NYU Dental School Class of 2013 – Here I Come!
August 18, 2009 by Alex Shalman / 48 CommentsThe brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
~Randy Pausch
Long story short – I’ve been accepted to the NYU Dental School graduating class of 2013. That means I start [...]
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