Willa Chen scores perfect on her ACT, SAT and PSAT

2009-04-26 21:41:14

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blademaster: I'm moving to Brazil; +2,075|7072

A Michigan high school student who got perfect scores on three college entrance tests may have the math skills to calculate the odds of doing what she did.

Suffice it to say that very few students achieve what Willa Chen, 17, a Canton High School senior in Canton, Mich., did.

The College Board says about one student in 5,000 taking the SAT gets a perfect score of 2,400, while the odds are a little better, one in 1,000, on the PSAT, The Detroit News reported. The other major college entrance test, the ACT, which comes from a competing organization, says the odds of a perfect finish are one in 14,000.

Karen Ludema, Chen's calculus teacher, calls her student "gracious and humble."

"I wouldn't say I studied a lot," Chen said. "I feel like you have to keep learning throughout your whole school career. When I was little, if you asked me how to describe myself, something like 'smart' wouldn't usually occur to me."

Chen, who has a 4.33 GPA, plans to attend Princeton University in the fall.

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2009-04-26 21:45:15

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Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6964|Long Island, New York

I'm taking it Saturday

fuck my life

2009-04-26 21:46:47

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WienerBreath: Hai guys; +14|5928|Fort Hood, Texas

Poseidon wrote:
I'm taking it Saturday

fuck my life

Same. The vocabulary is gonna kick my ass.

2009-04-26 22:24:59

#4

=NHB=Shadow: hi; +322|6792|California

i only got a 2130 on SAT and 28 on ACT

2009-04-26 22:31:13

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GodFather: Blademaster's bottom bitch; +387|6646|Phoenix, AZ

I wish i could score perfect on all those tests... maybe then my dad would love me :\

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2009-04-26 23:12:04

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TopHat01: Limitless; +117|6331|CA

How many people want to make a bet that the next article in a couple weeks will be titled "Student cheated (or gave head ) on college tests for perfect scores"

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2009-04-27 00:52:02

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Benzin: Member; +576|6425

With a name like Chen, are you really that surprised???

But fucking hell, she has a GPA of 4.33??? Last I checked, the highest possible GPA was a 4.0 ... and the highest SAT score was a 1600 ... fuckin A things have changed since I graduated high school.

2009-04-27 01:22:26

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Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7143

CapnNismo wrote:
With a name like Chen, are you really that surprised???

But fucking hell, she has a GPA of 4.33??? Last I checked, the highest possible GPA was a 4.0 ... and the highest SAT score was a 1600 ... fuckin A things have changed since I graduated high school.

AP courses help boost GPA.

Also some schools may follow a 4.33 scale, it depends.

Oh, and shes asian.

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2009-04-27 01:29:01

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GodFather: Blademaster's bottom bitch; +387|6646|Phoenix, AZ

CapnNismo wrote:
With a name like Chen, are you really that surprised???

But fucking hell, she has a GPA of 4.33??? Last I checked, the highest possible GPA was a 4.0 ... and the highest SAT score was a 1600 ... fuckin A things have changed since I graduated high school.

Honors classes over here add 10%

100% is considered 110%, so on and so forth...

so with 4 classes... ( 100 + 100 + 100 + 100 ) .1 + 100 + 100 + 100 +100 = 440 or 4.40

So i assume that a PERFECT high school GPA would be 4.4 ?

Im not sure on all that though, I am really baked

2009-04-27 01:30:17

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Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7143

GodFather wrote:
CapnNismo wrote:
With a name like Chen, are you really that surprised???

But fucking hell, she has a GPA of 4.33??? Last I checked, the highest possible GPA was a 4.0 ... and the highest SAT score was a 1600 ... fuckin A things have changed since I graduated high school.
Honors classes over here add 10%

100% is considered 110%, so on and so forth...

so with 4 classes... ( 100 + 100 + 100 + 100 ) .1 + 100 + 100 + 100 +100 = 440 or 4.40

So i assume that a PERFECT high school GPA would be 4.4 ?

Im not sure on all that though, I am really baked

Aussie system and American are different.

In the US system, AP courses generally add 1.0 to your GPA. So even you fail a class, you technically pass it due to the AP grading scale.

2009-04-27 01:42:23

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GodFather: Blademaster's bottom bitch; +387|6646|Phoenix, AZ

Cybargs wrote:
GodFather wrote:
CapnNismo wrote:
With a name like Chen, are you really that surprised???

But fucking hell, she has a GPA of 4.33??? Last I checked, the highest possible GPA was a 4.0 ... and the highest SAT score was a 1600 ... fuckin A things have changed since I graduated high school.
Honors classes over here add 10%

100% is considered 110%, so on and so forth...

so with 4 classes... ( 100 + 100 + 100 + 100 ) .1 + 100 + 100 + 100 +100 = 440 or 4.40

So i assume that a PERFECT high school GPA would be 4.4 ?

Im not sure on all that though, I am really baked
Aussie system and American are different.

In the US system, AP courses generally add 1.0 to your GPA. So even you fail a class, you technically pass it due to the AP grading scale.

o.0

no fucking way, I would be taking all AP courses then...

but that sounds WAYY too easy, there has to be something wrong there.

2009-04-27 01:47:36

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AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6579|what

I cheated on my HSC. Only a little though.

2009-04-27 02:16:24

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Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7143

GodFather wrote:
Cybargs wrote:
GodFather wrote:

Honors classes over here add 10%

100% is considered 110%, so on and so forth...

so with 4 classes... ( 100 + 100 + 100 + 100 ) .1 + 100 + 100 + 100 +100 = 440 or 4.40

So i assume that a PERFECT high school GPA would be 4.4 ?

