Backstory

ABOUT ME

Hi, I'm Mario. I get easily excited and distracted, so beware for caps. You're welcome to owl me or post on my wall to chat, but if you need help with Transfigurations, try to owl me, as it's easier for me not to miss it :)

NAME: Mario B. Soriano
AGE: 18
PRONOUNS: he/they
BIRTHDATE: December 27, 2006
NATIONALITY: Spanish
CLASSES I'M TAKING: ASTR-301, TNFG-301, CHRM-401, HERB-301, HOM-301, PTNS-301, ALCH-401, ANCR-301, MUST-401, DIV-401, COMC-301, ARIT-601, ANST-401, DADA-301.
CLASSES I GRADE: TNFG-101.
HOBBIES: music, writing, spreadsheets, family trees and lists. I play cello and piano and I also sing covers
LIKES: pop, rock, singer-songwriter, occasional folk and country, classical, instrumental, soundtrack and basically anything except EDM, rap and trap. Including but not limited to Taylor Swift, Queen, Michael Jackson, Conan Gray, Sorry Ghost, Mozart, Williams, Morricone, MIKA and many more. My playlist is pure chaos.

ROLEPLAY: nope, sorry! I'm mostly here for grades, but I'm open to a chat too. If you want to chat, though, I recommend the Discord School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! Check the second-to-last newsroom post to enter.

ACHIEVEMENTS

I have earned the following medals in the House Points Competition throughout my time in HiH:

-March 2023: gold (186)
-February 2024: bronze (26)
-February 2025: gold (873)
-March 2025: silver (598)
-April 2025: bronze (330)
-May 2025: gold (491)
-June 2025: sixth place (202)

I have scored the following points in the Grading Competition as a grader for Transfiguration Year 1, since June 12th, 2025:

.June 2025: seventh place (283)

I have around 80 Discordian House Points and I'm also a TNFG Y1 PA. I have around 400 points from EC.

Don't spam my wall. I have nothing against you posting your books and groups on my wall, but don't repost if you've seen me delete the post.

GRADES

The courses I'm currently taking are underlined in yellow. The course I grade is underlined in purple. 

FIRST YEAR

Astronomy 101: 87% (E). Completed on 18/2/2025.

Charms 101: 95% (O). Completed on 15/2/2025, full EC

Defense Against the Dark Arts 101: 94% (O). Completed on 3/2/2024.

Flying 101: 89% (E). Completed on 15/2/2025.

Herbology 101: 89% (E). Completed on 6/3/2025.

History of Magic 101: 93% (O). Completed in March 2023, full EC.

Potions 101: 96% (O). Completed on 19/2/2025.

TRANSFIGURATION 101: 98% (O). Completed on 27/2/2025, full EC. I have been grading this course since June 12th, 2025.

FIRST YEAR AVERAGE: 92.92% with 79% EC finished

SECOND YEAR

Alchemy 201: 98% (O). Completed in 14/5/2025.

Ancient Runes 201: 95% (O). Completed in 23/5/2025. 

Astronomy 201: 92% (O). Completed in 7/4/2025.

Care of Magical Creatures 201: 98% (O). Completed in 20/2/2025.

Charms 201: 91% (O). Completed in 23/2/2025.

Defense Against the Dark Arts 201: 91% (O). Completed in 14/5/2025.

Divination 201: 93% (O). Completed 22/2/2025.

Herbology 201:  94% (O). Completed on 19/5/2025.

History of Magic 201: 88% (E). Completed in February 2024 with Prof. Everby.

Potions 201: 94% (O). Completed 2/4/2025.

Transfigurations 201: 93% (O). Completed 22/4/2025.

SECOND YEAR AVERAGE: 93.44% with 25% EC finished

THIRD YEAR

Alchemy 301: 98% (O) [awaiting grades]

Ancient Runes 301: 80% (E) [in progress]

Astronomy 301: 93% (O) [in progress]

Care of Magical Creatures 301: 100% (O) [in progress]

Charms 301: 89% (E). Finished on June 12th, 2025. 

DADA 301: 93% (O) [in progress]

Divination 301: 94% (O). Finished on July 14th, 2025

Herbology 301: 87% (E) [in progress]

Muggle Studies 301: 95% (O). Completed on 18/5/2025.

Potions 301: 96% (O) [in progress]

History of Magic 301: 96% (O) [in progress]

Transfigurations 301: 94% (O) [in progress]

FOURTH YEAR

Alchemy 401: 87% (E) [in progress]

Ancient Studies 401: 95% (O) [in progress]

Charms 401: 84% (E) [in progress]

Divination 401: 0% (T) [in progress]

Muggle Studies 401: 97% (O) [in progress]

SIXTH YEAR

Arithmancy 601: 88% (E) [in progress]

Magical Art 601: 92% (O) [in progress]

I entered the July 2025 competition on July 1st at around 8:30 pm my time.

Extra points: 1 in PTNS-101, 8 in TNFG-101, 5 in DIV-201, 5 in TNFG-201, 2 in HERB-201, 2 in COMC-301, 3 in ALCH-301, 2 in ANST-401, 1 in DIV-301
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TIMELINE

March 2023: finished HOM-101 with full EC

February 3rd, 2024: finished DADA-101

February 2024: finished HOM-201

February 15th, 2025: 1.000 points

February 15th, 2025: finished CHRM-101

February 15th, 2025: finished FLY-101

February 18th, 2025: finished ASTR-101

February 19th, 2025: finished PTNS-101

February 20th, 2025: finished COMC-201

February 22nd, 2025: finished DIV-201

February 23rd, 2025: finished CHRM-201

February 27th, 2025: finished TNFG-101 with full EC

February 28th, 2025: became a Y2 student with HERB remaining

February 28th, 2025: sent my TNFG PA app

March 1st, 2025: placed 1st in the House Points Competition

March 6th, 2025: finished HERB-101

March 8th, 2025: 2.000 points

April 1st, 2025: placed 2nd in the House Points Competition

April 2nd, 2025: finished PTNS-201

April 7th, 2025: finished ASTR-201

April 22nd, 2025: finished TNFG-201

May 1st, 2025: placed 3rd in the House Points Competition

May 14th, 2025: finished DADA-201

May 14th, 2025: finished ALCH-201

May 15th, 2025: 3.000 points

May 18th, 2025: finished MUST-301

May 19th, 2025: finished HERB-201

May 19th, 2025: became a third year student with ANCR-201 remaining

May 23rd, 2025: finished ANCR-201

June 2nd, 2025: placed 1st in the House Points Competition

June 10th, 2025: became a TNFG-101 PA

June 12th, 2025: finished CHRM-301

July 1st, 2025: placed 6th in the House Points Competition and 7th in my first Grading Competition

July 2nd, 2025: finished CHRM-101 EC

July 8th, 2025: finished ALCH-301

July 14th, 2025: finished DIV-301

As per my recorded statistics, as of July 2025, I am the top 3 Ravenclaw third-year, the top 17 Ravenclaw and the top 45th user in HiH.