Olivia L.
Olivia graduated from Boston College with a degree in biochemistry (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). After working as a research assistant at Harvard Medical School, she began her PhD in Chemical Biology at Harvard University.
Drew
Drew holds a BA in Philosophy from the Templeton Honors College at Eastern University (summa cum laude) and a PhD in Philosophy from Boston College, where he is currently a fellow at the Lonergan Institute.
Ali
Ali is an MD/PhD student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. She received her BS from Boston College where she majored in Biology with a minor in Medical Humanities and was a Gabelli Presidential Scholar.
Sara
Sara graduated from Boston College with a BS in Chemistry & Communications (magna cum laude). She is currently a PhD candidate in Chemical Biology at Princeton University.
Maggie
Maggie is currently an MD student at Columbia. She attended Boston College on a full merit scholarship and graduated with a BS in Biology and minor in History, and earned her MS in Archaeological Science from Durham University, UK.
Justin
Justin earned his BA in Math with a minor in Computer Science at Boston College. After spending a few years working as a web developer, he moved to New York, where he is now an MBA candidate at NYU.
Nicole
Nicole studied History at Boston College. After graduation, she worked in Fidelity's Legal Department as a business anaylyst, and is now pursuing her JD at Harvard Law School.
Mac
Mac holds an MD from Boston University School of Medicine. He earned a BA in Political Science and Biochemistry at Middlebury and an MA in Political Science at Boston College. Currently, he is an anesthesiology resident at UPenn.
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