Some schools bluntly said Tim couldn't meet their standards because he was blind. Others were more subtle. He would be one of 143 students among 2,299 applicants. In explaining the decision to admit Tim, Dr. Philip Farrell, dean of the medical school, says some preconceived notions about doctors simply aren't true. Medicine is really cognitive.
Snow knows there are more critics.
But once again, Tim Cordes is making believers of those he meets. He uses his hands, and he uses his brain to visualize,'' says Dan Knoch, a classmate and good friend who notes that Tim helps others prepare for tests. Karen Krabbenhoft, an anatomy lecturer, was impressed when Tim participated in dissecting the cadaver. Megan Neuman, a second-year medical student, was at Tim's side in anatomy, sometimes guiding his hands, telling him what he was feeling. For his practical exam, Megan guided Tim to where tiny flags marked the nerves, muscles, arteries or veins that he had to identify.