Who were you at the beginning of your time as a Health Sciences Scholar and who are you now? Did you meet your initial expectations for your first two years? What do you plan to do for the remainder of your OSU experience?
At the beginning of my time as a Health Sciences Scholar I was a COMPLETELY different person. I was young, naive, and greatly motivated. I had not yet been afflicted by chemistry or all-nighters. I have experienced so many things since then that have changed who I am, not all negative of course. I have struggled through some very tough classes, but not only did I finish them, but I did well in them. This is something I never knew I could do, and maybe the Katelyn at the beginning couldn’t. I definitely met my initial expectations for my first two years. I met friends that will last a lifetime, I cried over grades (good and bad), and I went to school events that I could have never experienced anywhere else. I feel full of knowledge and experience, and I still have two years of undergraduate left! For the remainder of my experience, I plan to get involved more at work. My boss has been working on setting up some research experience with one of our surgeons, and hopefully I can eventually add that on to my resume. Additionally, I want to be a campus coordinator for the medical trip that I went on this previous summer, so I can recruit more students just like me so I can share my passion. This will allow me to go on at least one more trip out of the country, but hopefully two if all goes well. I also plan to join Chaarg this fall because I have been so concentrated in doing well in classes, but I want to find a new hobby and make sure I have an outlet to have fun!