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...almost positive I want to be a neurosurgeon," Sample says, and he has the grades to get into a top-flight medical school. But he will be spending next year playing piano in a Gospel music studio in Detroit, not studying for the MCAT. And while most seniors leave behind a few close friends when they take on a career, Sample parts from "probably 40 or 50" friends just among the sophomores in Quincy House...
...problem graduation presents is putting all of his lives together. When asked how he can be a neurosurgeon and piano player and still maintain relationships with all his friends, Sample says, "That's a good question." He does not know...
...also managed to master the piano, landing a job playing piano for the Aviday label of Light Records in Detroit. In the summer after sophomore year he obtained an interview with the famous Light studio through a producer cousin. "They just left me by myself in this room for 20 minutes to come up with a song. I had never done that before." The people at the studio liked what they heard, enough to offer him a job. Since then he has done an independent study on jazz composition, and he says it has made him even better...
Currently, Sample says he plans to balance his interests by playing the piano, planning for medical school, and meeting everybody interesting in Detroit. When it comes time to pick up the medical books, he may end up studying at the piano while talking on the phone...
Resume items on seniors are easy to come by. Home: Southwest Chicago, Illinois. Academics: Biochemistry, pre-med. Social Life: Active. Activity: Jazz and Gospel piano player. Job: Manager at Harvard Student Agencies (HSA). None of these things says much about a person...