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Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Monbulk College student Charlotte (Charlie) Humphries will pursue a dream career in medicine after receiving an ATAR of 99.85.Principal Mark Quinlan congratulated the school captain and this year’s dux.Charlie Humphries with her family Andrew and Belinda. “It’s been an exceptional journey for Charlie. She has never given up and she has been rewarded for her hard work, dedication and commitment,” Quinlan said.“Charlie always extended herself and is the recipient of the Kwong Lee Dow scholarship at Melbourne University.”Charlie admitted to being nervous this morning but was over the moon with her result.“I was mentally prepared for a lower score and I took my time to open my results, but I’m very happy,” Charlie said. “It was a pretty stressful year and I prioritised my studies, but I also made sure I balanced it with enjoying time with my amazing group of friends.”Charlie’s goal is to study biomedicine at the University of Melbourne. She scored a 40 in chemistry, 31 in maths methods, 49 in psychology and a perfect 50 in English, health and human development and fast-tracked biology.Charlie said an internship in Nepal cemented her decision to study medicine.“I was given the amazing opportunity to observe a pacemaker insertion surgery on a young girl who was born with a congenital heart defect and was suffering from a very low heart rate and a complete heart block due to her condition,” she said.“I visited her the following morning and I remember thinking how incredible it was that just the day before she had been struggling for every single breath, but now the pacemaker had taken over and was able to truly breathe again, which completely confirmed my dream of going into medicine one day.”

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