Torrance teen heads to Harvard med school for doctorate

(Photo courtesy of Cal State Los Angeles)

Alexandria Huynh - at 17 the youngest graduating senior ever in the class of 2010 at California State University, Los Angeles - is heading to Harvard University this fall to pursue a doctorate in immunology.

Admitted to Harvard Medical School with full funding and an additional stipend, the Torrance girl also was accepted to doctoral programs at Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania.

Huynh was a member of the Golden Key Honor Society and the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society at Cal State L.A. Recipient of the Kinecta Federal Credit Union Scholarship, she was recently named the winner of Cal State L.A.'s Phi Kappa Phi Outstanding Senior Award and presented the Early Entrance Program Graduate of the Year scholarship. In addition, she has volunteered at Torrance Memorial Medical Center. When time allows, she also enjoys figure skating and playing the piano.

Huynh was admitted to Cal State L.A. at the age of 13.

According to officials from Cal State L.A., the university's youngest graduate ever is Cynthia Martel, who graduated with bachelor's degrees in biology and biochemistry at the age of 14 in 1990.