Can a controversial business I started affect my application?

[Patassa]

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Call it what you will. This thread is soliciting opinions on the subject matter, and when multiple people have expressed similar views, what do you think the odds are that an admissions staff member will think the same? Medical schools receive a number of applications and need to weed through them; I would think this would make it easy for them to reject the OP without looking further. YMMV.

I enjoyed the debate, I seriously doubt the OP isn't trolling.

 

[OneTwoThreeFour]

Better comparison would be those companies that make fake IDs. It says on them, in easily removable ink, THIS IS NOT A REAL ID. But people rub off the ink, and it looks just like a valid ID.

Would you say you founded a company that creates 'gag' IDs, even though you make it very easy for people to use them in an illegal way?

In my personal opinion, OPs business is even more questionable because it allows for shortcuts in an academic environment.

 

[bambam92]

To the OP you have cleverly found a way to make a buck through UG. I admire this, and frankly have no hard feelings as some posters seem to. Life isn't fair, and whatever people do to get ahead or attempt to I don't mind. I wouldn't however disclose this business to med schools if I were you as it could rub people the wrong way, and I feel it could hurt you more than help. Just hire a few more people to keep it going during med school, finish, and profit! lol

 

[Lucca]

Considering the OP has not come back to defend his position, I would consider him a troll and call it a day.

However, the OP's (probably false) story does manage to defame both business and medicine all in one go. Simply stunning.

 

[Goro]

I'd reject you on the spot! Nothing like enabling plagiarism....BTW, plenty of things are legal, but not ethical. We take ethics and professionalism very seriously.

Hello SDN,

I was wondering if anybody had some input to offer on an issue I am currently dealing with. I run a small business operation wherein undergraduate students send me essay prompts and I basically provide them with the papers, that they are meant to later reference when they write their own papers. I am legally protected from their plagiarism through contracts. I do know that many of these students submit these papers as their own. A friend in another state told me that they heard about this service I provide in his school, and that I should be careful, since this business may get me blacklisted from medical schools. I am nervous, but at the same time, I am not doing anything illegal. What advice do you have for me? I want to continue my business and make money, but I don't want to run the risk of getting blacklisted from medical schools, if that is an option. Also, I am very proud of this business, I put in a lot of work and have people that work for me. It is a point of achievement, and i'd like to be able to talk about it to medical schools too. What do you think?

 

[V5RED]

To the OP you have cleverly found a way to make a buck through UG. I admire this, and frankly have no hard feelings as some posters seem to. Life isn't fair, and whatever people do to get ahead or attempt to I don't mind. I wouldn't however disclose this business to med schools if I were you as it could rub people the wrong way, and I feel it could hurt you more than help. Just hire a few more people to keep it going during med school, finish, and profit! lol

Really? That view means that you support things like slavery, armed robbery, extortion, ponzi schemes, and any number of obviously morally reprehensible acts.

 

[bambam92]

Really? That view means that you support things like slavery, armed robbery, extortion, ponzi schemes, and any number of obviously morally reprehensible acts.

Wow. And you just blew things way out of proportion. I meant it as whatever advantegous efforts people put forth I do not mind, you went ahead and listed a bunch of class A felonies. I didn't mean it in the context of illegal action, but rather things that are technically legal, but yet certain people might have a moral issue with. Just like the OP's mentioned business here, totally legal, but yet some people might not be okay with it. These are the types of things I have no issue with. If its legal and you are getting ahead doing it; I have no objections.

 

[Lucca]

Wow. And you just blew things way out of proportion. I meant it as whatever advantegous efforts people put forth I do not mind, you went ahead and listed a bunch of class A felonies. I didn't mean it in the context of illegal action, but rather things that are technically legal, but yet certain people might have a moral issue with. Just like the OP's mentioned business here, totally legal, but yet some people might not be okay with it. These are the types of things I have no issue with. If its legal and you are getting ahead doing it; I have no objections.

In this post, the law is always ethically and morally justified.

What an odd, dangerous world view.

 

[Doudline]

In this post, the law is always ethically and morally justified.

What an odd, dangerous world view.

Exactly. Depending on where you live, you're probably a few hours of flight away from the legal right to marry a 9 years old girl or burn homosexuals alive on the street.

 

[LizzyM]

OP, put this on your application. It is something adcoms would be very interested in knowing about you and will help them make a decision about your application.

 

[kk123]

Hello SDN,

I was wondering if anybody had some input to offer on an issue I am currently dealing with. I run a small business operation wherein undergraduate students send me essay prompts and I basically provide them with the papers, that they are meant to later reference when they write their own papers. I am legally protected from their plagiarism through contracts. I do know that many of these students submit these papers as their own. A friend in another state told me that they heard about this service I provide in his school, and that I should be careful, since this business may get me blacklisted from medical schools. I am nervous, but at the same time, I am not doing anything illegal. What advice do you have for me? I want to continue my business and make money, but I don't want to run the risk of getting blacklisted from medical schools, if that is an option. Also, I am very proud of this business, I put in a lot of work and have people that work for me. It is a point of achievement, and i'd like to be able to talk about it to medical schools too. What do you think?

Um, your business is promoting plagiarism. Even though the papers you give students are meant for students "to later reference when they write their own papers," you admitted that "many of these students submit these as their own." Those who are accepting people into medical school will know this. They are not blind to the issue of plagiarism. Even though this business is technically not "illegal," it does show an alarming lack of integrity (no offence). Revealing to the admissions committee that you willingly enabled students to plagiarize doesn't sound like a wise move to me.

 

[Microglia]

OP, put this on your application. It is something adcoms would be very interested in knowing about you and will help them make a decision about your application.

Hahaha oh man, would I love to be a fly on the wall during that very, very brief adcom review of his application.

 

[SouthernSurgeon]

Um, your business is promoting plagiarism. Even though the papers you give students are meant for students "to later reference when they write their own papers," you admitted that "many of these students submit these as their own." Those who are accepting people into medical school will know this. They are not blind to the issue of plagiarism. Even though this business is technically not "illegal," it does show an alarming lack of integrity (no offence). Revealing to the admissions committee that you willingly enabled students to plagiarize doesn't sound like a wise move to me.

It's pretty clear that not only did it allow/enable plagiarism, that is actually the unstated intent of the business, with legal language built into the contract to try and protect them from that.

 

[Microglia]

It's pretty clear that not only did it allow/enable plagiarism, that is actually the unstated intent of the business, with legal language built into the contract to try and protect them from that.

Fair point. Also, who knows if the company would actually hold up in court. It's just all way too sketch.

 

[rain4venus]

edited: nope nevermind...