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Karthikeyan Malmurugan

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Hello, my name is Karthikeyan Malmurugan. I am currently a CWU undergraduate student pursuing a BS in Biology. My career goal is to become a doctor of osteopathic medicine. AWARDS & HONORS • Central Washington University • Outstanding General Chemistry Student Award • Dean’s List (All Quarters) • President’s Tuition Award • High School Test Score Scholar • Green River College • Outstanding Running Start Student Award • High Honors Awards for 3.86/4.00 GPA • Kentwood High School • Presidential Award • Student Volunteer Award • National Honor Society Award • Washington State Science & Engineering Fair • First Place Winner 2013-2018 • Invention Disclosure submitted to Boeing • Broadcom Masters Semi Finalist for two years • Received over 10 Special Prizes and Awards • Introduction to Project Management and LEAN • National Honor Society Member (2015-2020) • Selected for Harvard Medical School (HMX Fundamentals Program) • WSOS- Washington State Opportunity Scholarship recipient

Education

Central Washington University

Bachelor's degree program
2020 - 2022
  • Majors:
    • Biology, General

Green River College

Associate's degree program
2018 - 2020
  • Majors:
    • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other

Kentwood High School

High School
2016 - 2020

Miscellaneous

  • Desired degree level:

    Master's degree program

  • Graduate schools of interest:

  • Transfer schools of interest:

  • Majors of interest:

    • Human Biology
  • Planning to go to medical school
  • Career

    • Dream career field:

      Hospital & Health Care

    • Dream career goals:

      doctor

    • Math tutor

      Tutoring-- CWU (Central Washington University)
      2020 – Present4 years
    • Tutoring students that needed help with writing

