LA GRANGE, IL — Four LT students have received a perfect score on the ACT. According to the school, seniors Max Bresticker of Western Springs, Zachary Lin of Western Springs, Jack Nash of La Grange Park, and Sebastian Olsen of La Grange Park, all earned the highest composite score possible on the ACT exam.
The school said on average, less than one-tenth of one percent of all test takers earns the top score. Nationwide about 1,100 of more than 1.8 million students earn a composite score of 36.
The ACT is comprised of tests in English, mathematics, reading, and science reasoning. Each test is scored on a scale of 1-36, and a student's score is the average of the four tests. Scores are evidence of their readiness for the academic rigor they will find in college.
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According to the school, Bresticker is the founder and president of LT’s Mock Trial Team, an executive board member of Model UN and a member of Math Team, Congressional Debate and STEM Club. He is a straight A student, math peer tutor and member of National Honor Society. His top university picks are Princeton, Bowdoin and Yale, and he plans to study behavioral economics or political science.
Lin is a straight A student, involved in Marching Band and Jazz Band, the school said. He is also a member of the Science Olympiad. Outside of school, he teaches music lessons and volunteers at a local hospital. He plans to go to college out of state to study biomedical engineering.
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Nash is a member and vice president of Math Team, Science Olympiad, Robotics Team, STEM Club, Programming Club and soccer team, according to the school. He plans on going to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to study computer science.
Olsen has a focus on math, science and computer science classes. The school said he is a member of Latin Club and received a silver medal on last year’s National Latin Exam. Outside of school, he volunteers at the La Grange Hospital front desk. He has multiple college offers to consider and plans to study computer science and physics.
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