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Paul had a well-rounded experience in High School. He loved the Sciences and took every science course offered in school.

He had a number of leadership positions in the  student government. He was on the soccer team, track team, and managed the girls soccer team.

From a career point of view, he was interested in medicine. 

Paul joins our podcast to share his undergraduate Honors College journey so far at SDSU, UG Research, Passion for Medicine, and Advice for High Schoolers.

In particular, we discuss the following with him: 

• SDSU Weber Honors College Experience
• Passion for Medicine
• UG Research
• Advice to High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introduction to Paul Destefano, SDSU HC []
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• Overall SDSU Honors College Experience []
• Why SDSU Honors College? []
• High School Interests []
• Transition to College []
• Honors Courses []
• UG Research []
• Skills Gained from Research []
• Campus Activities - APPHO []
• Summer 2023 []
• Passion for Medicine []
• Advice for High Schoolers []
• Memories []

Our Guest: Paul Destefano is studying Pre Med Biology at San Diego State University Weber Honors College.

Memorable Quote: “So Dr. Cork and Mrs. Nicole and Mrs. McFadden and Mr. Stricker, they've all had a huge impact on me. So I would say that my curiosity for medicine and science, science especially, was sparked when I was very young”. Paul Destefano.

Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript.

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