Notre Dame junior Ryan Flaherty, from Rochester Hills, earned a perfect 36 score on his ACT.
Ryan Flaherty, currently a junior in Notre Dame’s upper division, has scored a perfect 36 on his ACT — the highest score available — and now the seventh Notre Dame student since 2009 to achieve such perfection.
According to test administrator ACT, Inc., only 0.04% of students across the country who take the ACT score a perfect 36.
The ACT is comprised of four sections — English, math, reading and science — that are each scored on a scale of 1-36. A student’s composite score is the average of the four individual scores. Last year, the state average was 20.1 and nationally, it was 21.0.
In 2014, Michael Soisson, now attending the University of Notre Dame, received a perfect 36 on the ACT.
In 2012, Notre Dame's Eric LaRose and Michael's brother, Joe Soisson, earned a perfect 36 on their ACT tests. In 2011, Matt Siatczynski scored a 36. In 2010, Jon Sheperd scored a 36, and Ryan McIntosh, who graduated from NDP in 2009, also achieved a 36 on his ACT.
Last year’s Notre Dame graduating class scored a 27.2 average on the ACT, with 52 students earning a 30 or higher.
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