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Name *

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Where are you in your academic journey? *

Graduated high school, not in college

Completed GED

Some college courses taken

Associate Degree completed

Bachelor Degree completed

Employment Status

Unemployed

Self-Employed

Employed Part-Time (<30 hours/week)

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How did you hear about the HMS MEDscienceLAB Pathmaker program? *

Friend or Family Member

Social Media

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Other (please type below)

Which best describes you? *

Female

Male

Intersex

Prefer not to say

Which best describes you? *

Cisgender (gender identity corresponds with the sex registered at birth)

Transgender

Non-Binary

Prefer not to say

What pronouns do you use? *

She/her/hers

He/him/his

They/them/their

Prefer not to say

Other

What best describes you? *

Hispanic or Latino includes individuals of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran, Cuban, Dominican, Guatemalan, and other Central or South American or Spanish culture or origin.

Hispanic or Latino

Not Hispanic or Latino

Select all that apply: *

American Indian or Alaska Native (Individuals with origins in any of the original peoples of North, Central, and South America, including, for example, Navajo Nation, Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government, Nome Eskimo Community, Aztec, and Maya) Asian (Individuals with origins in any of the original peoples of Central or East Asia, Southeast Asia, or South Asia, including, for example, Cambodian, Chinese, Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Pakistani, Thai, Korean, and Japanese.) Black or African American (Individuals with origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa, including, for example, African American, Jamaican, Haitian, Nigerian, Ethiopian, and Somali.) Middle eastern or North African (Individuals with origins in any of the original peoples of the Middle East or North Africa, including, for example, Lebanese, Iranian, Egyptian, Syrian, Iraqi, and Israeli.) Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (Individuals with origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands, including, for example, Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Chamorro, Tongan, Fijian, and Marshallese.) White (Individuals with origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, including, for example, English, German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and Scottish.)

American Indian or Alaska Native

Asian

Black or African American

Middle eastern or North African

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

White

Other

What languages do you speak (check all that apply) *

Arabic

English

German

French

Haitian Creole

Hindi

Cape Verdean Creole

Korean

Mandarin

Cantonese

Portuguese

Spanish

Vietnamese

Not listed here (please type below)

How comfortable are you with the English language? *

Entirely fluent (native/bilingual): speaks, writes, and reads at the level of an educated native speaker, with natural pronunciation, intonation, and a deep understanding of cultural and contextual nuances Advanced proficiency: can speak fluently and spontaneously on a wide range of subjects. Uses complex sentence structures and idiomatic expressions, with only occasional minor errors. Can write with a strong grasp of grammar and vocabulary. Intermediate proficiency: Can engage in everyday conversations on familiar topics. May have some hesitation and make grammatical errors, but can generally be understood by native speakers. Elementary proficiency: can read, understand and communicate using simple phrases and sentences. Relies heavily on memorized expressions and may struggle with pronunciation and spontaneous conversation. No proficiency: the English language is complete foreign.

Entirely fluent (native/bilingual)

Advanced proficiency

Intermediate proficiency

Elementary proficiency

No proficiency

Do you plan to complete higher education (e.g. college? *

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No

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Do you plan to pursue graduate school? *

Yes

No

How likely are you to pursue a career in STEM (e.g. life sciences, lab, research, medicine, engineering, dentistry, nursing, etc)? *

Highly unlikely

Unlikely

Likely

Highly Likely

If highly unlikely or unlikely, select all that apply:

Not interested

Wasn’t sure I could get a job in the field

Didn’t know where to look

Need more connections

Other

Have you applied for any life science jobs in the past? *

Yes

No

How confident are you in your ability to network with others in the life science fields? *

1 - Very Not Confident

2 - Not Confident

3 - Neutral

4 - Confident

5 - Very Confident

Do you have any family members in the career you are interested in pursuing? *

Yes

No

Do you have a mentor in the career you are interested in pursuing? *

Yes

No

Are you aware of the steps needed to pursue your career of interest? (e.g. have you done your research?) *

Yes

No

Do you have an up-to-date resume? *

Yes

No

Have you had a professional review your resume in the past year? *

Yes

No

How prepared do you feel for starting a career in your desired field? *

1 - Very not prepared

2 - Not prepared

3 - Neutral

4- Prepared

5- Very Prepared

If you attended a job fair tomorrow, how confident would you be in your ability to secure a job? *

1 - Very not confident

2 - Not confident

3- Neutral

4 - Confident

5 - Very confident

You pipetted 50 µL of a patient sample, but you are not sure if you actually have 50 µL. Which of the following is the MOST ACCURATE technique can you easily do at the lab bench to measure the exact amount of sample that is in your pipette tip? *

Weigh the volume using a weighing scale

Reverse pipette

Visually inspect the volume using your eyes

I don't know

Your lab intern is making some controls for your experiment. They have the following results. *

Controls Result Negative Control: + (color change) Positive Control: - (no change) Are these controls reliable? Why or why not? (Select all that apply)

Yes, because the negative control should have "color change" as a result.

Yes, because the postive control should have "no change" as a result.

No, because the negative control should have "no change" as a result.

No, because the positive control should have "color change" as a result.

I don't know

You are concerned that your patient might have lung cancer. How would you determine your patient's diagnosis? *

(select all that apply)

Obtain a blood sample and look at the shape and color of the red blood cells under a microscope

Perform a biopsy and look at the tissue sample under a microscope

Extract DNA from your patients' cells so you can test for genetic mutations using gel electrophoresis

Perform a urinalysis experiment to measure glucose levels

All of the above

I don't know

A father and mother are concerned about their child and are given these results by the lab intern on a gel: Based on the gel results, do the parents have to be worried their child has a genetic mutation? *

Please see picture on the right (or scroll down below) or use the URL blow. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10D-B0bImDVT5zjdTi_dfDqMpuhooECVZ/view?usp=sharing

Yes

No

I don't know

The lab technicians choose to run an Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) test, and show you a diagram of a positive well model: You are suspicious of their diagram. Are all the steps there? *

Please see picture on the right (or scroll down below) or use the URL blow. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xf3bLQEjhxnZzto05GAVuf2kahJD_AzU/view?usp=sharing

Yes, all steps are there.

No, missing an enzyme.

No, missing wash buffer.

I don't know.