The Pulse

Haley Connelly ’19 said there are few cities that beat Boston when it comes to learning medicine. Now in the School of Osteopathic Medicine at A.T. Still University in Arizona, she credits her undergraduate experience with helping her come out of her shell.
She said it’s been fun to take all that she’s learned in her academic career and apply it, and she’s constantly adapting her style to do what works best for her. At Emmanuel, Connelly said she appreciated always having someone to answer the many questions that pop up while aspiring towards a medical career.
“Applying to medical school is draining, we all know that! What’s great about the HPAC is that you don’t have to do it alone. They are there for anything and everything,” said Connelly.

Post-graduation, Allison Carroll ’19 went into translational cancer research at MIT, cementing her goal to work in cancer research in the future as well. Carroll went from Boston to Brooklyn for her medical school and is fully immersed at the SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.
What stood out to Carroll in her Emmanuel experience was the small class size, which led to more individualized mentorship: “this level of attention is something not many students have access to, and I cannot express enough how much I appreciate that.”
Her relationships with her professors, like mentors Dr. Karagodsky and Dr. Kuehner are ones that she keeps to this day. “The professors at Emmanuel believed in me and motivated me to try new things and reach for new opportunities. Their guidance helped me achieve my goal,” said Carroll.