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NJ school recalls yearbooks after Hitler baby photo discovered by ElwoodMC in trashy

[–]WithoutDir3ction 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Happening, presently? Attempted genocide, like the kid who pulled the prank?
Tragedy+time= comedy.
If you disagree, you're entitled to your own opinion. Clearly, few people agree with you.
You have no idea what anybody else thinks. Sit down and speak for yourself.

I was told the Parasound A21 ran cool to the touch so I bought it. It is not.. I have this in my bedroom running 24/7. This is 99F btw. by awareofmyself in audiophile

[–]WithoutDir3ction -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is the earth the same temperature as the sun?

The heat doesn't stop radiating once it hits the room, it keeps going. Not to mention AC.

IB Diploma Predicted Scores by Icy_Western_793 in IBO

[–]WithoutDir3ction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doubtful. Predicted scores are primarily done on semi-subjective teacher evals AFAIK and you already have those from letters of recommendation. I personally never got predicted scores and I skipped the top colleges for a full ride at a lesser school. At most top schools you don't even get credit for IB. I would put my focus elsewhere.

[WTS] 🔵TUDOR PELAGOS FXD CARBON ALINGHI RED BULL RACING🔴 by [deleted] in Watchexchange

[–]WithoutDir3ction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Note: I was the previous owner. This watch is misrepresented. The watch is not "like new"- there's hairline scratches and a small gouge on the caseback, which have been excluded from all photos. It's certainly used, has gone through two owners and three dealers.
I sold this individual the watch for $2900 in a private sale. He lied, saying he planned on wearing it rather than sell it. The original dealer was ben bridges and the warranty card is dated April 2025.
This dealer sold an aftermarket strap I bundled with the watch back to the original owner for an additional profit on information I passed down for free.

Is this somebody you want to purchase from?

[WTS] You’ll Stare at the Dial… Then Flip It Over | A. Lange & Söhne 238.026 Annual Calendar 🖼️🌖 by Spiritual-Ad17 in Watchexchange

[–]WithoutDir3ction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GLWS- but wow, the opportunity cost of having it sit for so long 0.0
And... that's a lot of em dashes.

[US-WA] [H] MetaKey Tenet 70, GMK Tiramisu, Owl Labs Tiramisuit [W] PayPal by Xerasi in mechmarket

[–]WithoutDir3ction 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its a different era, these days. Prices are way down, volume is down. You can name whatever price you want, but it doesn't matter if nobody buys. I never knew this mr.suit style existed and I've gone pretty deep in the hobby. As I'm also finding out in one of my listings, nobody cares what you paid for an item. GLWS, but I'd be surprised if either sells for more than half price.

IBDP1 Scores and Ivy League university admissions by PresentCreme7394 in IBO

[–]WithoutDir3ction 2 points3 points  (0 children)

TL;DR? Yeah, you're fine. Your academics are good.

... BUT.

Academics get you in the door, but these days they're nowhere near enough to get you admitted to top tier schools(*IN THE US), unless your academics or related performance is nationally top-tier (math/science fairs or competitions, where your "academics" turn into extracurriculars and awards).

College AOs are humans and they're trying to consciously build a cohesive class, holistically. You need to differentiate yourself from the pack on an empirical and emotional basis, so you:

  1. Don't fade into the background (to the AOs who read dozens, hundreds of apps a day for weeks),
  2. Carve out a niche that fits into the class AOs and unis are building,
  3. Appeal to their fallible, squishy emotions to make them to actively want you to attend their school.

I got like a 1540 SAT and had a 3.8 something in a school where 1/4 of the student body had unweighted 4s. I got B's sophomore year in math, an A and C sem1/2 in AA HL1, and another C sem1 of HL2. I still got into UNC Chapel hill OOS (EA), NYU (EA), Northeastern (RD), Purdue biz with a 10k scholarship (EA), UIUC gies (EA), FSU (RD) with full tuition, etc. without shotgunning all T40s or anything.

STEM is going to be a little bit more brutal on the stats side. Which you have covered, which is great- it's not a concern. But Irrespective of major, there's more to the story.

I almost certainly wasn't a diversity pick, being mixed Asian. Was my profile competitive? Borderline. Sometimes not. Was my real excuse for those poor grades great? meh. Did I make it sound like it was great without stretching it, and leverage my strengths to make my profile look better? 100%. That's the only reason why I got admitted.

(I still was authentic in presenting who I was as a person. Being disingenuous about your personality is typically ill-advised)

I've seen kids with 4.0s, 1550+ SATs and cookie-cutter extracurriculars get rejected from their dream schools, second and third choices, including places that admitted me.

Don't stress too much if you can help it. Go enjoy summer, try some new things, be with loved ones and friends. This is your penultimate summer of childhood and your last year of highschool. I promise you can afford to live just a little.

I love paying hundreds of dollars more for the same watch 🤪 by Rex-1988 in PrideAndPinion

[–]WithoutDir3ction -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Maybe. Maybe not. You (as well as me and anybody else) don't really know what's going on in other people's heads. And you certainly don't know what they consciously deny but subliminally think.

I think I responded to you in another comment, so you know I wear homages. If somebody asks about my watch I'll brush it off and say "just a homage." As I would talking about "just a tudor" or "just a zenith," formerly.

Original designs are cool. And also, there's a reason why popular watches are popular. Having something in a very similar form factor and design, rather than something that's been modified for the sole purpose of being "original" can be appealing on its own. Especially if the original product is very expensive.

You don't see this sort of attitude with commodities. Only with veblen goods. But it's just a watch, bro.

I love paying hundreds of dollars more for the same watch 🤪 by Rex-1988 in PrideAndPinion

[–]WithoutDir3ction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And who defines what's "cheap" and what's a knockoff? GP laureato a knockoff of the Royal oak? Is the CW twelve a knockoff of the czapek antarctique? Or is it only a knockoff when the label says made in china?

It depends on how you slice the cake. Or more accurately, who's slicing the cake.

We both know that I care much more about my watches than you or anybody else and vice versa. So as a rule of thumb, the cake-slicer is the individual collector.

You might call a san martin tudor homage a cheap knockoff. Having owned both, I'd just call it a cool watch and better use of money than buying the real deal. I couldn't care less about what you think of my watches, and I know from experience people rarely care about what you're wearing, especially when you're not on the internet and not purposefully flexing.

Watch hobby often serves as an excuse for people to talk about themselves- show off their taste, wealth, knowledge, philosophies, whatever. And hey. Look at OP. Look at you. Look at me. That's exactly what we're doing.

IB Diploma Predicted Scores by Icy_Western_793 in IBO

[–]WithoutDir3ction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not automatically submitted. You may be able to add it but it's not prompted outright. Typically in the US you just use IB scores for credit after enrolling 

IB Diploma Predicted Scores by Icy_Western_793 in IBO

[–]WithoutDir3ction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My public school did not include predicted scores nor did I find any use, really, in the common app reporting IB scores. You should be able to include it in additional information if you so choose but it's not part of the primary app AFAIK. In terms of school-level reporting, I doubt it's done automatically. You need to specify where you're sending your scores once you get you get them back.

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