Conference Helps Students Learn About Path to Medical School (opens in new tab)

Allison Newell had thoughts about medical school throughout her undergraduate studies at Cal State San Marcos. But it was always challenging to envision herself actually in that field.It wasn’t until she had a conversation with Robert Iafe, one of her biochemistry and chemistry professors, that she gained the confidence to pursue it.“He was the first professor where I actually went to his office hours and we talked human to human instead of purely professional,” Newell said. “We talked about ...