Success Stories – Geoffrey

• Background:
  • Gender: Male
  • Ethnicity: African American
  • College: Cornell University
  • Major: Pre-Health Studies
  • Employment
  • Future Career: Physician

 

• Statistics (Are they competitive?):
  • GPA weighted
  • GPA unweighted 3.7/4.0
  • Deans List
  • SAT
  • ACT
  • AP
  • School Rank
• Extracurriculars Activities (Are they compelling?)
  • Leadership: Post-Baccalaureate Performance Enhancement Committee –             Co-Chair/founder
  • Clubs: AIDS Resource Foundation for Children
  • Community Service: Salvation Army, Maximo Nivel Intercultural Center; Guatemala
  • Research: Assisted with maternal and child nutrition research

 

• Common Theme(s): Pre-Med, Clinical Research, Community service for children affected by AIDS

 

• Intended Major: Medical School

 

• Summers Activities: Study for MCAT

 

• Accepted: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Masters of Science

 

• Attended: Columbia University

 

Geoffrey was an academically competitive student at Cornell. Though his ultimate goal is medical school, he pursued his interests in Nutrition and further show medical schools of his commitment to the health care field. At Cornell, Geoffrey demonstrated his leadership skills, a characteristic highly valued at institutions of high learning.