2008 Woodie Awards
In Focus: Juxiang "Jennifer" Huang
Outstanding senior Jennifer Huang looks forward to medical school in Arizona
Sandy Sternitzky
Issue date: 4/3/08 Section: Features
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Jennifer is a native from Suriname, South America, and graduated from her high school called Lyceum Two in 2004.
After graduating from high school, Jennifer came to Lakeland as an international student in 2004, where she double majored in biology and chemistry.
Since then, Jennifer has participated in many organizations on campus, such as the dance team, Chemistry club, tennis team, Global Student Association, and pre-health care club. "It was a great experience for me to join different organizations because I was able to make more friends, learn more English, and also interacting with people," Jennifer said. She also did subject tutoring in the HARC for three years.
Jennifer was part of the Lakeland Undergraduate Research Experiences (LURE) program where she and other students did a research project during the summer.
During her education time here at Lakeland, Jennifer got to know many of her professors and other students who also have the same majors as she does. "Everyone in the department is very supportive of their students, especially my advisor, Greg Smith. He was great," said Jennifer.
When Jennifer graduated last year after only three years of study, she was able to do some volunteering and preparing for medical school. She took the MCATs (Medical College Admission Test) and went through the process of applying for medical school. "I had to get a decent score on the MCATs, two letters of recommendation, one from the doctor I worked with and one from my advisor, certain amount of volunteer work hours, and have an interview. It was a lot, but I got in," said Jennifer.
Next fall, Jennifer will be attending Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona for the next four years. She wants to be a doctor, but is not sure on the specifics yet. "I'm thinking about going into family medicine or maybe OB. I don't know yet," Jennifer said.
Jennifer wanted to be a doctor ever since she was little. "Everyone else in my family is doing business, but I want to do medicine. The dermatologists have actually inspired me to do so," said Jennifer.
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Ashveen Tewarie
posted 5/22/08 @ 8:36 PM CST
I have known Juxiang for the past 6 years; I first met her at High School in Suriname in 2002. From that moment on it was clear to me as I hope it is to everyone else who knows her, that she is an exceptional individual who has the qualities and capabilities to reach her goals easily because of her unbelievable high intelligence quotient and diligence. (Continued…)
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