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Would getting published in major newspapers for health related topics look good? Kind of like a publication in a journal don't you think?
 
opinion piece vs. published research? are you really comparing the two??
 
muffeoniv said:
Would getting published in major newspapers for health related topics look good? Kind of like a publication in a journal don't you think?
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Definitely not the same.

But if you become a regular contributor to the newspaper, it's something to put down on your AMCAS application.
 
no but I'm saying if you got published in a major newspaper like the new york times
 
muffeoniv said:
no but I'm saying if you got published in a major newspaper like the new york times
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I don't think getting your opinion published by the Times is anything close to getting scientific research published in a peer-reviewed journal.
 
Between the getting paid to blog BS, the book publishing and now this, pretending that you will get an op-ed published in the NYT, I can't exactly figure out if you are delusional or trolling. Please continue to post so that I may collect more data.
 
hahahahah why are you so cynical? What's your problem? I'm sorry... maybe I should just sit in a ball in my room all day... you are a hateful person
 
LOL... when did i ever say that????? LOL
 
muffeoniv said:
LOL... when did i ever say that????? LOL
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muffeoniv said:
Hello,

For everyone with poor parents that will most likely have 200k+ of debt, this thread is for you. I was a professional freelance writer online for 2 years before deciding to pursue medicine. I'm currently a freshman at a fairly expensive school. This is my plan to pay for med school.

Started a blog several weeks ago about health and have slightly over 100 psots already. I put up Google Adsense. For those of you that don't know, that's all those ads you see on websites. Every time someone clicks them that person gets paid (for my site around $1).

If you are a freshman or sophmore (or older works), I highly suggest you start a blog now and post once a day at least. Posts can be as short as 200 words. If you write one post a day for 8 years that's over 2500 posts. With that many posts you can easily make a couple grand a month. If you're good at writing you should be able to do more posts than one a day. I write about 10 a day when I don't have school. I'm friends with professional bloggers that make over 100k.
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aaaaaaand /thread
 
synical 🙂 you must not get many girls
 
muffeoniv said:
YEA CLICKS.... thats $1 per CLICK... not per page view... you get 1%ish of people to click... work on your critical reading skills.
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Pons was making a point about how you post silly, silly things. I was backing him up. I saw that you said clicks, not page views, and I found that fact irrelevant.

Muffins, you do nothing to contribute to this forum but post useless hypotheticals and act overly defensive when someone implies that getting a book published/running a blog/getting an op ed published/having your mom say you're special is not a one-way ticket to medical school. If you really want advice, post information that we can work with--GPA, MCAT, EC's, etc. and you might get an accurate answer as to whether a given accomplishment will help you gain an acceptance.
 
muffeoniv said:
synical 🙂 you must not get many girls
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Between your spelling, grammar and love of the ad hominem attacks, I'm sure the editors at the NYT would love nothing more than to help you secure a medical school acceptance. By all means, keep us up to date with your exploits. I, for one, love nothing more than to curl up near the fireplace with a hot toddy, a blanket and some of your delicious prose. Keep it up muffeoniv!
 
Muff, if you love writing so much and you allege that you make such good money doing it, why don't you become a writer?

PS I'd love to check out your blog. Why don't you post a link to it? I'll even click on one of the ads for you 😎
 
WeAreNotRobots said:
The Muff has taken yet another dive.
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muffeoniv said:
synical 🙂 you must not get many girls
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I would like to point out, dear readers, that this is not content to be a mere misspelling. It is goes the extra mile to achieve a gross misuse of the word--cynical is very frequently misused as though it meant jaded, rude, or skeptical. It means none of these things and my free advice, to anyone who has an inclination to use the word at all, is to look it up beforehand (hint: you will not find it under "s"). That being said, Muff, please, please continue writing because the following is not a joke:

Pons Asinorum said:
I, for one, love nothing more than to curl up near the fireplace with a hot toddy, a blanket and some of your delicious prose. Keep it up muffeoniv!
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And this:
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The Muff has taken yet another dive.
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is just excellence at work.
 
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This thread is gold. Keeping me going during a slow day at work! Thanks muffeoniv! :laugh:
 
DaisyBuchanan said:
Muff, if you love writing so much and you allege that you make such good money doing it, why don't you become a writer?

PS I'd love to check out your blog. Why don't you post a link to it? I'll even click on one of the ads for you 😎
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WeAreNotRobots said:
The Muff has taken yet another dive.
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This reminds me of what my friend told me (since I know we are all desperate to change topics):

He said, "Suncrusher, I'm about to impart upon you all the wisdom you will need in your life. Are you listening? (pause) Okay. Coolio. Here it is: The first thing you need to know is how to tell if you are drunk. Take your hand and run it down the middle of your face. If you feel normal, you're drunk. If you feel totally ghey, you're sober. The second thing you need to know is who to friend on facebook. Ask anyone who friend requests you for the first thing that comes to their mind that rhymes with 'five.' If they say 'muff dive,' insta-friends."
 
How the hell have you not been banned yet, muff.
 
Suncrusher said:
This reminds me of what my friend told me (since I know we are all desperate to change topics):

He said, "Suncrusher, I'm about to impart upon you all the wisdom you will need in your life. Are you listening? (pause) Okay. Coolio. Here it is: The first thing you need to know is how to tell if you are drunk. Take your hand and run it down the middle of your face. If you feel normal, you're drunk. If you feel totally ghey, you're sober. The second thing you need to know is who to friend on facebook. Ask anyone who friend requests you for the first thing that comes to their mind that rhymes with 'five.' If they say 'muff dive,' insta-friends."
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Pure poetry, Sun.
 
WESTSIDE LOC said:
This thread is gold. Keeping me going during a slow day at work! Thanks muffeoniv! :laugh:
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+1

Suncrusher said:
This reminds me of what my friend told me (since I know we are all desperate to change topics):

He said, "Suncrusher, I'm about to impart upon you all the wisdom you will need in your life. Are you listening? (pause) Okay. Coolio. Here it is: The first thing you need to know is how to tell if you are drunk. Take your hand and run it down the middle of your face. If you feel normal, you're drunk. If you feel totally ghey, you're sober. The second thing you need to know is who to friend on facebook. Ask anyone who friend requests you for the first thing that comes to their mind that rhymes with 'five.' If they say 'muff dive,' insta-friends."
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:laugh: Gold.
 
why do you have to say things like that?.... does it give you joy or something?... sicko
 
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