FSU College of Medicine 2018 annual report 2019 Annual Report | Page 8

QUICK FACTS
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SNAPSHOT: M.D. CLASS OF 2023
∑ Applications for this class totaled 7,313.
∑ More than half of the students are women.
∑ Nineteen students are Spanish/Hispanic/Latino, 15
are black, 13 are Asian and five are Asian Indian.
∑ Twenty-eight come from the Florida Panhandle.
∑ Ten come from counties classified as rural.
∑ Twenty percent define themselves as
disadvantaged.
∑ About half did their undergrad work at FSU.
∑ The top three majors are biology, biomedical
science and exercise physiology. One student
majored in industrial and systems engineering and
minored in business. One got a B.S. in chemistry
and B.A. in Japanese. And one got a bachelor’s in
construction management, with a later master’s in
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pharmacy. with ADHD, Down syndrome, post-partum Humanitarian of the Year for the College of
Among the places where these students were depression, sexism in STEMM fields, obesity, gene Medicine. A quick sampling of other students’
born and/or raised: Cuba, Jamaica, Guatemala, therapy, social anxiety disorder, early detection volunteering: coaching soccer with disabled young
Ecuador, Venezuela, Brazil, England, Greece, of Alzheimer’s, macular degeneration, pancreatic athletes, teaching Boy Scout merit badge classes,
India, Egypt, Ethiopia, South Korea. One is a cancer, stroke intervention, sickle-cell disease, the interpreting Spanish at a children’s hospital,
first-generation Hungarian-American. And one has Windover Bog ancient civilization, and (yikes) offering an art therapy program for inner-city
Hispanic and Asian roots. scorpion and centipede venom. youth, and working to raise awareness of human
As for volunteering? Loads of tutoring, serving in trafficking.
Many have done research. In fact, one was clinical
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research coordinator at a center for rare disease homeless shelters, and benevolent work through research and therapy. Among the topics these sororities and fraternities. Katharyn Lindborg Caribbean, Central America, South America and
students have explored are kids with OCD, kids was named the FSU President’s Undergraduate even Vietnam.
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Many pursued service-learning opportunities in the