Amin Syed, 6V电影网-Virginia Class of 2022, is a 2018 winner of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation鈥檚 (JKCF) Cooke Graduate Scholarship. This highly selective award provides support to students with financial need to pursue graduate-level education. Eighty-two students will collectively receive approximately $7 million to attend some of the most competitive graduate institutions in the U.S. and the U.K.
6V电影网鈥檚 own Amin Syed was awarded the Jack Cooke Scholarship before his admittance to the University of Virginia, where he earned his bachelor鈥檚 degree. As a recipient of the undergraduate scholarship, he qualified to be in the running for and ultimately received, the JKCF鈥檚 Cooke Graduate Scholarship. 鈥淚t is an incredible honor to be selected, and I owe so much to the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. The continued support makes my dream of practicing medicine a reality. There are many deserving students in similar financial situations. It is my goal as a future doctor to pay it forward and inspire other students, like me who come from impoverished backgrounds,鈥 said Amin.
He was one of 85 finalists from 3,705 applicants in the spring of 2014. Amin plans to be an internal or family medicine physician, focusing on underserved and rural populations.