36 on the ACT; 2400 on the SAT; dare he hope?

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<p>A perfect score on the American College Testing exam is rare enough.</p>

<p>Same goes for perfection on the SAT Reasoning Test.</p>

<p>But acing both?</p>

<p>That’s what a high school senior in Wichita has accomplished – 17-year-old Jakub Voboril of Bishop Carroll High School says he scored a perfect 36 on the ACT and a 2,400 on the SAT in the same week in June.</p>

<p>His perfect score on the ACT test is one of only two in Kansas. It came after he scored 32 and 34 on his first two tries. </p>

<p>Voboril learned of his perfect SAT score soon after hearing about his other ace.</p>

<p>Voboril has not settled on a college or a major, but is considering math, philosophy and law – possibly at Notre Dame or Princeton.</p>

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<p>Dammit I hate him.</p>

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<p>Incidental Question: So what would that make his chances of acceptance? I’d say that if you get a 2200+ and a 33+ it’s only a matter of retaking the test with a little more studying to have a pretty decent chance of perfect scores. At that point, it’s only stupid mistakes that are keeping you down.</p>

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<p>Getting a perfect score on just one of those exams is extremely difficult. If anyone who scored above a 2200/33 could do it, then there would be many more perfect scorers than there are now.</p>

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<p>Those scores are great but I don’t understand how he’s on national news…tons of people ace standardized tests–and after three tries it’s really not that impressive (I’m referring to his ACT score…the article didn’t say whether that was his first time taking the SAT so I won’t comment on his 2400).
Both Notre Dame and Princeton take the ACT. This kid had already scored a 34 on the ACT–why did he bother taking any more standardized tests? EGO.</p>

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<p>I agree with MallomarCookie. It’d sure be funny if pton rejected him for having bad character.</p>

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<p>he’s TEARIN it up.</p>

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<p>A friend of mine has gotten perfect scores on every standardized exam he’s taken, including the PSAT, SAT, SAT II’s, and AP’s. I guess he’s in a similar category as this guy, even though he hasn’t taken the ACT.</p>

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<p>I’d give it 32.3 percent</p>

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<p>Hahaha, he’s considering either where I did my undergrad or where I go to grad school.</p>

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<p>Some girl from my school aced both first try.</p>

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<p>here’s another 36/2400’er, with princeton on the brain:</p>

<p><a href=“http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060902/NEWS02/609020321/1002/NEWS[/url]”>http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060902/NEWS02/609020321/1002/NEWS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>At least he didn’t take the SAT after the perfect ACT…then it would really be pointless and braggy.</p>

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<p>If he isn’t doing ED, then he’s up for grabs.</p>

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<p>haha i thought i was cool with a perfect 1600 on the old sat (no classes or prepping woot!)(seriously, it shouldnt count if all u do is practice test for months upon months…then you’re studying a test, not pure knowledge) but then i came to princeton…first guy i met who showed me around forbes, nonchalantly mentioned he got a perfect score too…haha i was like me too and he’s like oh cool then continued on about school history…as if nothing was remarkable. Thats why we’re #1 folks. ubiquitous genius.</p>

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<p>and here’s a plain old 2400’er, “hoping to get into princeton”:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.channel3000.com/education/9821904/detail.html[/url]”>http://www.channel3000.com/education/9821904/detail.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Perfect scores are terrible measures of your overall academic potential. So you got a 2400/36… great, that means that you’ll have no problem getting an A in Basic Math and Reasoning 101.</p>

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<p>and yet another, whose “top-choice college is princeton.”</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1141898884251740.xml&coll=1[/url]”>http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1141898884251740.xml&coll=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I agree with Cavalier, and that just because someone made perfect scores does not mean they can handle well…anything. I am not degrading him, however, but I believe the truly talented test takers are the ones who score perfect first try. That guy is merely a wannabe.</p>

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<p>haha, so you’re not degrading him, just calling him a wannabe. I personally think its untrue to say any 2200+ can ace the SAT just by cutting down careless errors. 2400 is really an amazing score.</p>