By Jocelyn Nederhoff Posted on February 28, 2013 | News | No comment

This semester 25 talented seniors will graduate and continue their education at medical schools across the state.

The time at ACU has been busy and challenging for these future physicians years full of job shadowing, rigorous class work, community involvement, passing the Medical College Admissions Test, medical school applications and interviewing at multiple institutions.

For these students, their hard work has finally paid off.

The program at ACU pushed me to achieve things I didnt know that I was capable of and made myself and my peers competitive medical school applicants, said Blaine Smith, senior biology major from Keller.

Smith will attend either the University of Texas Medical School at Houston or the Texas Tech School of Medicine. He will decide on his specialty once in medical school, but he is currently interested in being an orthopedic or opthalmic surgeon.

Luke Sorrell, senior biochemistry major from Coppell, and Heather Kregel, senior English major from Tyler, will attend UT at Houston as well. Both are interested in pediatrics.

I cannot imagine having a better experience anywhere else, Sorrell said. We are genuinely a family. Because the program is small and close-knit, we get opportunities for job shadowing and medical mission trips that you would not get at other schools.

Chloe French, senior biochemistry major from Palestine, will attend theUniversity of Texas Health Science Center School of Medicine in San Antonio. She is interested in dermatology and emergency medicine.

I dont think I would have gotten such a well-rounded education at any other institution, French said. I feel very prepared mentally, academically and spiritually to enter medical school.

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Seniors’ hard work leads to medical school acceptance