Keenan Sobol graduated from UMD in May 2017 with a major in Biological Sciences: General Biology. Currently in his fourth year of an MD program at the Jefferson Medical College (now renamed the Sidney Kimmel Medical College), Keenan shares valuable tips and insight about academics and life at medical school.
Malina Howard is a former student-athlete on the Women’s Basketball team here at Maryland and a current fourth-year medical student at University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Allison Orlosky was a bioengineering major and graduated from the University of Maryland’s three-year Arts-Dentistry Program and received a B.S. degree (Arts-Dentistry) after completing her first year at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry (UMDSOD) in 2021. She shares her insights about her past life as a pre-dental student and current life as a second-year dental student.
We have valuable tips and advice from Audrey Manual who graduated from the University of Maryland in 2019 with a degree in Bioengineering and a certificate in LGBT studies. She took a gap year before matriculating into the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. During her gap year, she enrolled in Johns Hopkins Health Science Intensive Post-Baccalaureate program.
Manuella Lewetchou Djomaleu! Manuella graduated from UMD in Spring 2020 and majored in Biological Sciences: Physiology and Neurobiology. She is currently in the second year of her MD program at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Manuella shares valuable tips and insight about medical student life.
Chinmayi Pamala graduated in Spring 2021 with a degree in Biological Sciences: Neurobiology and Physiology. She is currently in her first year of her MD at Tufts University School of Medicine. She explains her process for drafting her personal statement and other tips for navigating applications.
Justin Tabatabai graduated in May of 2019 as a Biological Sciences: Neurobiology and Physiology major and Global Poverty minor. He is currently in the second year of his Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry (UMDSOD). As class president, Justin Tabatai shares valuable insights about what dental school is like and his journey to be accepted into dental school.
Jessica "Jessie" Titherington graduated from UMD in Winter of 2018 with a major in Biological Sciences: Physiology and Neurobiology and a minor in Spanish. She is currently in her second year of her MD at the Drexel University College of Medicine (DUCOM). As a student interviewer at Drexel, Jessie shares valuable tips and insight about the program!
Julia Smolen, a current MS1 at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical School graduated in Spring 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and Biochemistry. Originally on the biochemical path to research, Julia realized in undergrad that something was missing in her journey: a connection with patients and people. Thus she switched into the pre-med track and entered the realm of pre-med culture. In our discussion, we delve into the topic of what many of us know as “toxic” pre-med culture and its impact on us as students and future health care professionals.