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1) Please list your academic experience you have engaged in during your undergraduate career and give a brief explanation of each. In addition to your formal academic coursework, include Independent Research and Summer Programs).

As an undergraduate, I have had a diverse set of classes. As a business student, I have taken a wide range of business courses ranging from accounting and finance to management and economics. While this particular field is not one that I intend to directly pursue, it is an important part of my education and will likely play an important role in my future. The business classes that I have taken have practical application skills to my own life now. They have helped me to build better teams as well as to manage my …show more content…

Throughout the course of my undergraduate studies, I have had multiple opportunities to present ideas, values, and information to individuals, whether that was through classroom presentations, networking events, or as an e-board member of a club. Having taken a diverse set of classes at Saint Louis University, I have been given the valuable opportunity to meet a wide range of individuals with different beliefs, aspirations, and opinions. I knew by junior year that the path I was on was not right for me. Although I had always considered a career in medicine, led by family and friends who said I could not succeed and a lack of confidence in myself, I let a fear of failure stop me from ever acting on my dream. However, a single general chemistry class changed my whole outlook and gave me the courage to change my path. While my end goal no longer includes strictly business, I do not regret my business classes as they have provided me with valuable skills that I can use to manage teams and business aspects of my future career. The science classes that I have taken have only furthered my interest in medicine and confirmed that I am making the right …show more content…

Personal Background

1) Please list campus-related activities (including service) and give a brief account of your level of participation like leadership positions or special projects.

• Make a Difference Day and Showers of Service- I have volunteered every year (aside from my semester abroad) doing various service activities ranging from making cards and blankets for hospice patients to cleaning up yards for the elderly
• Pre-Professional Health Club- I have been a member of the club and have attended the meetings, learning more about the health field and attending outside activities such as suturing labs.
• The International Business Club- I have been a member of the club since freshman year.
Throughout my participation in the club, I have served as both the Secretary and Vice President, organizing meetings and events, and serving as the head of all correspondence for the club.
• Saint Louis University Marketing Club- From 2014 to 2016 I served as the VP of Programs. I worked with a group of people to restart the club after it had lost its charter. We worked together to organize teams, design a club logo and t-shirt, and set up meetings with SGA.
• Omicron Delta Kappa- I have been a member of the organization since 2016. I have

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