      Writing tutor
      2020 – 20211 year

    Sports

    Tennis

    Junior Varsity
    2019 – 20201 year

    Research

    • Biology, General

      Greenriver College — Project creator
      2018 – 2020

    Arts

    • Kentwood Highschool

      Graphic Art
      Computer arts
      2018 – 2020
    • Present

    Public services

    • Volunteering

      Valley medical center — Volunteer
      2020 – 2022
    • Volunteering

      Habitat for humanity — Helper
      2016 – 2021

    Future Interests

    Volunteering

    Entrepreneurship

    Durham-Dodd Dreams Scholarship
    I am very fortunate to have a loving mother who taught me how to cope up with hard time at an early age and what lessons I can learn from it. Experience in life matters and mold us irrespective of age. Most importantly, the lessons we learn from failure can be fundamental to future success. My early childhood experiences gave me life lessons to handle a major change in my life after a couple of years. I was supposed to participate in WA Science and Engineering Fair at Bremerton. My mom gave paperwork that I was supposed to submit at the fair. I left the paperwork at home. Fortunately, my mom had a picture of the form she printed and submitted and I was allowed to participate in the fair at the last minute. My mom taught me, how important to be organized and always keep backup copies of the documents. Togetherness and my Mother’s happiness were really important for me and I was willing to sacrifice anything for my mother’s happiness. Those five months of my life changed everything. I gained priceless qualities and learned to handle any situation without giving up and adapt to a totally new environment with diverse people, cultures, and climatic conditions at a very early age. We finally succeeded and my mother got her visa and we came back to Seattle. The overall experience gave me a wealth of knowledge and perseverance to work hard and never give up till the goal is achieved.
    Suraj Som Aspiring Educators Scholarship
    Most human beings assume that technological know-how and spirituality are completely contrary fields of studies, however, I can communicate from my revel in each region that they may be aspects of the equal coin. To me, the purpose of technological know-how is to discover private religious truths, and the purpose of spirituality is the look for the purpose in the back of clinical fact. Physical scientists who've selected technological know-how as their area aren't a lot exclusive from religious scientists who spend time engaged withinside the religious seek. They are each looking for the solutions to the equal question, however in exclusive ways. They are each right here to locate the hidden legal guidelines of nature, the better energy that created the entirety, and uses their discoveries to higher the lives of others. The bodily scientists are seeking to show God to themselves thru the outer eyes and ears, whilst the religious scientists are seeking to show God to themselves thru their internal eyes and ears. While bodily scientists stare upon the celebrities thru effective telescopes and pay attention to radio waves from remote stars thru instrumentation, religious scientists stare upon the internal stars and pay attention to the internal tune of the spheres thru meditation. They each take a seat down in silence, looking and waiting. The Search for Answers If we examine technological know-how today, we discover that one of the dreams scientists have is to find out how introduction got here into being and the way humans got here into being. By choosing up alerts from mild years away, we are able to get a glimpse of pastime from the remote beyond whose mild is best simply achieving us now, billions of years later. Scientists are vying to peer who may be the primary ones to find out what occurred in the meantime of introduction. Why? Hidden inside humans is a choice to show the lifestyles of a pressure that introduced us into the introduction. Few are happy with the idea that the introduction turned into an insignificant accident, the combustion of cosmic dust. Secretly, in each heart, lies the choice to have evidence that there's God and we're soul, part of God. Science exists to discover those private religious truths. On the alternative hand, the ones engaged in spirituality are attempting to find the hidden purpose in the back of what's a clinical fact. They are interested by the clinical legal guidelines of nature, however, desire to head in the back of the legal guidelines to locate the divine regulation that introduced the entirety into being. While scientists seek thru outer instrumentation, religious scientists seek thru the method of meditation, the use of the instrumentation in their attention.
    Bold Investing Scholarship
    One major investing tip I have taken into heart, was when investing in the stock market always consult others that had more experience before investing, my grandmother had personal experience where she tried to invest some money in the stock market and when it crashed due to COVID-19, she lost so much. Investment happens the amount spends to increase the stock of materials used in the production of goods over a likely range. It exists the ultimate influential way of developing in mind or physically working for a living; two together with the shortest route and obliquely through diversified belongings, but happening at about the same time it exists ultimate changeable component of GDP. Therefore, the vacillation of fashionable lent for a return brings about a trade phase. During a reduction of business activity, the lent for a return give falls while all the while affluence it rises. By the term, something given Keynes resources genuine in existence lent for a return and not having to do with money lent for a return. Investment exists as a function of the genuine in existence sum charged for use of money. Investment refers to that few aggregate something produced for some likely an age that takes the form of: 1. New building. 2. New capital gear for the activity. 3. Change the fashionable list of stock.
    Bold Technology Matters Scholarship
