Saratoga High School Student Earns Perfect AP Exam Score

Saratoga High School has announced that student Edgar Chen earned a perfect score on his advanced placement computer science exam in the spring 2012.

AP exams are based on a composite score of 1 to 5, where 5 is equivalent to a grade of A in the corresponding college course.

Edgar, who's a junior, received the top score of 5—ranking among 15.5 percent of students to fall within this top score category in 2012, the Los Gatos Saratoga Joint Union High School District said in a press release.

In doing so, the 16-year-old was one of only 18 students in the world to earn every point possible on the computer science A exam, answering every multiple‐choice question correctly and earning full points on each of the essays in the free‐response section of the exam.

Edgar earned 80 out of 80, the district said.

In total, 26,103 students took the AP computer science A exam in 2012.

Edgar’s teacher, Debra Troxell, said: "The high level concepts of computer science were easily understood by Edgar. He was able to finish programming assignments very quickly and they were consistently well written and logically organized. He would spend many computer lab days walking around and helping other students. I look forward to his success in college and hope a computer science related career is in his future."

LGSUHSD assistant to the superintendent Jane Marashian said the achievement was an incredible accomplishment for Edgar. "Congratulations to Edgar, Ms. Troxell, and all our AP computer science students," Marashian said.