Sci Tech student talks perfect ACT score

Source: The Monitor, McAllen, TexasNov.mini storage 04--MERCEDES -- A local high school student recently found out that he was one of a select group of students from across the country to attain a perfect score on the ACT.Science Academy of South Texas student Isaac Hanemann, 17, of McAllen took the test in September and found out several weeks later that he received a 36, the highest score possible for the college entrance exam.Since that time Hanemann has received a fair amount of attention over his scholastic achievement, with news outlets from across the Rio Grande Valley coming to his school. Despite all the fanfare, the senior doesn't give too much thought to all of the excitement surrounding his achievement."I'm sort of neutral on it, I guess," Hanemann said.Neutral?"Statistically it's a big deal. I guess I can't really tell yet how big of a deal it is to me. I mean it's really cool that I got that but I just don't know at this point how much it's going to affect me."Over 1.79 million students from the Class of 2013 took the ACT, but a mere 1,162 were able to achieve perfection. That's less that 0.065 percent of all test-takers.Though it would be easy to chalk up Hanemann's perfect score to innate intellect, those who self storagenow him say that it's just as much a product of how hard he works."He's one of the few that takes every opportunity. He's going to contact me at home, he's going to call me, he's going to e-mail," said Cleo Martinez, Hanemann's AP English teacher. "I think (the perfect score) is a testament to his work ethic."Hanemann said that he did not think he had made a perfect score after he finished the test. He did say, however, that he had a feeling that he'd done better than on any of the practice exams he took."I felt pretty comfortable for the most part throughout the test," Hanemann said. "I had taken over a dozen practice tests so I really practiced for it a lot."Even though Hanemann remains nonchalant about his achievement, his high school's principal, Michael Aranda, says all the attention has been well-deserved and important for the school."I think it is warranted because all we hear in the news is things that go wrong in schools. People seize on that," Aranda said "It's about time that we seize on something that goes right here at school."slopez@themonitor.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 The Monitor (McAllen, Texas) Visit The Monitor (McAllen, Texas) at .themonitor.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