).
• Prioritize the backlog to deliver business value.
• Identify risks (both positive and negative) and put them in a risk register, identify risk responses.
• Include all stakeholders and ensure they receive communications.
• Always follow the plan, if you need to change the plan, conduct change management process
• Follow the contract and be a good business partner.
• Be conscientious of cultural differences and practices.
• Resolve conflicts collaboratively.

Materials Used
Andrew Raymadal 35 Hr. PMP Exam Prep Course (Udemy)

• Took notes on all of the sections, reviewed notes after completion
• Ok for covering the major sections but polishing was done elsewhere
• PM Mindset Tips were good
• 7/10: Good for foundation but long (nothing he can do about that) and arduous. Real understanding starts after the foundation has been completed.

PMI StudyHall

• Most important tool used for my preparation. Accurately reflects what the actual exam looks like
• Bought the basic package, if I were to do this again I would buy the more expensive package and focus on that package’s expanded set of questions and practice exams
• 9.75/10

PM Aspirant Process Group Game

• Good for mapping out predictive processes and how things interconnect
• Quick and easy to digest
• Full transparency: Norton Web Protect says it's a suspicious link. I didn't have any issues with it and didn't seem to find anything that would trigger that. Up to you if you're alright with using the tool.
• 8/10

PMP Exam-PMI New Format 2024 Mock Simulator (PMBOK7 Updated)

• Seemed like 80% agile
• Useful to the extent that it exposes you to agile questions but not really reflective of the actual exam
• Really good explanations though for the questions and answers
• 8/10

150 PMBOK 7 Scenario Based PMP Exam Questions and Answer

• Awesome set of questions and answers that will closely reflect what you will see on the exam
• To be transparent, I only went through about 25% of the video since I primarily used StudyHall
• 9.5/10

The Complete Project Management Body of Knowledge in One Video (PMBOK 7th Edition)

• Covers the PMBOK in a digestible manner
• Watched it 1 time and felt that that was all I needed for this overview
• 9.5/10

Materials Aware Of But Didn't Use
Third3Rock Notes

• Apparently really comprehensive and good but didn’t want to review/pay for any more materials

200 AGILE PMP Questions and Answers - the BEST Preparation for the Exam!

• Made by the guy who made the 150 PMBOK 7 Scenario PMP question
• From what I’ve read in the subreddit, also a great tool

100 WATERFALL PMP Questions and Answers - EXCELLENT Preparation for the Exam!

• Same as above

Conclusion
Hopefully some of these tips/resources are able to help you out. Keep grinding and putting in those long hours. It will be worth it. Good luck!

I have the 2019 ap chem princeton review book and I did the practice test on, graded myself and got a 4. But, in the final exam my ap chem teacher gave, I got a 5 and only 8 people got it. he gives pretty accurate tests and most of his class got a 5 last year. so my question is, is my score of a 4 accurate for the 2019 practice test?

Hi po, ano po magandang school na nag-ooffer ng ABM? (I'm from rizal so bonus points nalang if malapit)
For context, I'm a grade 9 student from a science highschool and sadly my school only offers STEM. Since di naman masyadong hadlang yung grades ko (95-96 gen ave), yun po sana nag-ooffer din ng scholarship para di masyado mabigat sa bulsa ng parents.
Cino-consider ko din pong mag STEM kasi marami po nagsasabi sakin na most of the subjects na lumalabas sa admission/entrance tests ay STEM subjects

I purchased a Princeton act course and they mailed a bunch of paper practice tests and diagnostics forms to my house. I have no idea what to do with this diagnostic test forms. Am I supposed to fill in the answers for the practice test on the form? If I am, how do I find out what my score is? If anyone else has these Princeton tests and knows how to use them pls help me out cuz I wanna take these tests

Hey daddit
Love this sub and all it offers for modern dadding. Found it when my now-8yo daughter was a wee one and even though I almost never post, it’s been the source of so much inspiration, advice, and support over these years. All the more helpful for someone like me who lost his own dad before becoming one himself.
So on to the story. My daughter is 8 - wonderful, smart, and capable second grader - but she struggles with that last part, due to some big anxiety and OCD issues that significantly affect her self confidence.
She’s been practicing the last couple weeks for the spelling bee at school, and struggling with the fear of the spotlight that comes with doing that in front of classmates, teachers, and countless parents. I (and her mom in a separate household) have been supporting and encouraging the hard work she’s been putting in and ongoingly reinforcing how proud we are of her for her hard work practicing and the thought of participating in something that brings so much anxiety.
The spelling bee was Friday. Around 50 kids participating - all first, second, third grade classes combined, along with a supportive-but-intimidating crowd of 70+ parents. All crammed in to a classroom that definitely wasn’t made for that many people. Funny enough, due to some landscaping maintenance happening nearby, all doors and windows were closed and it was uncomfortably warm; couldn’t help but chuckle thinking it felt like a literal pressure cooker.
It began with “first grade words” and built from there. My kiddo was hanging in great. Could see the nerves when her turns came around, and noticed her doing breathing exercises as her next turns approached.
By the time they were on “fourth grade” words the field was narrowing significantly, down to my kiddo and about a dozen others. Fifth and sixth grade words cleared things further - just my daughter and a few kids a grade above her left.
The pressure ratcheted up visibly but she hung in there, spelling her words correctly, while opponents continued dropping. As a parent the tension felt palpable.
Then there were two; just her and one remaining third grader, facing seventh grade words - when her opponent made an error I learned the endgame is like volleyball, you have to win by two; the word the other got wrong and then a new one. They each made some mistakes but the turn kept passing as neither hit two in a row. After about five exchanges like this, it happened - she correctly spelled the word her opponent got wrong, then a new follow up word. MY KID WON THE GD SPELLING BEE!!!
The look of pride and overwhelm on her face as the crowd cheered and victory sunk in was a sight to behold. She came right over to me and her mom and all the emotions poured out in a big, big cry.
I mean this literally - I’ve never felt so proud in my entire life, very much including things I’ve accomplished myself. It was like nothing I’ve ever felt. Just taking part would’ve been a huge win in itself, and hoping this helps foster some well-earned confidence.
I feel like I’ve been levitating the last 48 hours haha. Thanks for reading and enjoy your Sunday!

