Year 2 went by relatively well I’m glad to say. This year was the first time that I was on campus everyday so I was able to enjoy the campus atmosphere. As a pre-med student, I completed all my pre-med requisite courses this year and have started the work towards getting a good MCAT score. On top of that, I’ve accepted a position in the Osteoengineering lab and am doing research on bone regeneration utilizing various materials and 3D printing geometries. My classes have also been an enlightening experience, getting new friends, learning new things, being able to apply what I learn in class. This experience is one that I’ll never forget and is one that I hope to continue as I move onto my junior year of college.

As a student at the Ohio State University with the large amount of research on campus, I wish to continue my efforts in research and start presenting! I also hope to impact my community through volunteer opportunities near by OSU, such as at the Noor clinic, Red Cross and other places. I plan on continuing my academics and am staying focused on maintaining good grades.

This image is the title slide to the presentation that I’ve created with my Imam to help students of all ages learn how to read Arabic with proper grammar and syntax. As a student learning Arabic once upon a time, I, along with other students, have gone through the struggles of learning the language but as a person who can read and write it more proficiently now. I understand what’s difficult to learn from the standpoint of the student and I’ve tried to implement them into my presentation to make learning Arabic easier. This leads to my larger goal/aim of being a physician because of the idea of understanding how people feel and doing something about it. Being a physician requires sympathy/empathy and being able to understand people is key in being a doctor who can serve his/her patients well. I personally grew from this experience because this enabled me to think about various perspectives while creating a presentation. Allowing me to incorperate what I’ve felt as a student, what others have felt and how a teacher would explain concepts.

In this ePortfolio, you will take a dive into who Nafees Sathik is, his interests, his activities, his goals, and his career aspirations.

One activity that I got involved in my first year of university is a presentation that I’ve been working with an imam in India with to improve students literacy in Arabic. As a student in the U.S learning arabic as a foreign language, it is difficult to first pick up, so I detail arabic grammar rules the way that I wish that I had learned them– simplified and easy to grasp. I also realized that it was important to put a reason for why things are done, especially with arabic grammar rules, so I made sure to detail that out so it’s easier to put a reason to why students are learning what they are.