I vividly remember the day after the cremation of my mother. I was sitting alone in the basement, staring at my empty reflection in the TV. C

radioisotopes in patients undergoing treatment for thyroid carcinoma. Although I had no direct contact with the patients, I tried to put a face on each patient's chart during handling. I would become very excited when I was working with a thin chart, an indication that the patient had very few tests done. On the other hand, thick charts, which signify a battery of test procedures and a long history of illness, generally depressed me. Overall, this was an extraordinary experience in the sense that I got a chance to see firsthand how a major department in a hospital functions.

Last summer, I fulfilled a personal goal of completing a substantial research project in the area of biomedical science and submitting it to a major national science competition. I was accepted as a "High School Summer Research Trainee" at the University of Connecticut Health Center at Farmington. I spent the entire summer of 2000 working on a research project in

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