    One new technology I am really excited about is artificial intelligence. I believe that this to be really interesting and exciting news because we can revolutionize the health industry with artificial intelligence, and surgeons and physicians can be even more accurate with a more upgraded AI technology. By using AI software in the health care industry, we can be very accurate and also precise clinical decisions. My passion is to become a physician but first successfully graduate from undergraduate. I believe graduating and achieving a college degree is important. The thing that motivated me to pursue higher education is the place where I came from. This is because I come from a low-income family, and am a first-generation college student, this is what I have been and am working for my life so one day I can help those around me and support my mom and little brother. I want to become a physician because I know it will significantly impact my life in a positive way, allowing me to give back to the underserved community. I am very fortunate to have a loving mother who taught me how to cope with hard times at an early age and what lessons I can learn from them. Experience in life matters and mold us irrespective of age. Most importantly, the lessons we learn from failure can be fundamental to future success. In conclusion, AI technology is very amazing and I am really happy that in 2022 AI is becoming even more embedded within the healthcare system. Also by using AI, we can improve efficiencies and also in some cases at a reduced cost and we can use AI to detect future upcoming diseases in patients.
    Bold Self-Care Scholarship
    I practice self-care by at least once a week taking a hike. I take a hike at least once a week because currently covid-19 really impacted my family life and I come from a low-income family and am a first-generation college student, this is what I have been and am working for my life so one day I can help those around me and support my mom and little brother. I want to become a physician because I know it will significantly impact my life in a positive way, allowing me to give back to the underserved community. I am very fortunate to have a loving mother who taught me how to cope with a hard time at an early age and what lessons I can learn from it. Experience in life matters and mold us irrespective of age. Most importantly, the lessons we learn from failure can be fundamental to future success. Taking a hike once a week helps me calm down and relax a bit. When I take a hike I always think about what my plan after graduating college is going to be and my plan the following graduation is to go into medical school and from their get residency in an underserved community (I already got prior approval from my medical school to work in an underserved community following medical school graduation). My early childhood experiences gave me life lessons to handle a significant change in my life after a couple of years. By achieving a college degree, it will significantly impact the life of my family and me, since I can take care of my mom and little brother, and we can live a better life. So overall self-care is really important and my way of self has significantly impacted the way of my life.
    McCutcheon | Nikitin First-Generation Scholarship
    Education has significantly helped shape my understanding of the world by the way I view things. Education is very important, and me coming from a low-income family I understand the value of education and just going to college takes so much effort on my part. Education has shaped my understanding of the world by showing me the mechanisms of everyday life. From my fellow classmates to the microscopic bacteria on my wall, I am able to view them in a new light, beyond their everyday purposes. For me education is really important and I believe graduating and achieving a college degree is important. The thing that motivated me to pursue higher education is the place where I came from. This is because I come from a low-income family, and am a first-generation college student, this is what I have been and am working for my life so one day I can help those around me and support my mom and little brother. I want to become a physician because I know it will significantly impact my life in a positive way, allowing me to give back to the underserved community. I am very fortunate to have a loving mother who taught me how to cope with hard time at an early age and what lessons I can learn from it. Experience in life matters and mold us irrespective of age. Most importantly, the lessons we learn from failure can be fundamental to future success. I chose BS in Biology as my major because I want to help people and give back to the underserved community. By pursuing this degree, I can make that happen. I plan to graduate college and hopefully go into the medical field and become a physician in an underserved area. By me helping people, it would inspire others to do the same thing. Earning a college degree will help me support my family once I get a job and give back to my community and my world. Achieving a college degree takes time and effort, alongside patience, I learned this since I work on studying for all my classes every quarter, but I also work on working every day to support my mother and little brother. My plan following graduation is to go into medical school and from their get residency in an underserved community (I already got prior approval from my medical school to work in an underserved community following medical school graduation). My early childhood experiences gave me life lessons to handle a significant change in my life after a couple of years. By achieving a college degree, it will significantly impact the life of my family and me, since I can take care of my mom and little brother, and we can live a better life.
    Bold Patience Matters Scholarship
    Being patient is important to me because being patient is very important to be very successful. I am a hard-working college student that works every day to support my low-income family and also to achieve a college degree (since I am a first-gen college student). I pretty much learned to be patient to be successful. An example of me being patient is below: As the STEM Math Club leader, I was organizing a major Pieday event. When there was disagreement on the event activities agenda and how we should approach the fund collection for the event, all 6 members had different ideas and wanted their ideas implemented. As the leader and facilitator, I appreciated the great ideas from everyone and collaborated with the team, and listed all the ideas and pros and cons of implementing the idea with a limited time. I assigned two students to lead the multicultural speech and dance event based on the student composition from those cultures. I did the intro speech and asked one student who was planning on majoring in English to lead the debate topic of the agenda. I had two goals for the event: 1.I wanted a very successful event 2.I wanted my team members to be passionate about their assignment and wanted them to gain leadership and team-building experience. I was able to achieve both goals as I saw that my team was fully engaged with passion and energy and the participants of the event were very happy. All of us learned a very valuable lesson that collaboration and team effort with passion was the key to success and being patient was the best. This great experience though me several key skills in being patient. I learned from this experience that to be successful we always have to be patient.
    Hobbies Matter
