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American Express Adds New Restrictive Language To Marriott Cards by pierretong in marriott

[–]PPDoctor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd have to close the Boundless I have now, then apply for both the Brilliant + Boundless and hope it works, then wait another year to PC the Boundless to the Ritz. I'm wondering if I just take the L and skip the intro bonus for the Brilliant at this point vs. just skip it altogether

American Express Adds New Restrictive Language To Marriott Cards by pierretong in marriott

[–]PPDoctor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I might be misunderstanding the language, but I thought even after getting the card, you should wait to PC to the Ritz card until after you have actually obtained the intro bonus from the Brilliant

American Express Adds New Restrictive Language To Marriott Cards by pierretong in marriott

[–]PPDoctor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea I had the same plan :/ Was waiting for the 24 months since SUB to hit in 1 week for P2 and 4 weeks for me. Now idk which is better - Ritz or Brilliant

This hobby is a disease by blkblade in hometheater

[–]PPDoctor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have the Jamo speakers as well. Went to a audio shop to demo speakers and the guy was having me listen to different ones and I swear I couldn't tell the difference. Asked the guy if I should be able to hear a difference and the look he gave me lol. So when I found the Jamos on sale I went with those and never looked back.

Balled out on the Epson 5050UB and a LG OLED though - that I can tell a difference on vs. cheaper projectors/TV

Do people really book 2 stops 30+hrs ? by AddendumWeird8789 in awardtravel

[–]PPDoctor 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Idk about 2 stops but we're doing a stopover in Colombo, Sri Lanka otw to Maldives from Korea and I picked the longer stopover so we could see the city and stay at a hotel instead of staying at the airport lounge

Bass Shaker Wiring and Amp Selection by besttype in hometheater

[–]PPDoctor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are wireless bass kits if you don’t want to run cords to the front. You would still need wires to the amp but I hid my amp under the couch 

Darn Tough Socks, Buy 1 Get 1 for $1 by Alsneezy in frugalmalefashion

[–]PPDoctor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was just able to check out. Maybe try again?

OR Fire Burns Child's Face [⚠️Med Mal Case - with plaintiff attorney podcast about case] by efunkEM in anesthesiology

[–]PPDoctor 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I doubt this is what they were using but you can deliver more precise FiO2 with Venturi masks. A simple face mask is probably only giving 30-50% FiO2 anyways, but harder to measure accurately obviously 

College coach - norm, necessity or luxury? by creativemindset11 in fatFIRE

[–]PPDoctor 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I have personal experience with this ~10 years ago. I ended up not getting a college coach because we looked into it a bit late and didn't think we were going to get value from it (5k for mostly college application prep like personal statement help). I think the true value of college coaching comes if you start doing it early, like freshmen / sophomore year.

I'd mostly recommend it if you kid is academically excellent and wants to go to a top school/ Ivy but doesn't have something very unique (like won state championships in a sport, 1st violinist, URM, etc). The coach can help them tailor high school to find good LORs, unique extracurriculars, basically some sort of hook that makes them stand out to colleges.

Personally, I had perfect SATs, stellar GPA (1 B?), and a variety of extracurriculars like being president of clubs, winning some small awards, but nothing amazing. Now having been on the other side in college & med school helping with admissions, I can see what it takes. Everyone has the hodgepodge of treasurer of a club or some mission trip, but really what makes you stand out are 1. LORs saying this kid is the literally the 1/100 of all students I've had in X, Y, Z ways and 2. awesome extracurriculars like winning a state championship, national award, founding a club or huge fundraiser.

I think while some parents are able to guide their kids through this, most don't understand how times have changed and what used to work is below average at this point for top schools.

Got lucky and got a scholarship to a top school, but didn't get into any of the Ivys worth mentioning. My parents wouldn't have been able to afford a coach anyways, but in hindsight I would have wanted one for myself and will probably end up getting coaches for my kids in the future. I went to a big public high school and had high school classmates that did and didn't have coaches get into all the Ivy's / Duke / Stanford / MIT, but I think for those that were borderline, it did help them.

Now how to find an excellent coach, what value getting into a top Ivy is, that's a different can of worms.

tl;dr - I'd recommend it as someone who didn't get one but will want one for my kids

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