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Published on 04/14/1997 All articles from this issue

Los Altos High School student gets perfect score on Scholastic Achievement Test

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By Danya Epstein

Special to the Town Crier

Jimmy Whitesell, a Los Altos High School junior, received a perfect 1600 on the March 15 Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT).

Whitesell, who also took the SAT in December and January for practice, said then when he took it again in March, his score "just jumped."

Although Whitesell missed one question on the math portion and two on the verbal portion of the SAT, the current test allows students to make several mistakes and still receive a perfect score. Whitesell, whose favorite academic subjects are math and science, participates in the band, is on the varsity tennis team, plays the piano and volunteers at Stanford Hospital.

He is undecided about college, but is interested in University of California system.