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Who is Mel?

Who is Mel? 

Hello, I'm Mel! Nice to meet you. 

I am a student of the Virginia Community College system as well as the College of William & Mary. I graduated from VCC with a 3.86 GPA and William & Mary in August of 2023 with a 3.42 GPA. 

My associate's degree is Associate of Arts and Sciences Summa Cum Laude. My bachelor's degree is in Kinesiology & Health Sciences. Kinesiology is the study of movement in the body. I also studied all the pre-medical studies classes in order to take the MCAT. I've done my best to prepare for either medical school or physician assistant school—that choice will be up to the standardized test. 

Where is this material from? 

Throughout my formal education, I've always taken very detailed notes, made study aids, and use YouTube videos to help absorb the material. I used to use GoogleClassroom as a method of sharing them with all of my classmates. However, GoogleClassroom is a bit limiting due to domain differences between general emails and institution emails. 

Why does this exist? 

I make these study materials because making them and using them are great techniques for me to study. Without class, though, they're just gathering ether dust in all of my cloud folders. So, I decided to create this to share them with whoever may find them useful! 

There are several students back at William & Mary who are taking classes with the same professors I had, and there are some great notes in general for anyone who may be studying things like anatomy and physiology. 

My middle school history teacher always said that there is a stark distinction between one's education and learning—the former is for accolades on tests, and the latter is for things you will take with you and use in real life. It can be difficult to balance both. My hope is that it helps students pass their classes and not just get educated but to truly learn something.

If you find my resources helpful and would like to support my efforts, check out my Venmo! 



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