BY FRED REEDER JR.
The Cincinnati Enquirer
INDIAN HILL -- Su-Ju Lee knows when her daughter has a test in school the next day. "The night before every test, the phone never stops ringing," Mrs. Lee said.
Daughter Ann, an honor student at Cincinnati Country Day, enjoys helping other students with questions. "She doesn't mind at all," Mrs. Lee said.
Her friends now can seek Ann's advice on another test: she -- along with Country Day student Robert Herman -- achieved a perfect score on the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), the nation's most widely used college-entrance exam.
Last year, only 17 students in Ohio -- and 453 nationwide -- attained the 1,600 perfect mark, said Tom Ewing, spokesman for the Educational Testing Service, which keeps statistics on the SAT.
The scores for these two seniors-to-be surprised no one.
Robert of West Chester, has taken advanced-placement courses in history, math, chemistry and English, said his adviser, Robert Plummer. "He's very quiet, very modest and incredibly helpful," he said.
When you are as smart as he is, "there's a natural tendency toward arrogance," Mr. Plummer said. "There's nothing about that in Robert.
"In some ways, it's the most remarkable thing about him." Ann, 16, "always works very hard," said Mrs. Lee, of Indian Hill. "Plays hard, too."
Ann will be captain of the track and gymnastics teams next year. When she took the SAT in May, "I knew I did pretty well," Ann said.
If your child earned a score of 1,600, the Enquirer would like to include him or her in a story. Contact the Eastgate Bureau, 752-0500, or the Tri-County bureau, 860-7100.
