A Memphis 15-year-old high school sophomore has a lot to be proud of.Β Recently, Dwight Moore, aΒ student fromΒ Christian Brothers High School, received a 36 out of 36, on the college entrance standardized testβ a perfect score! Β A feat that only less than one in every 1,000 people will achieve,Β NBC-affiliate WMC noted.
The ACT (American College Testing) exam, consists of tests in English, mathematics, reading and science.
Moore, who has taken the exam before, kept getting a better score each time he took it.
βInΒ 7th grade, I got a 26, in 9th gradeΒ I got a 33, and in 10th grade I got a 36,β Moore told WMC.
But he admits that when he got these most recent results, he thought it was a mistake.
βI sat there in shock for a second. There is no way this is right. It didnβt have the writing score so I thought this was just a placeholder for later so I am not getting my hopes up when the writing score came out too, I actually got a 36,β Moore told Local Memphis.
His school was elated when they heard the news ofΒ Mooreβs accomplishment and encouraged the community to rally behind him. In a statement, CBHS principal Chris Fay wrote, βPlease join me in congratulating sophomore Dwight Moore for his perfect composite score of 36 on the ACT,β said Β βDwight is an incredibly polite and humble young man, who is respected by both his peers and teachers. He is a model student at CBHS.β
Excellent job, Dwight!