Robbinsdale Student Aces ACT Test
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- It's not easy to achieve perfection on the ACT, but that's exactly what one Robbinsdale Cooper High School student accomplished in December.
Not only did Min-Hyung Choi receive a perfect 36 on the test, he didn't even need to take it this early -- and he's only a sophomore.
Inside Robbinsdale Cooper, roughly 1,700 teens make up the student body. But Min-Hyung stands out in the crowd.
"Most people have been congratulating me, so it's felt pretty good," Min-Hyung said.
His perfect score ranks him in less than one-tenth of one percent of students who take the test.
"I actually questioned the result. At first I started doubting it, like, whether this was actually official or not," he said. "Yeah, I was pretty surprised."
The fact that he's a 10th grader makes his accomplishment rarer.
"I thought I should give it a shot and, if it didn't do as well as I expected, I would get another chance to do it in later times," Min-Hyung said.
His achievement didn't come without hard work. He spent hours preparing and took dozens of practice tests.
But Min-Hyung believes success on the three-hour exam is rooted in the daily lessons. He offers some advice to fellow classmates.
"I think they should really, you know, pay attention in class. I mean, it's a lot more important than people think it is," he said.
Laura Ritter, Min-Hyung's college counselor, says his accomplishment will hopefully inspire others.
"I think it's really going to motivate a lot of our students to really try harder to put more time into their prep work," Ritter said.
Min-Hyung knows there's no need for a re-test on the ACT, so this studious sophomore is already looking for the next challenge.
"I am thinking of taking the SAT 2 test, which is, you know, a more advanced version of the test," he said.
Min-Hyung says he plans to follow the same pre-testing routine before the SATs.
He says he isn't ready to start thinking of which college he'd like to attend, but he's interested in a career in medicine.
