| Mentor Details |
| 1. Name: |
Sarp Aksel |
2. Academic Program (e.g. MD, PhD, MD/PhD):
If PhD, whose lab are you in? (optional) |
MD
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| 3. Email: |
sarp.aksel@med.einstein.yu.edu |
| 4. Gender: |
Male |
| 5. Year of birth: |
1988 |
| 6. How many years at Einstein? |
1 |
| 7. What has been a rather challenging adjustment for you at Einstein? (list as many as you want) |
Living in the Bronx, Establishing and sticking to a steady study schedule |
| 8. List universities or colleges before Einstein: |
Cornell University |
| 9. List any university or college clubs before Einstein: |
Varsity Crew, Big Brothers Big Sisters |
| 10. Prior careers, e.g. pilot, gardener, nurse, etc.: |
Student |
| 11. Where you lived before Einstein: |
Saratoga Springs, NY, Ithaca, NY, Washington, D.C., Ankara, Turkey |
| 12. If not raised in US, where were you raised? |
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| 13. If English isn't your first language, what is? |
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| 14. Hobbies (remember those?)/Einstein Club Interests: |
movies, snowboarding/long boarding, photography, vinyl records, cooking, sushi, wine
ECHO, Medical Students for Choice, American Medical Women’s Association |
| 15. Other info that might help describe you? |
I find it incredibly important to maintain the friendships I came to Einstein with. As such, I frequently make weekend plans with my college friends. This has been very useful in helping me adjust to medical school. |
| 16. What you do to take care of yourself? |
“Sarp Nights” – I head into Manhattan to do some ‘light studying’ at a coffee shop, head to a sushi bar for dinner, and follow it up with a movie before heading back to the Bronx. Friends are welcome, but not necessary. |