Welcome back. Thank you thank you, it's just good to be here. Writing. Over the last 6 weeks I've dedicated every second of free to time extracting as much MCATty goodness from my numerous prep. purchases-- it's paying off. In face of my fear that I'd hit a ceiling, the strange trend has occurred that the more I study the higher my score goes. It's a damn good feeling.
Why am I studying for the MCAT? Didn't I already take that-- yeah, and I did alright the first time. But given that I'm on the waitlist at Pitt, and my scores expire after this year, I can only benefit from a high score. So why not... I just haven't be able to read the times as much... or blog!
Now that my science scores are in the right range, it's time for me to devote 80% on verbal + writing. To that end, per Jess' suggestion and helpful encouragement, I'm going to be blogging quite a bit. In fact, I'd recommend you pick and choose which entries you read. You're absolutely under no obligation to read each one--- in fact, for the first time, I'm not going to be writing for someone else, but rather, I'll mostly be writing for the sake of writing...
That said, did you see this NY Times article on Obama's fishy dealings? He's so fantastic that even when his attackers leak potentially detrimental headliners, the friction merely buffs his already shiny image. He apparently invested 50 grand in each of two stocks. The issue is that he had received donations from members of these companies and also legislated to increase funding for their line of work.... oh that could be fishy, hmmmm. But it's not... First of all none of this is illegal... though legal shouldn't be the bar we're reaching for. He's Mr. Ethics. And he is: he had arranged for his Fin. Adv. to take care of the stocks to where he's blind of trading-- these investments were made while he was setting up this smart screen to protect himself from this type of thing ever arising. When he became aware that these investments had been made (not on his order) he sold them immediately for a $13,000 loss. This guy is pure gold.
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I did read that article and was amazed since it started off like an attack on Obama, but as it went on he came off as a hero. It seems like the article should have really been about how Obama took ethical investing to the next level by not only having blind purchases, but selling any stock that might be a conflict of interest. The part I found really odd is that they were mostly talking about the medical company, but he had invested like $5,000 - his wife is pulling in over $300,000 a year - I don't see why anyone would try to claim that he got insider info on a company and then went out and invested $5,000 in the company. If it had paid off 10x that would be like a minor campaign contribution. Hmm, I guess that's my way of saying I agree.
Good luck with the MCAT studying.
I read that article too! I was like, "is that supposed to make him look good? Cuz it does, but I feel like that wasn't the intent."
I'm almost afraid that I'll start to get annoyed by how good he is. You know what they say about perfect people
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