Im not sure on all that though, I am really baked
Aussie system and American are different.

In the US system, AP courses generally add 1.0 to your GPA. So even you fail a class, you technically pass it due to the AP grading scale.
o.0

no fucking way, I would be taking all AP courses then...

but that sounds WAYY too easy, there has to be something wrong there.

Shitload of work on AP's though, they count for college credit, and you have to take an AP exam at the end AP history courses go into so much fucking detail it's annoying lol.

2009-04-27 02:47:38

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Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6964|Long Island, New York

WienerBreath wrote:
Poseidon wrote:
I'm taking it Saturday

fuck my life
Same. The vocabulary is gonna kick my ass.

Fuck that, Math's gonna kill me. English is one of my strong points. It's just I, unlike Uzique, don't show it here.

=NHB=Shadow wrote:
i only got a 2130 on SAT and 28 on ACT

Aren't you asian?

2009-04-27 03:18:26

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Brasso: member; +1,549|7057

=NHB=Shadow wrote:
i only got a 2130 on SAT and 28 on ACT

2170.

asian > asian

Cybargs wrote:
GodFather wrote:
CapnNismo wrote:
With a name like Chen, are you really that surprised???

But fucking hell, she has a GPA of 4.33??? Last I checked, the highest possible GPA was a 4.0 ... and the highest SAT score was a 1600 ... fuckin A things have changed since I graduated high school.
Honors classes over here add 10%

100% is considered 110%, so on and so forth...

so with 4 classes... ( 100 + 100 + 100 + 100 ) .1 + 100 + 100 + 100 +100 = 440 or 4.40

So i assume that a PERFECT high school GPA would be 4.4 ?

Im not sure on all that though, I am really baked
Aussie system and American are different.

In the US system, AP courses generally add 1.0 to your GPA. So even you fail a class, you technically pass it due to the AP grading scale.

that ain't true here. although AP courses add 1 to your GPA, at my school you need a B or A range grade to get that extra point. so if you get a C+, you get a 2.3. if you get a B- however, you get a 3.7 (2.7 + 1) and so on.

Last edited by haffeysucks (2009-04-27 03:20:57)

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2009-04-27 04:43:47

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DesertFox-: The very model of a modern major general; +796|7111|United States of America

PSAT was crap. Judging from that I would've gotten like ~1600 out of 2400, but my only SAT score destroyed that.

2009-04-27 04:45:27

#17

h4hagen: Whats my age again?; +91|6779|Troy, New York

Poseidon wrote:
I'm taking it Saturday

fuck my life

Same.
On a side note, I knew her when I lived in Michigan...

2009-04-27 05:04:22

#18

CosmoKramer: CC you in October; +131|7045|Medford, WI

Cybargs wrote:
GodFather wrote:
Cybargs wrote:

Aussie system and American are different.

In the US system, AP courses generally add 1.0 to your GPA. So even you fail a class, you technically pass it due to the AP grading scale.
o.0

no fucking way, I would be taking all AP courses then...

but that sounds WAYY too easy, there has to be something wrong there.
Shitload of work on AP's though, they count for college credit, and you have to take an AP exam at the end AP history courses go into so much fucking detail it's annoying lol.

yeah Im im that class right now, and AP classes have to have be approved by colleges and all that, but in our class its impossible not to get a B, which is a 4.00 for the class which is nice

2009-04-27 06:43:43

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dtacs: say that 2 my face fucker not online; +126|6261|Australia

AussieReaper wrote:
I cheated on my HSC. Only a little though.

lol seriously? what did you do? what was your end UAI

2009-04-27 06:45:11

#20

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7143

haffeysucks wrote:
=NHB=Shadow wrote:
i only got a 2130 on SAT and 28 on ACT
2170.

asian > asian

Cybargs wrote:
GodFather wrote:

Honors classes over here add 10%

100% is considered 110%, so on and so forth...

so with 4 classes... ( 100 + 100 + 100 + 100 ) .1 + 100 + 100 + 100 +100 = 440 or 4.40

So i assume that a PERFECT high school GPA would be 4.4 ?

Im not sure on all that though, I am really baked
Aussie system and American are different.

In the US system, AP courses generally add 1.0 to your GPA. So even you fail a class, you technically pass it due to the AP grading scale.
that ain't true here. although AP courses add 1 to your GPA, at my school you need a B or A range grade to get that extra point. so if you get a C+, you get a 2.3. if you get a B- however, you get a 3.7 (2.7 + 1) and so on.

Depends on the schools too bro. My school fails, only adds it by 0.5 =.= WTF seriously yo.

2009-04-27 07:22:26

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Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|7002|London

holy shit math olympiads as well

hope she goes on to achieve great things

2009-04-27 11:32:51

#22

blah: macaroni with cheeseeee; +111|6174|Croatia

damn japs

2009-04-27 13:21:27

#23

link52787: Member; +29|6948

blah wrote:
damn japs

lame joke

2009-04-27 19:12:28

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nukchebi0: Пушкин, наше всё; +387|6750|New Haven, CT

Unless she signed up for both tests at the same time, I'm not really sure why she would take the ACT and the SAT, since having perfect scores on both of them is redundant.

Also, Princeton...

Cybargs wrote:
In the US system, AP courses generally add 1.0 to your GPA. So even you fail a class, you technically pass it due to the AP grading scale.

Typically, failing grades aren't weighed differently in the GPA, so an F is still an F in a normal class.

Last edited by nukchebi0 (2009-04-27 19:12:46)

2009-04-27 19:21:33

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Yellowman03: Once Again, We Meet at Last; +108|6661|Texas

Happens every other year in Plano.

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