I had not shared an admissions update for a while, so I wanted to collect some of the recent good news here.
Several students received offers from medical and pharmacy programs this year. Each result reflects a different path, but all of them were rewarding to hear about.
The first result is an offer from Konyang University College of Medicine.
This student was exceptionally bright and rarely needed much additional explanation. Chemistry examinations at school were demanding, yet this student was the only one in the class to earn a 7 while many others struggled with 4s and 5s.
The school's strict grading made the process stressful, which made the final result even more satisfying.
This student attended an international school in Korea and studied AP Chemistry with me.
As student council president with a strong academic profile, the student always looked capable of earning an offer from medicine or pharmacy. The acceptance from Gachon University's College of Pharmacy confirmed that expectation.
I taught this student privately twice a week, almost without interruption. After two or three years, the student felt almost like family.
The student worked extremely hard while balancing so many activities that there was barely enough time left for schoolwork. I was disappointed when the first AP result was a 4, but the student took the exam again and raised it to a 5.
Because we had spent so much time together, I wanted this result deeply. The first offer came from Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine. I had always believed the student would be admitted, but the delayed announcement still made me nervous.
The same student was also selected for the Overseas Korean Scholarship, awarded to only 20 recipients worldwide, including graduate students.
Another student received offers from Ewha Womans University's Pharmaceutical Industry program and from Materials Science and Engineering at both Korea University and Yonsei University.
It was an exceptional range of results, and the pharmacy offer from Ewha was especially impressive.
The final message brought another pharmacy offer, this time from Keimyung University.
Only a week earlier, the student had been number 11 on a different waitlist and was understandably discouraged. Receiving this offer felt almost miraculous, and it was wonderful news to end on.