According to CollegeBoard, only 8 percent of all test-takers receive a 36, the highest score possible, on the ACT.
Among that .08 percent: seniors Prateek Sangineni and Ethan Kim.
A 36 wasn’t something Kim was expecting either.
“When I first saw my score, obviously because I didn’t feel very prepared going into the test and then when I told my parents they were equally as surprised, in fact they were probably more surprised,” Kim said.
A 36 is the highest score a student can get on the test, but that’s not the same as a perfect score.
Test administrators average the individual sections together so students may miss a few questions and still be able to achieve a perfect score.
Although Sangineni and Kim received the same score, they prepared in different ways.