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Senior Earns Perfect SAT Score

Saint Louis U. High became home to yet another perfect standardized test score this past week. As if responding to senior Steve Schumacher's 36 on the ACT last year, senior Mike Rauschenbach earned a 2400 on the SAT.

"I was just really excited," said Rauschenbach about his score.

Although that seems like an understatement, upon further consideration, Rauschenbach also credited the SLUH math department: "I was so grateful to have such good math teachers in the school; I almost would have felt bad if I missed one of the math questions."

Rauschenbach took the SAT earlier in the year and scored a 2340, an acceptable score for even the brightest of minds, but Rauschenbach said he knew he could do better.

"I talked to Mr. Hannick about some of the math problems I missed, and he told me, 'Take it again, and this time, get more right.'"

Apparently Hannick's advice helped because early Tuesday morning Rauschenbach learned of his perfect score from the College Board website.

Counselor Dave Mouldon speculated that it's more common for SLUH students to get perfect scores on the ACT (there have been seven at SLUH since 2005) because "so many more of our kids take tests like the ACT than the SAT" - that is, tests of "what you’ve learned" rather than "tests of logic," Mouldon said. He said the SLUH placement exam is one such skills-based test.

According to collegeboard.com, Rauschenbach is one of 269 seniors to earn a perfect SAT score, representing 0.018 percent of over 1.4 million tests taken. Similarly, just 0.024 percent of over 1.3 million ACT tests were perfect.

With such a good score, Rauschenbach has applied to Princeton, Harvard, University of Chicago, Duke and Yale, among other prestigious colleges. Although not yet decided on a major, he says he wants to work internationally, planning to minor in multiple languages. Rauschenbach currently studies Russian.

"I sort of want to work with some international government agency, but I don’t really know yet," he said.

Already accepted at the University of Chicago and Georgetown, Rauschenbach is still waiting to hear from Princeton, his top choice, but with his perfect SAT score, it will be hard for them to turn him down.

by Brad Tharpe
Prep News

Published: December 20, 2007 | Categories: News Section, Parents, Alumni, Students, Homepage, Faculty & Staff
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