Plainfield Central Student Aces ACT Test

Plainfield Central High School junior Emma Turnbull has scored a perfect 36 score on her ACT test.

Emma, who took the test in February, ranks first in her class of 521 juniors, according to a report on the Plainfield District 202 website.

“I thought I could do pretty well, and I hoped to, but I didn’t expect a perfect score,” said Turnbull, who has a 5.85 grade-point average on a 5-point scale. “I felt like I had done well on the test, though.”

Emma said she prepared for the test by taking a few practice exams at home.

Of the 1.66 million students to take the ACT in 2012, only 781 earned perfect scores.

Read more about Emma and her plans for the future here.