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East Cobb Student Aces SAT, ACT
The young woman scored a 5 out of 5 on seven of her eight AP tests during her junior year and scored a 4 on the eighth test.
A Cobb County high school student should not have much trouble finding a college to accept her after she earned a perfect score on her SATs during her junior year.
Oh, and did we mention she also earned a perfect score on her ACT, too?
Karen Wu, a soon-to-be senior at Kell High School, had a nearly perfect junior year; acing both college admissions tests and earning a full score on seven of the eight AP exams she took. Wu earned a 4 out of 5 on the eighth AP exam and earned college credit for all eight courses, according to Cobb County Schools.
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Not even 600 of the 1.7 million students who take the SAT each year earn a perfect score of 2400, and only .06 percent of students who take the ACT earn a perfect score of 36.
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