Pursuing Excellence in a Medical School Residency

Pursuing Excellence in a Medical School Residency

I was 12 years old when I saw my grandfather die of undiagnosed diabetic coma. This occurrence ignited the need to fight against avoidable death. Two years later I was invited to a class majoring in biology in one of the Moscow top high schools. The classes were taught by professors from Moscow State University. This experience instilled in me critical thinking and research skills a good foundation for University. In my course project, I opted to study birch leaves variability using geometric morphometry, etiological features of hamsters and the differences in response…