LAWTON Okla_ Two Lawton High
School students are now among the ranks of
perfection. Seniors Pryce Michener and Trevor Watts recently found out they each
scored perfect 36's on the American College Test, or ACT.
The district
tells 7News what makes this achievement even more remarkable is as far as
they've been able to determine, there's never been a perfect score from a Lawton student. This year, there are two from the same
school.
Pryce Michener
and Trevor Watts said when they opened up their packages from the ACT and read
their scores, they could hardly believe what they were seeing. Both said they
studied hard for it and it is well deserved.
Pryce Michener
and Trevor Watts can't stop smiling, and who could blame them?
"I was
surprised," Michener said. "I did not expect that at all. I worked for it, but
I was expecting like a 34 or 33, but not a 36."
"I was
just really ecstatic to get the score that I was hoping for and definitely
didn't expect it," Watts said.
Trevor said
this was his second go at the test. What's his secret to success?
"A couple
weeks before the test, I started working with some books that you can get," Watts said. "You can get books just about everywhere. I really
just kind of focused on the little intricacies of the test."
Michener said
the third time was the charm for him. He said a routine he did for several
weeks prior to the actual test was the key.
"I worked
with one of the teachers here," Michener said. "He was my tutor, and I worked
with him an hour a week. I just did test after test preparing."
Lawton High
teacher Steve Jackson is Michener's tutor. Jackson
said he also worked some with Watts on
prepping for the exam.
"It makes
me feel really good that they did so well," Jackson said. "They both worked really
hard."
Michener and Watts say this is their last time taking the test, now
that they've achieved perfection. As for other students looking to match their
feat, they have a message.
"Just keep
working on those prep books," Michener said.
"I made
sure to take it here at my school, rather than somewhere I'd be unfamiliar," Watts said. "It's really important to be comfortable with
your surroundings, so you can devote all your attention to the test."
Michener and
Watts are lifelong friends who both went to Whittier Elementary School.
Although they both attend Lawton High now, they plan to attend different
colleges. Michener is still undecided, while Watts is looking to attend the University of Oklahoma.
So far, no
other schools in southwest Oklahoma
have mentioned any of their students achieving a perfect score. An ACT official
told 7News the graduating class of 2012 had 781 students across the country
achieve a perfect 36. That's out of the 1.6 million students to take the exam.
