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Summer You entered Cornell Human Ecology (CHE) as a human biology, health and society major. She enjoyed her classes, but she knew that she wasn’t destined for a 10-year medical school journey. 

Then she saw a flyer for an information session for the Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD), which prepares students to become Registered Dietitians and obtain the RD/RDN credential. 

“I felt like that was a much faster path to what I wanted

When Jiayi Guo enrolled in Introduction to Environmental Psychology in her first semester, she had no idea the course would shape both her undergraduate experience and her post-graduate ambitions. 

“I was super interested in the class, and I knew that I wanted to explore research a little bit,” said Guo, a design and environmental analysis major. “So I emailed the professor and asked is there any way I could get involved?” 

The professor — Gary

Wells Lee ’26 was in the middle of bowling practice when his phone rang. He almost let it go to voicemail.

But something made him step away from the lanes. Moments later, he was outside the bowling alley, listening as the voice on the other end of the line told him that he had been accepted to medical school.  

“I was like, I’ve got to take this,” Lee said. “I just ran out.”

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