JCA Student Gets Perfect ACT Score

(The following information comes from a Joliet Catholic Academy press release.)

JOLIET, IL - Joliet Catholic Academy President/Principal Jeffrey Budz is proud to announce that junior Jack Smith, son of Jim and Kathy Smith, earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36. On average, only around one-tenth of 1 percent of students who take the ACT earn a top score. In the U.S. high school graduating class of 2017, only 2,760 out of more than 2 million graduates who took the ACT earned a composite score of 36.

The ACT consists of tests in English, mathematics, reading and science, each scored on a scale of 1-36. A student’s composite score is the average of the four test scores. The score for the ACT’s optional writing test is reported separately and is not included within the ACT composite score.

ACT Chief Executive Officer Marten Roorda stated, “(Jack’s) achievement on the ACT is significant and rare. While test scores are just one of multiple criteria that most colleges consider when making admissions decisions, (his) exceptional ACT composite score should prove helpful as (Jack) pursues his education and career goals.”

The ACT is a curriculum-based achievement exam that measures what students have learned in school. Students who earn a 36 composite score have likely mastered all of the skills and knowledge they will need to succeed in first-year college courses in the core subject areas.

ACT scores are accepted by all major four-year colleges and universities across the U.S.

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