Le Quoc Khang, a 12th-grade student at Nguyen Tat Thanh Middle and High School, earned the perfect score during the late March testing period. Demonstrating his strong language proficiency, he also achieved an IELTS score of 8.0 after retaking all four sections of the English exam.
"When I found out I had achieved a perfect score, I was overwhelmed with happiness because all my efforts had finally paid off," Khang said. He admitted he was too nervous to check his own results and asked a friend to log into his account first.
According to the College Board, the organization that administers the SAT, test takers who score 1530 or higher rank among the top 1% of the more than two million global candidates each year. The exam consists of a Reading and Writing section with 54 questions, and a Math section with 44 questions, lasting just over two hours.
Le Quoc Khang in a yearbook photo. Photo courtesy of Khang
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