<p>I'm not sure that guy really had a double ace on his standardized tests. High scores, yes, but also some other issues that were more iffy.</p>
<p>freakchild: When S got a 36 he got a letter from the ACT people congratulating him and stating that he was one of 7 people in our (large) state that did it. They included a pre-printed press release where all you had to do was put down your name and contact information and send it to the local media. S wisely chose not to (you can tell that it was over my most vehement objections).</p>
<p>token, if we're talking about the same guy, his scores were, indeed, perfect. I'm hesitant to link to the thread because I feel sorry for the guy and his family as they took quite a beating on here.</p>
<p>Yes, Youdon'tsay, now I think your recollection is correct. I see the original news story link is no longer live. </p>
<p>Moral of the story, which many of us knew beforehand: perfect test scores alone don't give an applicant a lock on admission.</p>
<p>i personally know of a girl. check her out, shes the one who has a 2400/36 but a crap gpa who wants to go to harvard/princeton</p>
<p>Because stroking your ego is definitely worth wasting a Saturday!!! Such a feat reflects really well on a student's personal qualities; I'm sure colleges love to see people like that!!!</p>
<p>A girl I know got both. But then, she got perfect on the SAT in eighth grade...</p>
<p>The kid in Ohio prepared from the sixth grade. That is single-minded focus. Question is at what cost? Is he a well-rounded person? Does he play sports, debate, volunteer, do somersaults.........</p>
<p>He does science olympiad and other stuff. I've never talked to him, but I think he's well rounded. He's published a book, of which I know nothing about. Anyways, he's applying to Washington University in St. Louis and Johns Hopkins University so we'll see what becomes of him.</p>
<p>a few yrs ago a person at my school got 2400/36 on one try each. he was very well rounded and involved and didn't prep much. he was about 8th in the class (b/c of the way students could manipulate classes to get higher weighting instead of taking classes such as music and publications which are not weighted but show more interests and talents.</p>
<p>he did not choose an ivy tho he was accepted to all schools he applied... he felt more wanted at a 2nd tier school and is there on full ride.</p>
<p>I actually know the Ohio kid (Ray Wang) somewhat well. From what I know of him, he's fairly well-rounded (though he's lacking in the somersaults area). Basically, the school he attends is Ohio's genius-Asian-producing school. That school has more genius Asians than you can shake a stick at.</p>
<p>...tell me about it Anarch, what school do you go to?</p>