High School

Nagendrasai Koneru, MD; Vineet Arora, MD; Omar Wang, ATC:

Nagendra Sai Koneru, MD

Although born in Hyderabad, India, Nagendra Sai Koneru moved to Chicago at the age ofthree. Nagendra is the son of Dr. Nagabhushanam and Srimani Koneru. He remained in the Chicago suburbs throughout his education prior to college. He is known to friends as just Bobby. He attended Hoffman Estates High School in Illinois where he was active in Newspaper, Math Team, and Tennis.?He was awarded the MVP award for the varsity team during his sophomore year for tennis, an award normally given to Seniors. He qualified for the state tournament during his senior year and finished in the top thirty for the state of Illinois. Nagendra was also an active member of the National Honor Society. He volunteered at the local Hospital for four years and taught Hispanics mathematics at the YMCA for two years.?He attended the Argonne National Labs Summer Internship For Gifted Students during his Junior year.Nagendra eventually graduated in the top five percent of his class as an Illinois State Scholar and was accepted into the eight year BA/MD program at the University of Missouri-Columbia as a Conley Scholar.
During his career at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Nagendra was active in leadership roles. He was a newspaper reporter for the local paper The Maneater. He was also involved in the pursuit of his own spirituality. He created a newsletter and organization entitled Vedanta which explored the ideas of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism. Nagendra matriculated into the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine where he founded the first Radiology student interest group.?His interest in Radiology grew as he finished his medical school training.?Days before his graduation, he was joined in marriage to Sarita Koneru. He compiled and wrote the major bulk of The High School Doctor which he started with Vineet Arora five years prior. Nagendra has also authored a book entitled The Best Foreign Medical Schools: The Underground Roadmap from Foreign Medical School to U.S. Residency. He is currently doing his residency at Northwestern University in Surgery.

Vineet Arora, MD

Originally from Rockville, Maryland, Vineet Arora remained relatively local in during her undergraduate years in Baltimore, at the Johns Hopkins University. Here, in addition to her premedical studies, she tutored economics and sociology, spent many nights working for the Office of Alumni Affairs as a telephone fundraiser, and was the student organizer for the Welch Lecture Series in Medical topics. She completed her undergraduate education in three years, graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1994, and relocated to the Midwest for medical school. During her career at Washington University in St. Louis, she cofounded and served as the editor for the student newspaper Auscultations, chaired the faculty nobel laureate social society to improve faculty student interaction, and taught local elementary school students about the perils of drug and alcohol abuse. During a panel for Washington University undergraduates interested in medicine, she addressed many questions facing medical school applicants, and life in medicine. It was after this panel that she started to compile the initial research and write the first chapters of the High School Doctor. During residency, she continued her interest in advising premedical students at the University of Chicago via panel discussions for undergraduates. She recently completed her internal medicine at the University of Chicago and will be serving as the chief medical resident for the University of Chicago in 2002. Currently, she is jointly completing a general medicine fellowship and a Masters in Public Policy with a concentration in healthcare policy. In her spare time, she enjoys running, catching up with friends, and backpacking off the beaten path through her favorite foreign countries.

Omar Wang, ATC

For the past seven years as an athletic trainer, Omar has had the opportunity to work with a number of physicians who specializes in Orthopedics and Internal Medicine. Currently, Omar is in his second year working as an Assistant Athletic Trainer for Mercer University located in Macon, Georgia. He is also currently working on his second Master’s Degree in Business Administration. Before coming to Mercer University, he was at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida working as the Men’s Basketball Athletic Trainer. Prior to arriving at Florida Atlantic University, Omar obtained his first Master’s Degree in Athletic Training at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia University in May 1999. While at West Virginia University, he worked as the Baseball and Wrestling Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer. In May 1996, he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Movement Science at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. For two years at the University of Michigan, he worked as a student athletic trainer. After he graduated from the University of Michigan, he worked as an Assistant Athletic Trainer at Neosho County Community College in Chanute, Kansas. Omar is a native of South Barrington, Illinois. He is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, American Red Cross, and the Georgia Athletic Trainers’ Association. He is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist and a personal trainer by the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Rating: 5 / 5

This book lacks solid advice and attempts to make up for it with “accesory” items. Vocabulary words and postcards just don’t make a book. If you want vocabulary words, you can buy several other books that are much better. The book attempts to sell itself to you with it’s bells and supposed whistles. In addition, there aren’t that many 6 year programs left in the country. I have the first book (by Raju and Yanofski) written on accelerated medical programs and even though it is 2 years old, its information is what is valuable. It’s a far better book and probably what this book is based on (or, dare I say it – copied)!
Rating: 1 / 5

There is another book out there called “From High School to Med. School: The Definitive Guide to Accelerated Medical Programs” by Yanofski and Raju. It was published well before this book, and this is a copy of that book. Why buy a copy, when you can have the original? From High School to Med. School is a much better book, more informative, and the standard.
Rating: 1 / 5