August 2019
OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS
U M A S S S c h o o l o f
M e d i c i n e
m a t r i c u l a t e s o u r
5 0 t h c l a s s !
T o p 1 0 U n d e r g r a d u a t e
S c h o o l s R e p r e s e n t e d B Y
F i r s t Y e a r c l a s s
• B o s t o n C o l l e g e
• B o s t o n U n i v e r s i t y
• B r o w n U n i v e r s i t y
• C o l l e g e o f t h e H o l y C r o s s
• G e o r g e t o w n U n i v e r s i t y
• H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y
• N o r t h e a s t e r n U n i v e r s i t y
• T u f t s U n i v e r s i t y
• U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a
• U n i v e r s i t y o f M a s s a c h u s e t t s
Public presentations Research Community Service Volunteerism Military Ser-vice
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Bacc MD Pro-gram Honors/Awards Hobbies/Artistic Endeavors/
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Admissions Staff
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Inside this issue:
Under the guidance of Mariann Manno, MD, Associate Dean for Admissions
and Prematriculation Programs, the Admissions Committee selected 162
students for matriculation into the first year class of the School of Medicine. Our
class was chosen from 4,094
applications. About the First Year
UMMS Baystate (PURCH)
Students
28
Health Science Preparatory
Program
3
Baccalaureate MD Program 2
Graduates of UMASS
system
19
Students from groups
under -represented in
medicine
14
Economically and/or
educationally disadvantaged
24
Average age: 24
Gender mix 98F
64M
Class Composition:
MD-MA 108
MD-Non MA 45
MD/PhD 9
Total Matriculates 162
Average Total GPA: 3.77
Average MCAT: 88th
percentile
P A G E 2 A N N O U N C I N G T H E S O M C L A S S O F 2 0 2 3 !
Community Service /Volunteerism
Global Medical Brigade to Nicaragua
UMASS volunteer and Camp Discovery Counselor
EMT for Brown University Emergency Medical
Services
Hospital Volunteer with UCLA Care Extender Pro-
gram
Baystate Franklin Medical Center Volunteer
Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease
Research-research volunteer, Los Angeles
American Red Cross Club at Yale University
National Alliance on Mental Illness-Helpline Nurs-
ing Home Volunteer-Glamour Gals, Nashville, TN
Senior Counselor, Philipinos for Community
Health, Los Angeles, CA
Playspace Activities Leader-Horizons for Homeless
Children, Roxbury, MA
Thanksgiving Soup Kitchen and Midnight Run
Volunteer
French-American School of New York
Appalachia Volunteers of Boston College
Super Dog Adoption Day Volunteer, Always
Adopt, RI
Volunteer-Johns Hopkins Animal Necropsy Service
San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Suffolk House of Corrections GED Tutor-Boston
MA
Publications/Presentations/Research
Impulsive Choice and BMI: An fMRI Study-NIH Postbac
Poster Day
Implantable Device for Male Birth Control, McGill Uni-
versity
Skin Cancer Prevention Presentations-University of
Texas
Cholinergic Signaling in Myelination-NIH
Senior Thesis: Rare Earth Metal RecyclingWPI
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Endocarditis-Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Affordable Care Act Presentation-Children’s Hospital,
Oakland, CA
2018 IMPACT Program Presenter and Student Profile,
Cavanaugh Council and President’s Circle, Notre Dame,
IN
UMASS Medical School SRFP Poster Presentation-NIH,
Washington, DC
Drug Discovery and Pharmacognosy Research-MUSC
College of Pharmacy, Charleston, SC
Harvard Medical School Psychiatry Research Day
First year students served on the planning
committee to create a dynamic recruitment
day for accepted applicants:
2nd Look Day 4/5/2019
Alice Berenson Jacob Maalouf
Amberly Diep Sheikh Moinul
Hans Erickson Leslie Panella
Meghan Harrington Alexandra Rabin
Rose Healy Simone Thibault
Jason Lui Megan Yuen
Military Service Cryptologic Technician-US Navy
325th Expeditionary Military Intelligence
Batallion-Puerto Rico National Guard
P A G E 3
UMMS Baccalaureate MD Pathway
Hobbies/Artistic Endeavors
2nd Years Host the Annual
Massachusetts Outdoor Experience
(MOE) to welcome Incoming 1st Years!
Eagle Scout Award with Gold Palm, Boy Scouts of America, Egg
Harbor Township, NJ
Salisbury Prize-Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Crispell Forbes/Ferber Memorial Award Recipient, Washington
DC
10 Years in Girl Scouting Award, Girls Scouts of the USA
Medical Scribe of the Year, Scribe America, Worcester, MA
Pennsylvania State University Academic Excellence Scholarship
Award
Winner, Inaugural Infectious Disease Mapping Challenge-US State
Dept., Washington DC
A U G U S T 2 0 1 9
Honors/Awards/Recognitions
Left photo (left to right): Sarah Ferreira (MS1) and Amberly Diep (MS2) during their BLS Training during the BaccMD Summer
Clinical Immersion Experience.
Right photo (left to right): Richard Macdonald (MS1), Ernesto Barbosa and Michael Pires during Summer Enrichment Program closing program.
Hobbies/Artistic Endeavors:/Athletics
New York Road Runners Member
WPI Ultimate Frisbee
Dandiya Rass Dance Troupe
UCLA Marching Band-Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corp, Con-
cord, CA
Barefoot Monkeys Circus and Fire Arts Troupe-Vassar College
Tufts Women’s Rugby Football Club
Mimes and Mummers-Fordham University
Harvard Fallen Angles A Cappella
Professional level culinary technique training-International Culi-
nary Center, New York, NY
Brown University Fusion Orchestra Public Relations Chair
University of Massachusetts School of Medicine Office of Admissions Room S1-300 55 Lake Ave, North Worcester, MA 01655
Phone: 508-856-2323 FAX: 508-856-3629 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.umassmed.edu/som/
Admissions Office Staff:
Mariann Manno, MD Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine Associate Dean for Admissions-School of Medicine and Prematriculation Programs Karen Lawton, MBA Director of Admissions Paul Charles, BA Program Coordinator, Baccalaureate MD Program Brenda Fusaro Interview Coordinator Jennifer Lee Shea, MTA Admissions Coordinator
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