BY CINDY SCHROEDER
The Cincinnati Enquirer
COVINGTON -- A Holmes High School junior plans to quit taking the SAT after achieving a score of 1600, the highest mark possibleon the college-entrance exam.
Ami Karlage, 17, of Edgewood started taking the test in the seventh grade, after the Duke University Talent Identification Program identified her as a gifted and talented student.
"We really weren't surprised by the perfect score, because when she took the test as a sophomore, she achieved a perfect score on verbal and a nearly perfect score in math," said Elizabeth Beene, a Holmes counselor.
Nationally, about 400 students out of the 2 million who take the test each year earn a score of 1600 on the SAT -- 800 on verbal and 800 on math.
Ami, daughter of Caren and Jeff Karlage, last year received an 800 on her verbal test and a 680 on the math portion, a score the straight-A student blamed on "careless mistakes."
When she received her latest test results, Ami said her first words to her mother were, "Well, I guess I don't have to take the test any more."
Ami said her mother had joked that she could quit taking the test when she got the top score.
Ami's "a very motivated, curious, hard-working student. She also cares about other students," Ms. Beene said.
Ami tutors a Holmes High School student in chemistry. She also tutors fifth-grade students in math at Woodford Paideia School in Cincinnati, where her mother teaches.
Ami is a member of the National Honor Society, the French Honor Society, the math honor society Mu Alpha Theta and Future Business Leaders of America. She has won several speech contests.
