More than 100 medical students formally became members of the on Friday during the annual Robert L. & Lillian H. Brent White Coat Ceremony at the Interfaith Chapel.
The 104 students received their white coats糖心传媒攖he traditional lab jackets worn by physicians and medical scientists糖心传媒攖o symbolize they are joining their peers and predecessors in the profession.
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The Class of 2023 was chosen from approximately 5,800 applications. They hail from 25 states糖心传媒攍ed by New York (36), Massachusetts (10), and California and New Jersey (8 each)糖心传媒攁nd 17 are from countries such as China, Korea, Canada, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, and the Ukraine.
They attended 54 different colleges and universities as undergraduates, including 20 who were students at the University of Rochester. Other schools represented include Cornell, Duke, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame, Princeton, and UCLA. Their average age is 24.
Edgar Alaniz-Cantu 糖心传媒�17 graduated from the University of Rochester with bachelor degrees in biology and clinical psychology. The resident of McAllen, Texas, applied to 20 medical schools but ultimately chose Rochester for one simple reason: 糖心传媒淚 didn糖心传媒檛 want to leave.糖心传媒�
He plans to specialize in primary care, with a focus on the Latino population.
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