My Major featuring Milind Natraj Muthiah

Milind Muthiah , winner of a 2022 National Merit $2500 Scholarship, attends Vanderbilt University and is majoring in neuroscience. "I chose this field of study because my interest in neuroscience grew as I became more involved in it by shadowing neurologists and doing research," he says. "Despite its importance to the body, the brain, curiously, is still one of the least understood parts of the body, and I want to [learn] what [more] there is to discover about the brain." While he has already spent much time with neurological research and reading about groundbreaking developments in the field, Milind is excited to see what more he will be able to experience at Vanderbilt's medical center. He reflects with confidence what else his future at Vanderbilt might entail, saying, "I would like to graduate with a perfect GPA, which is difficult for premed at Vanderbilt, but still doable, and receive admission to a top-tier medical school. Another goal of mine is to study abroad and become more culturally intelligent."

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