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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlorida Man silences the haterz- lovely story - one in 11 worldwide
http://www.local10.com/education/south-florida-teen-1-of-11-students-in-world-to-get-perfect-score-on-ap-calculus-bc-exam<snip>
MIAMI - A student at Ransom Everglades in Miami is just one of 11 students in the world who got a perfect score this year on the AP Calculus BC exam.
"I was very excited. I was very proud. My parents were also very excited," John Mistele said. "I was super excited to sort of have accomplished this not just for myself, but also for my friends and math teachers Ive had at Ransom."
Ransom Everglades spokeswoman Amy Shipley said Mistele, who is a senior at the school, answered every question correctly on the 3-hour, 15-minute exam, which includes 45 multiple-choice questions and six free-response questions.
"I've worked in independent schools for 36 years, and I've never seen an achievement like this," head of school Penny Townsend said. "We are so proud of John, who works very hard to make the most of his exceptional gifts, and we are also grateful to our outstanding teachers. All of us share in his joy today."
Mistele ranked No. 1 in Florida last year in statistics and earned a perfect score at the Mu Alpha Theta State Championship Conference in Orlando in April.
"Every year, I tell my students that I've heard of these letters that go out to different people when they get a perfect score, but I've never received one," Mistele's math teacher, Dr. Henry Stavisky, said. "That accomplishment was one of my dreams, and he did it."
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Florida Man silences the haterz- lovely story - one in 11 worldwide (Original Post)
malaise
Oct 2016
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Lochloosa
(16,063 posts)1. MIT here we come.
malaise
(268,949 posts)2. He's looking at all of them
Hope he does choose MIT. I had a good friend - a genius - he was accepted to every Ivy league college in the US and the UK - chose MIT. Died almost two years ago. He taught Econometrics.
I wish this kid the absolute best. Hope he uses this for humanity.
Lochloosa
(16,063 posts)3. My uncle had a full scholarship there.
Went one year, quit and got a law degree from Florida State University.
We're still pondering that one.
malaise
(268,949 posts)5. My friend had a full scholarship
lpbk2713
(42,754 posts)4. AP Calculus.
I had a hard enough time making it through Algebra.