Seneca Valley junior earns perfect ACT score

Seneca Valley School District › | Posted on Nov 13, 2019

SV Junior David Choi (second in from right) was honored with a Certificate of Recognition by the Seneca Valley School Board during the Nov. 4 Board Meeting. Pictured with him (L-R) is Seneca Valley School Board President, Mr. Jim Nickel; Soojin Kim, David’s mother; and Seneca Valley Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Tracy Vitale (far right).

David Choi, son of Sihyuk Choi and Soojin Kim, and a junior at Seneca Valley Senior High School, earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36.

Only around two-tenths of 1% of students who take the ACT earn a top score. In the U.S. high school graduating class of 2018, only 3,741 out of more than 1.9 million graduates who took the ACT earned a top 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 ACT’s optional writing test is reported separately and is not included within the ACT composite score.

In a letter to the student recognizing this exceptional achievement, ACT CEO Marten Roorda stated, “Your achievement on the ACT is significant and rare. Your exceptional scores will provide any college or university with ample evidence of your readiness for the academic rigors that lie ahead.”

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.

“I’m happy that I got such a high score,” said Mr. Choi. “Right now, I’m working on gaining relevant experience in computer science, and I’m hoping to pursue a competitive school in the future.”

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