Vision statement

Now that I am halfway done with undergrad there are a few things I definitely want to accomplish in the two years that remain. I hope to keep being involved in research, hopefully continuing in my current internship. I also hope to use the time that I have left to take classes in various sciences that I may think I would want to do research in in the future, I want to use my time left to try new fields within biology/medicine. I also want to stay focused in my studies to ensure that my grades remain sufficient to achieve, or at least allow for, graduate school in some capacity.

This past year at OSU has been heavily influenced by my internship at the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. For the few years prior I had been worried about figuring out what kind of doctor I wanted to be and how to go about the infamous medical school process. After being blessed with this opportunity I have had my eyes opened to an entire side of medicine at I had never considered before. I now want to pursue a future in research, maybe even in genomics, as I enjoy working in this lab so much and being able to learn so much about a field that’s constantly making new discoveries. I am so thankful for this opportunity as it has allowed me to experience something that I never would have considered before, and may hopefully get to do for a career someday.

Sophomore Year

With my second year at OSU in the books, I can now look back and see how things have changed since coming here. My intent when first coming to OSU was to go down the premed track and try to go to med school and in the meantime try to figure out what kind of doctor I want to be. Since then I have come to the loose conclusion that I no longer want to go to medical school and instead want to try to pursue a career in research. This choice comes from growing doubts and fears around the idea of medical school, as well as how much I enjoy my current position as a research intern at the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. I hope that in the remainder of my undergraduate experience at OSU I can cement and refine this decision and put myself in the best possible position to achieve this goal.

Internship at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Starting in Summer of 2018 to present I have been an intern at the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The lab I am at does gene sequencing for genomics research as well as some clinical samples. I have learned so much at this internship and I have been able to help out around the lab in numerous ways. I can measure DNA and RNA quality (concentration and length), prepare a DNA library for sequencing, help maintain a some of the sequencers in the lab, and analyze quality metrics from the sequencers to find trends in data. I have learned more at this job than I have in many if not all of my classes, from going to meetings and looking things up after, reading many research papers, listening to and asking questions to the various other people in the lab, I have been absolutely blessed with this experience. I am now interested in potentially shifting my career path to research due to how much I enjoy my time in the lab.

High School Graduation

I graduated from New Albany High School on the 27th of May in 2017. High school is where I found my interest for the medical profession and I want to continue to develop and hone that interest throughout my four years at OSU.

Year in Review

I have evolved in two major ways. The first is that I have become more involved in many different areas. I have joined a few clubs and have completed volunteering. One of the great things about being in Biological Sciences Scholars is that there’s always volunteering options being presented to you that might otherwise be difficult to find on your own. Personally I have volunteered on the Community Commitment day and for volunteer projects held by members of the Scholars program. I have also become a much better student in the ways that I study. Like many people in Honors and Scholars I didn’t have to study much in high school to succeed. I have had to completely change how I study and also be more disciplined with myself in order to study appropriately for tests and exams now that I’m in college. Both of these changes have definitely been for the better and ill hopefully aid me in my future Successes at Ohio State.

G.O.A.L.S.

Global Awareness: It is always important to broaden the horizon of our perspective to the global level. This includes studying abroad to fully experience another culture. As well as Going on service trips to help people in other countries or even just raising money for people in need.
Original Inquiry: The post likely way I’ll do an Originally inquiry as a Health Sciences Major would be through working on research. The Ohio State University is full of ground breaking research that I am currently looking to be apart of  I hope to be working in a research lab by the summer at the latest.

Academic Enrichment: I chose my Major of Health Science to prepare me for Medical School in the future. There are classes that I will need to take in order to be ready for Medical school. I will achieve this is through consistent and disciplined studying and work of these classes.

Leadership Development: Leadership Development is something that is important for working as a team in future medical settings. I am looking to develop my leadership skills through volunteering and the various clubs that I am or will be apart of while at OSU. This type of experience is not something that you can usually just get immediately so it will require constant work.

Service Engagement: The Biological Sciences Scholars program requires 10 hours of volunteering per semester, so that gets me off to a good start for Service engagement. There are also a few volunteering commitments I made for organizations such as Peletonia in high school that I intend to keep in college. I would also like to find some kind of medical setting volunteering that I can regularly do so that I can gain experience while also giving back.

Career

Here is my Resume, as a freshman I haven’t been able to get too involved in research and general medical experience, but I am in the process of changing that. I had a a science heavy high school curriculum with a multitude of Advanced Placement classes. On campus I have gotten involved with a few new clubs, while still intending to stay apart of previous commitments such a Peletonia fund raising for cancer research. As my science skills grow here at OSU I hope to find somewhere where I can put them to work in a laboratory environment. Jacob Lay Biological Sciences Scholars Resume-2ee2uxb

Community Commitement

Every year on the first weekend on campus there is an event called Community Commitment where thousands of students are sent out to various locations throughout Columbus to volunteer for a multitude of organizations and causes. First they split us off  and talked to us about recycling on campus, I was vary surprised to find out that a lot of the things that I would naturally assume would be recyclable are not. Then me and a few other Bio Sci Scholars picked up trash on  few of the streets east of campus. The streets and sidewalks were littered with trash, especially beer cans and bottles, as there had been a number of parties in that area the night before. I was very surprised from the sheer amount of litter that was produced.