Torrance, CA (December 14, 2012): Bishop Montgomery senior Claire Park '13 has been accepted, early admission, to the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League school and the 8th ranked school in the United States according to U.S. News & World Report. In the magazine's rankings of the top universities in the world, the University of Pennsylvania ranks 12th.
Park, who is a member of BMHS' science club, will major in Biology and will enter the University of Pennsylvania as a pre-med student.
Last year, Park was responsible for Bishop Montgomery's entry into the annual Los Angeles County Science Olympiad held at Occidental College. Park and the students from the science club will compete at the Science Olympiad in February 2013.
Park is pictured on the far right at the 2012 Los Angeles County Science Olympiad.