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FAITH--FORSAKING ALL I TRUST HIM.
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Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 19:56:08 -0500
From: David Andrews <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Medical schools and the Blind
>Hi,
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> I thought others might want to hear of this news item which
>appeared over the weekend. I am delighted to hear of this fellow's
>getting accepted at one medical school and saddened that so many
>rejected an outstanding candidate.
>
>Will
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> SOUTH BEND, Ind. (ITN) * Timothy Cordes earned straight A's as a
>biochemistry major at Notre Dame and is giving the valedictory address at
>commencement Sunday. Then he embarks on a seven-year course of study at the
>University of Wisconsin's Medical School.
> That's all in spite of being blind. He's believed to be only the second
>totally blind person ever accepted by an American school of medicine.
> Cordes was born with limited vision because of a genetic condition called
>Leber's disease, and he was completely blind by age 14.
> Relatives and professors said he considers his blindness an
>inconvenience, not a major disability.
> "I went to class and studied hard and hung out some, just like everybody
>else in college, and my hard work paid off," said Cordes, from Cedar Falls,
>Iowa.
> "It doesn't do you any good to be overly proud. It's great to know your
>strengths and to know what you can do. But when you overestimate, that's
>when you get into trouble."
> Cordes studied new antibiotics in the laboratory of professor Paul
>Helquist.
> "He is the brightest student with whom I have worked during 24 years of
>university teaching," Helquist said.
> However, although Cordes graduated with 3.991 average, the University of
>Wisconsin was the only school that accepted him out of the eight he sent
>applications.
> "It's never fun to get rejected," said Cordes. Cordes has dreamed of
>doing research since he was 12 and has no desire to practice medicine. "I
>love science. It's what I do. It's how I think," he said.
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