Yaar, SOF is just a money‑making racket that blocks Indian students from real Olympiads.
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I've got four medals.
Every time I got gold in IMO or NSO, I thought it guaranteed an IIT seat.
Brother, what's SOF's fault? Indian students are just ignorant about the real Olympiads.
Every school will boast about selling their cheap‑priced Olympiads. Only a few parents know about genuine, meaningful Olympiads, so they sign their kids up for preparation from a very early age.
Is this not real? I've been getting gold medals in almost every contest up to class 5!
It's so sad—I used to think they were real, and because of that I never broke out of my delusion, and now it's too late.
We complain about NTA all the time, but SOF is the real troublemaker.
They kept me trapped in this fake, delusional world until a friend told me what real Olympiads actually are.
Seriously, if I'd known about the real Olympiads, I would have stuck to those. I spent a lot of time preparing for these SOFs and even owned their books.
Just wanna vent. I've been getting gold medals since class 2 up to class 9 – about 19‑21 golds in total (4‑5 in SOF and the rest in Silverzone). I thought Silverzone was just SOF. Anyway, those Olympiad medals gave me a false confidence boost because in class 6‑7 I won gold in every Olympiad I entered. I felt I was probably good, at least above average. Then reality hit – I didn't even crack JEE in my drop year (I didn't study much – I even did Olympiads without studying). I never built a hard‑work habit for JEE and finally got into BHU through CUET as a last resort. I wonder if anyone else had their work ethic ruined by this fake confidence boost.