Yaar, SOF is just a money‑making racket that blocks Indian students from real Olympiads.

[Rajesh]

Yaar, SOF is just a money‑making racket that blocks Indian students from real Olympiads.

[Pallavi]

I've got four medals.

[Bhavesh]

Every time I got gold in IMO or NSO, I thought it guaranteed an IIT seat.

[Divya]

Brother, what's SOF's fault? Indian students are just ignorant about the real Olympiads.

[Preeti]

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.

[Vijay]

Is this not real? I've been getting gold medals in almost every contest up to class 5!

[Saloni]

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.

[Krishna]

We complain about NTA all the time, but SOF is the real troublemaker.

[Jatin]

They kept me trapped in this fake, delusional world until a friend told me what real Olympiads actually are.

[Ira]

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.

[Nisha]

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.