Teen Scores Perfect On Both ACT & SAT Tests

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Kansas Teen Gets Perfect Scores On ACT, SAT

Posted: 5:46 am CDT August 18, 2006

Wichita, Kan. -- A perfect score on the American College Testing exam (ACT) is rare enough.

The same goes for perfection on the SAT Reasoning Test.

But acing both? That's what a high school senior in Wichita has accomplished -- 17-year-old Jakub Voboril of Bishop Carroll High School said he scored a perfect 36 on the ACT and a 2,400 on the SAT in the same week in June.

"It wasn't so much a feeling of, 'Wow, I'm shocked,' because I went in thinking I could do this," Jakub told The Wichita Eagle. "So it's just a good feeling. I'm really happy."

His perfect score on the ACT test is one of only two in Kansas. It came after he scored 32 and 34 on his first two tries. Jakub learned of his perfect SAT score soon after hearing about his other ace.

Jakub's father, Bob, is a school superintendent and his mother, Pam, is a school nurse, The Eagle reported.

"We don't ever say to them, 'We expect As,'" Bob told The Eagle. "The most important thing is not the grades they get, it's the kind of people they are. We truly believe that if you shape your kids to be good human beings, then they will naturally becomegood students."

He said he didn't have an answer for how he scored so well.

"It's weird, because before I took it, I checked out a couple books from the library. I expected there to be this big secret that all the smart people had that I just had to read.

"But I found out there's not a secret formula. Obviously, you have to pay attention in classes, take classes that are going to teach you what you need to know -- that sort of thing."

Jakub suggested that people sign up for the "Official SAT Question of the Day" at the College Board's Web site.

"They send you one question every day, right to your inbox," Jakub said. "So you get a feel for the types of questions, but you don't have to sit down for a couple hours and take a practice test."

Voboril has not settled on a college or a major, but is considering math, philosophy and law -- possibly at Notre Dame or Princeton.

No statistics are available on how many students have aced both tests, but it's a safe bet Voboril doesn't have a lot of company.

"Suffice it to say, it's a very, very small number," said Brian O'Reilly, a spokesman for the College Board, which administers the SAT.

Distributed by Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved.

[Central Perk]

Nerd Alert!

[TheGreatPretender]

That's so ironic how the parents believe in the "grades are not important" thing

[MsOrange]

My husband's cousin scored perfect on the SAT

[Shine]

Wow!

[dawsongirl]

OVERACHIEVER

Though it did take him 3 TRIES to get that 36. Not like he aced them both the first time.

[Hollow]

umm ya my boyfriend got like 98% on the ACT.

[D.J.]

I want to meet this kid so I can steal his brain. It's probably 4 times the size of mine.