Once again all I can say is thank you for contributing info sending me into my medical program. I got the experience to participate in hands on activities such as suturing (stitches), CPR/AED, and phlebotomy (drawing blood). The program had us practice in wearing professional clothes every day to get the feeling of dressing up in business. I made sure I looked cute every day. I now know what it takes in undergraduate school to get accepted into medical school and the required classes. I'm more confident in what type of college I want to attend to. I know the tips on how to do well on the MCAT which is a test you take before going into medical school. I also know the feeling of staying in the dorms and eating there cafeteria food which I got tired of after a couple days.

When I heard people say you will meet life long friends at programs like this at first I thought it was a joke but now I know what they mean. I met people from all around the world. There was about 300 people in the program and we were broken up into small groups of 25 with an advisor. My group and advisor was over and beyond awesome, they became a family to me and I felt like I known them for years instead of 9 days. There was two girls in my group especially who I felt like I known them my whole life because we were all so similar. On the last day I was crying so much my face turned red because I was going to miss my group and my roommates. My roommates were really fun, one was from Hawaii and the other was from Los Angeles. There was a time my roommates and I were all in the bathroom washing up and we all forgot our key! How embarrassing, so we had to wait in our towels for the dorm people to come and open the door for us. That night was hilarious.

I'm so thankful to be apart of NYLF to the point when I'm a junior in college I have the privilege to become an advisor myself and mentor scholars in high school and talk to them about college and the process of going to medical school. This program gave me a mindset to guide my way into senior year the right way so I will be on top my freshman year of college. So once again thank you for donating because if it wasn't for your help there is no guarantee I would've participated in this program!

I just want to thank you for believing in me enough to send me off to this program. You know society wants us to think asking for help seems weak, but I learned with this whole process it isn't. If it wasn't for your help, trust me I would BARLEY be attending this program. I appreciate the confidence and encouragement you have provided me so that I will be able to do anything I put my mind into. Your kind words has warmed my heart and keeps me going so I can become very successful in life. I just wanted to say thank you for the love and support. My program is about little less than a month away and I am super excited. I can't say thank you enough but I truly deeply appreciate your help because you didn't have to do it. So for the last time THANK YOU!