Aleena Brown Accepted To Medical SchoolWINONA LAKE – Aleena Sallot Brown, daughter of Jeffrey and Sharon Sallot, Winona Lake, was accepted to the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, where she will study to become a surgeon beginning this fall.
Brown will graduate from Grace College in May with a bachelor’s in health science and minors in chemistry and behavioral science. She is a 2014 graduate of East Noble High School in Kendallville.
“Medical school has always been the goal,” said Brown, who had her first job shadowing experience at age 12.
She was very interested in medicine as a child. Her parents encouraged her, buying books on science and medicine. They have continued to be a large part of her journey. Her mother offered support through Brown’s uncertainty, and her father took her to her exams and every interview.
Her advisors at Grace helped her prepare applications, calmed her through rejections, and celebrated with her when she got her acceptance. Grace’s curriculum allowed Brown to take more courses to prepare for medical school and challenged her in pre-medicine classes.
After medical school, Brown will go into residency to become a surgeon. She has not yet chosen a subspecialty, but her ultimate goal is to become a surgeon at a teaching hospital.
“The best doctors are teachers,” Brown said.
Grace College offers 13 different science majors and 11 pre-professional tracks in its Department of Science and Mathematics. For more information about these programs, or to apply, visit www.grace.edu or call 574-371-5400.
Grace College is an accredited, Christ-centered institution of higher education located in the historic lakeside town of Winona Lake.
Affiliated with Charis Fellowship (formerly the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches,) Grace College was founded in 1948. Today Grace offers associate degrees, more than 70 undergraduate degrees in both traditional four-year and accelerated three-year degree formats, a bachelor’s degree completion program and on-campus and online graduate degrees.
Grace College also has a ministry training center in Akron, Ohio.
