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A reAson to CeleBrAte:
Record Number
of 4.0 GPA Graduates
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The Biomedical Sciences (BIMS) program
Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine
& Biomedical Sciences (CVM) is proud to
announce an unusually high number of
4.0 graduates for the 2011–2012 academic
year. Out of 71 students graduating with
degrees in BIMS, six BIMS students graduated
with 4.0 grade point averages (GPAs) in
December 2011. In May 2012, five of the 160
students graduated with a 4.0 GPA. In such a
strenuous program, this many 4.0 graduates
is rare and seems to indicate the dedication
of the students in the program.
Dr. Eleanor M. Green, Carl B. King Dean
of Veterinary Medicine is proud of this
achievement.
“I look forward every year to Dr. Skip Landis,
assistant dean of biomedical sciences,
coming to tinform me of how many watches I
have to buy. The CVM buys a watch for every
4.0 student. This is money well-spent—an
investment, not a cost,” she said.
One Fall 2011 graduate, Hayden Lowe
Joseph, said he hopes to enter an orthopedic
surgery residency program. When asked
about his 4.0, Joseph said he just took one semester at a time.
“I would work as hard as I could to do well early in the
semesters so when finals rolled around and I was getting a
little worn down, I would have the comfort of a little gap to
work with,” he said.
Alejandra Perez graduated with her 4.0 in May of 2012
and plans to attend medical school. Perez said the experience
was difficult but worth the effort.
“I have numerous stories of long hours studying. I tried
to know everything I possibly could about the subjects I was
learning,” Perez said. “But, in hindsight, I did enjoy learning
everything I did.”
In addition to than achieving a goal, Perez gained confidence.
“I feel now that putting that much work into my
Brady Dennis advises a BIMS undergraduate student.
studies has allowed me to more deeply delve into the world I
want to be working in for the rest of my life. I plan on going
to medical school and becoming a doctor, and my experiences
with BIMS have definitely helped me on my way to
achieving that goal.”
These students shared the ability not only to set high goals
for themselves but to achieve them.
“I would work as hard as I could to do well early
in the semesters so that when finals rolled around
and I was getting a little worn down,
I would have the comfort of a little gap to work with,”
Hayden Lowe Joseph said.
“During my first semester after I adjusted to the course
work, I set the goal to graduate with a 4.0,” Joseph said.
“Honestly, I thought I would have to miss out on some of the
typical college stuff to accomplish this goal, but, in reality,
I feel that I was still able to enjoy every part of college
I wanted to, and accomplishing this goal only made it that
much sweeter.”
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