5-10 min read
Thoughts/opinions on each draft pick. With flooceiling comps. And thoughts on trades, potential players we got sniped on and loading up on 2025 picks for saquon tampering charges that are coming
22- Q.Mitchell CB
Great pick. Pretty wild that he was there at 22 but that goes to show that the league didn't love this CB class...corners are hard to predict coming into the league. They have crazy bust rates as we eagles fans know.
For comps i could see his ceiling being something of a Patrick Peterson (minus the kick returns)
For a floor something like a CJ henderson (top pick elite athlete who didn't pan)
40- C.Dejean DB
Great pick. I was super low on dejean at 22 but at 40 its a hell of a pickup. Drafted Q at 22 so I'd say they gonna try dejean in a slot/safety/box role...which suits his game perfectly..my worry was taking him at 22 as an outside corner. Also gotta factor in the trade here which I didn't love at first but starting to see how it made a ton of sense
His ceiling i could see a jenkins/adams hybrid slot/box. Not sure he's a free safety but maybe.
His floor I could see an Isiah Simmons type player (i know not the exact same positions/size)...but basically the Swiss army knife who never really ends up being that great at any one position.
Trade to get to 40- we gave 50,53 and 161 to get 40, 78 and 152
Didnt originally like the trade. But then looked at the board....the talent dropped off quite a bit at 41 imo...so we actually got a pretty damn good deal to move up 10 to take a top 32 player...I thought dejean and kool-aid were the last top 32s available
We moved back 25 spots from 53 to 78...and then traded back twice from 78 to settle on 94 and jalyx hunt which i didn't like but ill trust fangio. I will cover those trades at the end.
Moving up from 161 to 152 got us A.Smith... who could be the steal of the draft for us if he works out as WR3 who runs all the pre-snap motion Kellen Moore likes to run
94- J.Hunt Edge/OLB
I guess I'll trust fangio...his tape is wild he plays all over the place...guessing he fills the Baun/Van Ginkel role...he did just play safety a few years ago so as a player who drops into coverage i guess he should read the field well
Don't really have comps...Hopefully he just becomes a playedecent rotational piece
127- W.Shipley RB
Good add to the RB room...runs a little upright...if you factor in draft assets to end up at 127 it makes any pick here a steal
No comps but he kinda runs upright like Jordan Howard and his footwork reminds me of a poormans Leveon bell
152- A.Smith WR
Potentially perfect WR3...Kellen Moore likes to run a lot of pre-snap motion, this guy did that in college, also he's good in stacks and in the slot. Great add. Note we got him in the move up from 161 to 152 in the Dejean trade up. Crazy sneaky move by DA HOWITZER.
155- Trotter Jr. LB
STer at worst. Good add at 155. Of course the ties to philly...traded up to get him but we don't have room for 10 rookies anyways..9 is still plenty and I'm not sure how much practice squad room we have
172- T.Keegan OL
Great depth add at guard...gives someone to push Steen or beat him out
185- J.Wilson WTE
Good depth add. Prob makes the PS if anything. Shades of Tyree Jackson??
190- D.McMahon- OL
Athletic OL for stoutland to work with. Prob makes PS at minimum
Trade back 78 for 86 and 123- wild value to move back 8 spots...A (worth noting we may have got poached for Beebe here)
Trade back 86 for 94 and 132- wild value again to move back 8 spots...A (worth noting we may have got poached for Zinter here)
Trade back 120 for 2025 3rd rounder (assume pick 90 for grading purposes)- best trade of the batch, especially if league takes this pick for saquon tampering...A+++ (worth noting we might have got poached for Mccormick here, but I don't care as the 3rd next year is INSANE value)
Trade back 123 for 127 and 2025 5th rounder (assume pick 160)- good value to move back 4 spots and add a 2025er...A
Trade back 132+210 for 164+201 and a 2025 4th rounder (assume pick 125 for grading purposes)- great value to pick up a 2025 4th especially if league takes that pick for saquon tampering....A+
Tradup 164+201 for 155...if Trotter was their guy I like it...10 rookies is a lot...9 is still a lot....weak draft class too ...only top 30 we missed out on was T.Glover in this range if I'm not mistaken..maybe 1 other top 30
Fire away in the comments...

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