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Shannon Kline '03

SHANNON KLINE '03
"Communication is an essential role for a physician."

Major: Biochemistry—Pre-Med

Summa cum laude. Marcus Green Pre-Professional Award, Paul M. Leininger Chemistry Award, Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, Shirk Scholar, Collaborative research with Professor Frieda Texter on links between protein structures and cancer

Softball pitcher, broke the record for career strikeouts. 2003 Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District II College Division Team

“I took an acting class as a way of getting out of the strict sciences. We started communicating through facial expressions. A physician has to know how to communicate with people in a way that is understandable.”

The future: becoming a physician – early
acceptance into medical school at Penn State Hershey Medical Center

BY THE NUMBERS  

The class of 2006, Albright’s “Sesquicentennial Class,” entering in fall 2002, numbered 453 students. This was the College’s largest class until the new Class of 2007 arrived with 457 students. In addition, 40 transfer students entered Albright in fall 2003, double the number from 2002.

Nearly half of all Albright students have dual, combined concentrations or interdisciplinary majors.

Last year Albright students had 200 different combinations of majors.

Albright students are from 20 states and 26 countries.

Acceptance rate is 58%.

Applications increased 21.7%, a new record.

Average GPA of applicants is 3.25.

Diversity at Albright is outstanding compared to other small, liberal arts colleges and increased from 15.5% in ’99-01 to 20.9% in 2002-03.

Albright was named a member of The Annapolis Group, a selective organization of leading liberal arts colleges, who work cooperatively to promote understanding of the value of a liberal arts education.

Princeton Review Named to the Best Mid-Atlantic
Colleges by the Princeton Review.
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