Junior at Madison Comprehensive High School gets perfect score on 2 parts of ACT test
MADISON TOWNSHIP — A perfect score on any portion of the ACT test is cause for celebration.
But what about two perfect scores, which is what Samantha Myers achieved.
"There was a lot of yelling in my house," said Myers, a junior at Madison Comprehensive High School. "It was just me and my mom, but it was loud. It's the loudest my house has ever been."
The ACT is a standardized test used for college admissions. Myers recorded a perfect score of 36 in both math and science.
She also scored a 33 in reading and a 29 in English for a composite score of 34. The day after Myers learned her scores, she and her Academic Challenge teammates had a meet.
"They were shocked," Myers said of her classmates. "They were like, 'How did you get a 34?' I said, 'I don't know. I just walked in there.'''
Myers is ranked No. 1 in her class of 225 and is on pace to be the valedictorian next year.
"I'm just extremely proud of her work and what she represents at Madison," high school Principal Sean Conway said. "She's obviously a good student, but she's also a great person. She's kind to everyone she meets."
Board of education recognized Myers at monthly meeting
Conway says the school district wants to recognize achievements. Myers was honored at last month's board of education meeting.
The junior packs a lot into each day. Her course load includes College Credit Plus physics and pre-calculus. Myers also is president of the Spanish club and a member of drama club.
In addition, she participates in marching band, pep band and symphonic band. She plays French horn, mellophone and trumpet.
Outside of school, Myers works part-time three to five nights a week at the Domino's Pizza location on Ashland Road.
She obviously knows how to budget her time. Myers gets out of school at 2:30 p.m. and usually pulls a 4-9 shift at Domino's.
"That little gap is a lot of my crunch time," she said of doing homework.
Myers has a short list of colleges she would like to attend and plans to apply at some Ivy League schools as well. She is interested in computer science or computer engineering.
Myers looking at career in computers
"I like both math and science," she said. "That's why I think computer science will be a pretty good field for me."
Of math, Myers said, "It makes sense in my brain; it just clicks. I like knowing that there's a set answer and that there's a way to get there."
She said she enjoys science because it shows how the world works.
Myers said her love of math and science goes back to teachers at Mifflin Elementary School and continues with her high school teachers.
Summer will not offer much of respite for Myers, who will be involved in a couple of academic endeavors. She will take part in six weeks of Upward Bound, a college preparatory program for first-generation college students.
Myers also will spend two weeks in Spain as part of a pre-college program.
"She's a great representative of Ram Nation," Conway said.
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This article originally appeared on Mansfield News Journal: Madison junior achieves pair of perfect scores on ACT
