Year: Junior
Major: Integrative Biology W/ Human Biology and Health Sciences
Activities: Research Assistant at Childrens Hospital In Oakland, Security Monitor, Sigma Mu Delta, SPAN
Type of doctor I want to become?: Surgeon
Specialty knowledge: Academic Planning, Study Tips
Best advice: Be Active
Quote: "A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes." -- Gandhi
Restaurant: Jayakarta
Application date: June 2012
Jay Patel
Aaron Wolfgang
Year: Alumni
Major: Psychology and MCB-Neuro
Activities: Alzheimer's East Bay Clinic, SLC Chem 3A tutor
Type of doctor I want to become?: Psychiatrist, Neurologist, Neuro-surgeon, General Surgeon
Quote: "...people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -- Maya Angelou
Restaurant: Chipotle
Application date: Summer 2011
Finished MCATs: April 2011
Dean Kwon
Year: Alumni
Major: MCB Immunology
Activities: Pre-med 101, Teaching in Prison, Sigma Mu Delta, FSI, EMT, Give Back DR/Haiti, Science tutor
Type of doctor I want to become?: Pediatric Plastic Surgeon
Specialty knowledge: Transfer student, EMT clinical experience
Best advice: SPAN
Quote: "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today" -James Dean
Restaurant: My kitchen
Application date: June 2011
Finished MCATs: April 2011
Amir Moghatederi
Year: Junior
Major: Integrative Biology W/ Human Biology and Health Sciences
Activities: Research Assistant at Childrens Hospital In Oakland, Security Monitor, Sigma Mu Delta, SPAN
Type of doctor I want to become?: Surgeon
Specialty knowledge: Academic Planning, Study Tips
Best advice: Be Active
Quote: "A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes." -- Gandhi
Restaurant: Jayakarta
Application date: June 2012
Steve Lee
Year: Sophomore
Major: MCB & Music Double
Activities: Sigma Mu Delta, Sigma Chi, IFC Soccer, SPAN
Type of doctor I want to become?: Surgeon
Best advice: Start juggling. Never give up.
Quote: "Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same." -Franz Schubert
Restaurant: One of those carnivores
Mike Feng
Year: Senior
Major: Psychology
Activities: UCSF Shine Study Research Assistant, Asian Liver Center AACI Clinic, Children's Hospital Oakland Volunteer, Give Back DR
Type of doctor I want to become?: Pediatric Neurosurgeon
Specialty knowledge: Transfer student, Non-traditional route to medicine, personal statement
Best advice: Take time to know exactly why you want to go into medicine and be 110% sure that you want to do it before you decide to commit and don't pick a major because you want to go into medicine. Go into medicine because you want to contribute with what you learned from your major.
Quote: Never regret what you did, only what you didn't
Jason Kim
Year: Junior
Major: MCB Neurobiology
Activities: SMD Alumni Chair, Research Cystic Fibrosis at Machen Lab, SLC Chem Tutor, SPAN Internal VP, Volunteer SF General Hospital ER, Give Back DR
Best advice: Utilize your resources, make friends in your path and always think about your end goal.
Quote: "If you sleep you can dream, but if you spend that time working, you can make your dream reality."
Restaurant: Bongo Burger
Jeffrey Wong
Year: Junior
Major: Integrative Biology
Activities: O' Grady Lab Research, Relay For Life, Berkeley Project, SMD, SPAN
Type of doctor I want to become?: Cardiologist
Best advice: Stay as organized as possible.
Quote: “Not all cats go to Heaven."
Restaurant: Kansai
John Huang
Year: Junior
Major: Bioengineering, minor Chinese and Education
Activities: Assistant Researcher at Sul Lab, Volunteer at Alta Bates, Ex. Committee Member for HMAP, UGSI for Bio 1A, Work at Cal Dining, Volunteer at SFGH.
Type of doctor I want to become?: Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Best advice: Get things done early and ask lots of questions
Quote: "For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'." - John Greenleaf Whittier
Restaurant: Manpuku
Ryan Lin
Year: Alumni '11
Major: MCB Nuero
Activities: BearEMS, GivebackDR, CHORI Volunteer, Sigma Mu Delta, Cooking, Spending ridiculous amounts of money trying new restaurants
Type of doctor I want to become?: Not sure, but I'm interested in Neurosurgery, Cardiology, and Ophthalmology
Specialty knowledge: EMT licensing programs and Volunteer opportunities, food places to eat around Berkeley
Best advice: Be proactive and always put yourself out there. What's the worst that could happen?
Restaurant: Dean Kwon's Kitchen
Finished MCATs: August 2010
Andrew Lai
Year: Senior
Major: MCB Chemistry Double
Activities: Chemistry Tutor, Parking Attendant, Studying, Weight Training, Running, Eating, Sleeping
Type of doctor I want to become?: Interested in Opthalmology, Optometry, Orthopedics
Specialty knowledge: Transfer student, EMT clinical experience
Best advice: Make sure that you understand that getting in the medical school is not the hardest part; it just gets harder and harder after you are accepted. Doctors lead extremely stressful lives so make sure you have the right reasons and are ready to commit to the profession before applying.
Quote: "My wife said for her birthday she wanted something silver and went from 0-200 in 3 seconds. Guess I'll buy her this scale."
Restaurant: Any Buffet with Meat
Winward Choy
Year: Alumni '10, UCLA Medical School 1st year
Major: MCB- Neuro, education minor
Activities: SLC study group leader, FSI coordinator, peer advisor, being awesome
Type of doctor I want to become?: Maybe neurosurgery
Specialty knowledge: Applying to med school
Best advice: 1. Don't be afraid to ask for advice 2. Be an education minor.
Quote: I dont live my life by other people's words
Restaurant: Mr. noodle
Finished MCATs: April 2009
Jisu Youm
Year: Senior
Major: Economics
Activities: ASUC Senator, Genentech, Sigma Mu Delta, SPAN
Specialty knowledge: Transfer student, EMT clinical experience
Best advice: Never stop exploring and trying new things
Quote: "Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." - John Wooden
Restaurant: Gordo's
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Andrew Huang
Year: Junior
Major: MCB, Philosophy
Activities: Give Back DR/Haiti, SLC Chemistry 3B Tutor, SMD
Type of doctor I want to become?: Emergency Surgery, Bioethics
Specialty knowledge: Transfer student, EMT clinical experience
Best advice: Find your niche and develop your interests. Be well lopsided - spend a lot of time in the few activities that define what you're interested in. Find your fit amongst all the opportunities presented. Allow that to drive your time as a premed.
Quote: "But though all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it all arises out of experience." -Immanuel Kant
Restaurant: Chipotle
