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JUSTIN SPRING
HOMETOWN:
 Phillipston, MA
HIGH SCHOOL:
 Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School
MAJOR:
 Neuroscience & Behavior; Pre-Med
ACTIVITIES:
 I conduct research in a lab focused on neurogensis in songbirds. Additionally, I am captain of the Cross Country team and also run Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field. I am also a peer reviewer for Mind Matters, the Wesleyan journal of psychology and neuroscience. I have also been a tour guide and a WesFest intern, and during junior year was involved in plan ecology and climate change research.
OUTSIDE
WESLEYAN:
 I am an adult leader for my hometown Boy Scout troop. For the summer '09, I was a Hughes Fellow at Wesleyan. In previous summers, I conducted climate change research at the Boston Area Climate Experiment in Waltham, MA and was involved in community outreach for the developmentally disabled individuals in Fitchburg, MA.
AFTER
WESLEYAN:
 After graduating from Wesleyan's 5th year BA/MA program in Neuroscience, I anticipate participating in a program (e.x. Peace Corps, Americorps) that will allow me to both travel and conduct medically relevant work prior to applying to medical school.
FAV WES EXPERIENCE:
 In December of my freshman year, several friends and I participated in a caroling caravan consisting of school busses, fire trucks, ambulances, and cars. The caravan made its way around Middletown and the surrounding areas to homes of terminally ill patients and/or impoverished families. We got out and sang Christmas carols. It was very rewarding and demonstrated to me that Wesleyan is part of the larger community.
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