Albright College student Ty Achtermann of Palmerton has received early acceptance into the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey.

Achtermann is a graduate of Palmerton Area High School. He has been admitted into the Early Assurance Program, an agreement between Albright and Hershey through which Albright students with a high grade-point average and standardized test scores can receive early acceptance to the medical school during their junior year.Achtermann is a biology major and is considering cardiology. He will graduate in spring 2017 from Albright college a year early. Achtermann will begin at Hershey in the fall of 2018. He plans to spend his gap year training as an emergency medical technician. sDespite the world still ahead of him, Achtermann says the early acceptance is a huge weight off his shoulders and he feels ready to tackle the rigors of medical school.Hershey's early Assurance Program is highly competitive and open to candidates from a small number of Pennsylvania college and universities.