Ian Espinoza, a high-achieving student astatine South High School, is 1 of lone 10 Colorado seniors to beryllium accepted into a prestigious collegiate programme that volition accelerated way him to aesculapian school.
"It is fantastic it’s similar connected 1 extremity of the spectrum you cognize what we privation for each of our students and connected the different end, you cognize we’ve got to propulsion those different kids to look astatine a kid similar Ian and cognize that it’s imaginable conscionable scope for your dreams and he’s the illustration present astatine South," explained Alicia Abraham the Englis/Language Arts teacher
The BA/BS-MD Degree Program astatine the University of Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Campus aims to beforehand the diverseness of practicing aesculapian professionals successful Colorado and to amended service the wellness attraction needs of the authorities by assembling up to 10 outstanding students each twelvemonth from broadly divers backgrounds.
This programme is simply a concern betwixt the University of Colorado Denver College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
By being accepted into the program, Ian has the accidental to gain a reserved spot astatine the University of Colorado School of Medicine, provided helium meets the circumstantial academic, non-academic, and nonrecreational requirements annually.
“This connection is an denotation of the precocious respect the schoolhouse holds, not lone for your past world and idiosyncratic accomplishments, but besides for our appraisal of your capabilities arsenic a aboriginal undergraduate pupil and physician,” wrote Dr. Matthew Taylor of the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
“As portion of this program, you volition beryllium completing your 4 years of undergraduate studies astatine the University of Colorado Denver and your 4 years of aesculapian schoolhouse astatine the University of Colorado School of Medicine.”
As portion of the exertion process, Ian underwent an interrogation with CU officials, during which helium was asked specified questions arsenic “What was a clip you didn’t unrecorded up to a commitment, and what were the consequences?” and “What is simply a portion of medicine you would similar to probe more?”
At South, Ian holds a 4.38 GPA, with enrollment successful 4 AP classes -- Biology, Chemistry, Language, Physics -- and Dual Enrollment astatine some CSU Pueblo and Pueblo Community College. He precocious completed the coursework to go an EMT.
He serves arsenic Student Council president and National Honor Society vice president, with information arsenic an Alumni Representative and with the Link Crew and the Colt way and tract team. At Parkview Medical Center, Ian has compiled much than 70 unpaid hours.
Ian’s extremity is to go a Primary Care Physician oregon Pediatric Emergency Physician, with an oculus toward “helping trim the nether practice of medicine successful agrarian areas.”
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