SV senior earns perfect scores

College admission exams like the SAT and ACT bring a lot of pressure for students to achieve a “good” score, but a perfect one on both exams is much harder to achieve. Seneca Valley Senior Liam Volk-Klos recently received notification that he scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT while simultaneously earning a perfect composite score of 36 on the ACT.

It is incredibly challenging to earn a perfect on the SAT exam. It is estimated that out of the 2 million students who take the SAT every year, only about 500 earn the highest score. Mr. Volk-Klos scored in the 99th nationally representative sample percentile and SAT User percentile for both his reading and writing and math scores. When you consider Mr. Volk-Klos also achieved a perfect ACT score, it’s even more of a feat; it’s considered incredibly rare with less than 1% earning such a double honor. In the U.S. high school graduating class of 2020, only 5,579 out of 1.67 million students who took the ACT earned a top composite score of 36.

Mr. Volk-Klos added, “I want to thank all my teachers, the English and math teachers I’ve had; Mrs. Mihalik, Mrs. Armor, Mrs. Kerr, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Ruggeri; I couldn’t have done this without them. I also want to thank both my mom and my dad. My dad got me into reading which I attribute much of my success.”

“We would like to congratulate as well as celebrate such a rare and distinguished accomplishment,” said Seneca Valley Senior High School Principal Bob Ceh. “The wealth of knowledge and problem-solving ability that is required to score a perfect on both exams is something that is hardly ever seen in high schools.”