    One of my favorite hobbies includes working towards achieving a college degree (yes, I understand it is a bit strange, but please hear me out). I enjoy this "hobby" because I know that by doing this, and accomplishing a degree I can help people in underserved areas, and help support my family. I believe graduating and achieving a college degree is important. The thing that motivated me to pursue higher education is the place where I came from. This is because I come from a low-income family, and am a first-generation college student, this is what I have been and am working for my life so one day I can help those around me and support my mom and little brother. I want to become a physician because I know it will significantly impact my life in a positive way, allowing me to give back to the underserved community. I am very fortunate to have a loving mother who taught me how to cope with hard time at an early age and what lessons I can learn from it. Experience in life matters and mold us irrespective of age. Most importantly, the lessons we learn from failure can be fundamental to future success. I chose BS in Biology as my major because I want to help people and give back to the underserved community. By pursuing this degree, I can make that happen. I plan to graduate college and hopefully go into the medical field and become a physician in an underserved area. By me helping people, it would inspire others to do the same thing. Earning a college degree will help me support my family once I get a job and give back to my community and my world. Achieving a college degree takes time and effort, alongside patience, I learned this since I work on studying for all my classes every quarter, but I also work on working every day to support my mother and little brother. My plan following graduation is to go into medical school and from their get residency in an underserved community (I already got prior approval from my medical school to work in an underserved community following medical school graduation). My early childhood experiences gave me life lessons to handle a significant change in my life after a couple of years. By achieving a college degree, it will significantly impact the life of my family and me, since I can take care of my mom and little brother, and we can live a better life.
    Ace Spencer Rubin Scholarship
    My experience with my disability thought me valuable skills on how to control and not get frustrated even when I can physically do something. Winning this scholarship will help me achieve a college degree and pursue my passion as a physician, to help the underserved community. I believe graduating and achieving a college degree is important. The thing that motivated me to pursue higher education is the place where I came from. This is because I come from a low-income family, and am a first-generation college student, this is what I have been and am working for my life so one day I can help those around me and support my mom and little brother. I want to become a physician because I know it will significantly impact my life in a positive way, allowing me to give back to the underserved community. I am very fortunate to have a loving mother who taught me how to cope with a hard times at an early age and what lessons I can learn from it. Experience in life matters and mold us irrespective of age. Most importantly, the lessons we learn from failure can be fundamental to future success. This is the main reason why this scholarship will help me achieve my goals. I chose BS in Biology as my major because I want to help people and give back to the underserved community. By pursuing this degree, I can make that happen. I plan to graduate college and hopefully go into the medical field and become a physician in an underserved area. By me helping people, it would inspire others to do the same thing. Earning a college degree will help me support my family once I get a job and give back to my community and my world. Achieving a college degree takes time and effort, alongside patience, I learned this since I work on studying for all my classes every quarter, but I also work on working every day to support my mother and little brother.
    Understory Studio Conservation Scholarship
    F.A.I.T.H ­ Family, Affection, Imagination, and Togetherness gives HappinessI am very fortunate to have a loving mother who taught me how to cope up with hard time at an early age and what lessons I can learn from it.Experience in life matters and mold us irrespective of the age. Most importantly, the lessons we learn from failure can be fundamental to the future success. My early childhood experiences gave me life lessons to handle a major change in my life after couple of years. I was supposed to participate in WA Science and Engineering Fair at Bremerton. My mom gave me the paper work that I was supposed to submit at the fair. I left the paperwork at home. Fortunately my mom had a picture of the form that she printed and submitted and I was allowed to participate in the fair at the last minute. My mom taught me, how important to be organized and always keep backup copies of the documents. I never knew what I learned was going to help us within few months. When I was in second grade summer holidays, we went to India to visit our extended family on a twoweek trip. Unfortunately during a bus trip to my mother’s village, someone stole everything from my mother’s hand bag. We lost all the documents, including my mother’s Indian passport with US visa, phone and wallet. Fortunately I took photos of the passport and visa in my phone from my previous experience. This helped us to reapply for the passport and visa. Due to some immigration issues, the overall process for my mother to get the passport and the visa took nearly 5 months, so we were forced to stay in India for five months.We moved to my grandparents place leaving everything behind in US. It was totally different from Seattle. I joined a local school. I was nervous on my first day of school as I didn’t know anyone. My classmates were initially reluctant to speak with me, casting skeptical smiles and lowering their collective gazes when I introduced myself. Even though it was hard at first, I tried my best and was able to adapt myself to the totally new environment. Togetherness and my Mother’s happiness was really important for me and I was willing to sacrifice anything for my mother’s happiness. Those five months of my life changed everything. I faced a lot but I had my family with me to support. I made new friends and learned a little Tamil. I gained priceless qualities and learned to handle any situation without giving up and adapt to a totally new environmentwith diverse people, culture and climatic conditions in my very early age. We finally succeeded and my mother got her visa and we came back to Seattle successfully. The overall experience gave me a wealth of knowledge and perseverance to work hard and never give up till the goal is achieve.