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Wheeler student makes perfect score on ACT exam

Mihir Bellamkonda, a junior at Center for Advanced Studies at Atlanta’s Wheeler High School, posted the highest possible ACT Composite score of 36.
Mihir Bellamkonda, a junior at Center for Advanced Studies at Atlanta’s Wheeler High School, posted the highest possible ACT Composite score of 36.
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June 2, 2016

Mihir Bellamkonda, a junior at Center for Advanced Studies at Atlanta's Wheeler High School, has earned the highest possible ACT Composite score of 36. ACT Inc. reports that fewer than one-tenth of 1 percent of students who take the ACT college-entrance exam earn the top score. Among ACT-tested U.S. high school graduates in the class of 2015, only 1,598 out of 1.92 million students earned an ACT Composite score of 36.

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