Welcome Class of 2027

In the Class of 2027, you’ll find...

• Thirteen bakers, two jugglers and a professional artist. 
• Dozens with prior medical experience, including eighteen medical scribes, nine medical assistants, three EMTs and two paramedics.  
• Fourteen runners, two former D1 athletes, a black belt in karate and players of soccer, volleyball, ice hockey, badminton, pickleball, tennis and competitive paintball. 
• Multilinguists fluent in American Sign Language, Bengali, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Yoruba. 
• A cohort of musicians, including nine pianists, five guitarists, a violinist and two percussionists. At least one pianist can play the theme song to “The Office.”  
• Parents to at least nine dogs, three cats and a bunny. 
• The founder of Sustainable Fashion Week in Richmond. 
• A three-time Harry Potter trivia champion and an Avengers enthusiast who can quote every movie. 
• Dancers of bhangra, hula, hip-hop, garba and breakdancing.  

On their way to medical school, they… 

• Tagged sharks in the Caribbean, road tripped from New York to Alaska and traveled to 18 countries in 40 days. 
• Lived in Thailand, Greece, Omar, Germany, Taiwan, Egypt and Cyprus. 
• Hiked Mount Rainier, the Camino de Santiago, the Kilauea Caldera, the Inca Trail, a glacier in Iceland, a volcano in Scotland, the Grand Canyon and 2,200 miles from Maine to Georgia on the Appalachian Trail. 
• Served in AmeriCorps and donated more than six gallons of blood. 
• Earned seven master's degrees and four scuba certifications. 
• Worked as servers, teachers, English tutors, NASA researchers, ice cream scoopers, camp counselors, coaches, farmers, a celebrity personal assistant and a certified wildfire firefighter. 
• Learned to pour latte, read ancient Greek and write calligraphy.  

In four years, members of this class will... 

• Gain Italian citizenship.
• Become a parent. 
• Graduate on the same campus where they were born
• Become the first in their families to work in health care.