Ahana Baidwan
City of residence: Uttar Pradesh
School: Archies Higher Secondary School
Intended major: Biology
Age during program: Grade 11
Ahana is a responsible student who shows dedication and joy in her projects. She is highly zealous in Biology, especially towards human physiology. Coupled with her compassionate, caring and motivated attitude, she is a perfect fit for any health profession.
University Acceptance
★ New York University
What challenges did she face?
- She had some difficulty in understanding the amount of literature needed for this mentorship program.
- This is also the first time she needed to organize literature reviews to form a cohesive result
Matched professor:
An Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at New York University and an Assistant Professor of Biology at Dominican College. Prior to this, she worked for several years as a research scientist at the Nathan Kline Institute.
How did our program help her?
- Ahana started with very little knowledge on Alzheimers disease. However, this mentorship program allowed her to deep-dive into the impact music therapy has on the disease and fulfilled her curiosity for this topic.
- The primary goal of this program was for her to grasp the methods reviewing scientific literature
Below is part of an example work done during the program:
