Posted on 01/17/2008 3:52:16 PM PST by ShadowDancer
Twin Brothers Get Perfect ACT Scores
One Twin Had Three Tries
POSTED: 11:42 am EST January 17, 2008
UPDATED: 1:03 pm EST January 17, 2008
BELLEVUE, Neb. -- Brian and Ross DeVol are a perfect match, genetically and academically: The identical twins earned perfect ACT scores.
The seniors at suburban Bellevue East High School both scored 36 on the college entrance exam, though Ross DeVol needed three tries.
One of his earlier tries netted a 35.
The 18-year-old brothers have maintained straight As through high school, and both are in the running for class valedictorian.
"We're pretty competitive," Ross DeVol said.
The twins have already won household bragging rights.
Their older brother, John, earned a 33 the first time he took the ACT and didn't try again.
Ross DeVol said his older brother has been joking about retaking the test since the twins earned their perfect scores.
The brothers are both good in physics and are considering the University of Nebraska or Creighton University in Omaha as their college choices, but they haven't yet decided.
Ross DeVol said he wants to become a doctor or a psychiatrist. Brian DeVol has said he wants to become an actuary.
The DeVols are only the third pair of students in the past decade to earn perfect scores in the same year and share the same address, ACT spokeswoman Kristin Crouse said.
Crouse couldn't say whether the others were twins.
About one out of every 4,000 graduates who took the ACT last year scored a 36. The average score in Nebraska was 22.1, and the national average was 21.2.
Wow. The parents must be proud^2. (That would be squared)
Since they're probably math whizzes, they would probably tell you that one squared equals, well, one. Perhaps they're proud times two ;)
Good on ‘em! We need more actuaries!
Intelligent, gifted, handsome parents have intelligent, gifted, handsome children. Dull-witted, sullen, nasty-looking parents have dull-witted, sullen, nasty-looking kids. Liberals CAN’T STAND IT! LOL!
:)
Not many can claim a perfect score, period!
Outstanding accomplishment!
ping for twins that are way smarter than us
ping-ping!
doctor or a psychiatrist.
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A psychiatrist is a doctor( physician).
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