From High School to Med. School: The definitive guide to accelerated medical programs - Hardcover

Yanofski, Jason; Raju, Ashish

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0738818607 ISBN 13: 9780738818603

Publisher: Xlibris, 2000

Synopsis

Do YOU want to be a doctor?

Accelerated medical (BA/MD) programs allow you to apply to medical school directly from high school. They are the Fastest! Cheapest! Easiest! way to get into medical school and guarantee your future! More people are applying to accelerated programs every year. Don't let this opportunity pass you by. From High School To Med. School is designed to be a complete step-by-step "tool-kit" for the entire process. This book helps you "Get with the Program!"

Here are just a few of the questions answered within:

-If I go to an Ivy League school, won't I be able to get into medical school anyway?
-What do I need to do in high school to be accepted into a medical program?
-What kinds of questions will they ask me during the interview?
-How will I deal with only being in college for two or three years?
-Do younger medical students perform well compared to older medical students?

Here's what people are saying about From High School to Med. School:

"A BA/MD program gives students who are interested in a career in medicine a 'path of least resistance,'." -Academic Medicine (full text inside)

"Fills an important need for individuals considering this option--very informative." -Assoc VP, AAMC

"This book should be required reading for all high school counselors and students interested in medicine." -Pre-medical Advisor

"The authors are to be congratulated. They have chosen a topic that is relevant to a great number of high school students, and treated it with detail and brevity, candor and tact, and above all, clarity." -Dr. Balamurali Ambati, the "World's Youngest Doctor"

About this title

About the Author

Ashish Raju was born in India on July 22, 1980. He came to the United States at age two where he later became a citizen. He attended Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Bayside, New York and graduated valedictorian in a class of over 800 students. He has appeared in several forms of media from CNN to Newsday. He is a National Merit Scholar, Advanced Placement Scholar, and Brown University Book Award recipient. While in high school, he received numerous awards and accolades that include the Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Medal and James Hacket Award in Oratory. In 1998, Ashish and his team won the New York City Chase Bank Lincoln Douglas Debates by defeating all other public schools in the city.

While in high school, Ashish was involved in several clubs. He was captain and coach of the speech and debate team, editor of the science paper, and member of Arista honors society. After turning down several Ivy League schools, he attended Lehigh University's six-year BA/MD program to pursue a career in medicine. At Lehigh, he has continued to maintain an active role on campus. Ashish is a Dean's scholar, president of his dorm, peer tutor, executive member of the Indian Students Association, tour guide, and member of Alpha Phi Omega fraternity and Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society. He also has learned how to play the tabla and classical Indian dance for over four years. His most recent awards include the Haynes Prize in Philosophy and the National Dean's List.

Colleagues and friends describe Ashish as a true "renaissance" man. From dancing to research, he is a truly dynamic individual. After completing his studies at Lehigh this year, he will be attending MCP Hahnemann Medical School in the fall.

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Jason Russell Yanofski was born in New York on May 21, 1980. He graduated from West Orange High School in West Orange, New Jersey in 1998 at the top of his class. During high school he was active as a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician for the West Orange First Aid Squad, aiding his community. He also served as Youth Squad Captain recruiting, training, and leading the rest of the team. Jason participated in scientific research through Rutgers University, helping to genetically determine the phylogenetic tree of the onion. He was active in the National Honor Society and as a captain on the wrestling team. He also took advanced college courses at night, as well as receiving countless academic awards. Jason also worked as a computer consultant and technician for companies as a personal agent.

Jason was accepted into a combined 6-year BA/MD accelerated medical program through Lehigh University in affiliation with MCP Hahnemann University. Impressively, he was able to pass his Medical College Admissions Test requirement the summer before matriculation to college, just after his eighteenth birthday. At Lehigh, Jason was a Dean's scholar and was known as an active student on campus. He was a brother of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity (being the first student in the history of the combined program at Lehigh to pledge) and served as scholarship chair.

Jason is creative, ambitious, and has an unparalleled sense of humor. Everyone who knows him agrees that there is no doubt his ingenuity will take him far in life, within the medical field and outside of it. This book is his first major literary project, and he hopes it will change the lives of his readers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Xlibris
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0738818607
• ISBN 13: 9780738818603
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296