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Lauren Bremen

Biography

Lauren Bremen took full advantage of the Duke seminars she attended, soaking up classes not offered in her school, from biological anthropology to abnormal psychology. An additional bonus, she says, was the networking and socializing with her peers that the experience allowed. Such camaraderie, though, didn’t prevent Lauren from enjoying competing with her fellow students in math and music.

Lauren admits to “a tendency to overextend myself,” but has such a passion for both chemistry and music that she intends to continue with both, one way or another. At least for now, though, she does envision pursuing only chemistry professionally. Her goal is to find a job “at a pharmaceutical company researching treatments for mental disorders.”

Lauren clearly has the capacity to excel in such work. Her chemistry teacher, Michael Childers, calls her the best-performing student he has had in his 16 years in the classroom. He says she is always prepared, asks creative questions, and shows an “ability to understand complex ideas very quickly and apply these ideas to real life problem-solving.” As Lauren prepares to enter college, she is looking forward to putting those skills to work as a budding chemist – when she isn’t playing the viola or singing.

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