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Reader comments
Utah teen earns top ACT score

Brad Jensen | 8:06 a.m. Feb. 10, 2008

Congratulations Jared! What an 'absolute' amazing acomplishment. You sound like a one in a million kid. Your parents must be so proud. Stay focused/grounded in all you do.

There was a student from Alta High school, Garn Smith, that had received similar acolades a few years back. I believe Garn also scored the highest in the SAT as well.

Great job guys!

Lance | 11:05 a.m. Feb. 10, 2008

Bravo to the parents and Jared. Well done.

Excellence | 1:57 p.m. Feb. 10, 2008

Excellence is a habit. I congratulate this outstanding young man.

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JTE | 1:56 p.m. Feb. 10, 2008

36!!! Wow! I didn't think that was possible!!

Gus | 3:19 p.m. Feb. 10, 2008

Wow, that's even better than me. And I'm smart!

Anonymous | 5:47 p.m. Feb. 10, 2008

Wow! This happens to thousands of people every year! In other news...the sun came up and traffic is flowing smoothly today.

Congrats Jared... | 7:43 p.m. Feb. 10, 2008

the whole Duchesne Community is so very proud of you...

A former teacher | 8:02 p.m. Feb. 10, 2008

READING...reading...reading...BOOKS
and NO tv in the house....
effort receives results//Cpmgrats

Ignore_the_haters | 8:10 p.m. Feb. 10, 2008

Congratulations Jared! Best of luck to you in whatever you decide to take on next. Although from the sounds of it, you have the work ethic and determination to achieve whatever you set your sights on next and luck will have less to do with your success than your hard work and moral character. Way to go!

Wow! Small Schools Rock! | 9:24 a.m. Feb. 11, 2008

The only kid out of 11,000 in Utah? What? And he's from a little rural easterrn Utah school? What?? You ROCK Jared!!!

Aunt Charlene | 12:54 p.m. Feb. 11, 2008

Way to go, nephew!!!! Not surprised, you've always done well, as have your sibs. Your entire family is A-ONE. We all love you and are so proud. Keep getting the most out of life!

Congrats | 5:31 p.m. Feb. 11, 2008

Glad to see this young man is taking courses through SUU. We would love to have him on campus in Cedar. Regardless of where he chooses to go, best of luck to him and his future.

Uh... | 7:59 a.m. Feb. 12, 2008

Actually that was a misprint. His concurrent enrollment classes have been through USU.

giggly girls | 11:32 a.m. May 9, 2008

We love you Jared! You are so fantastic!!! You are so perfect at everything you do. Us three girls are gonna have a huge fight one of these days over who gets you. Too bad there arent like thousands of you because every girl deserves a JARED YAY WE LOVE YOU!!!!! and the money your gonna make when you are a millionaire :)

waste of money | 2:39 p.m. June 17, 2008

So the kid tries 5 times to get a 36, when with a 4.0 he could have probably gotten in to BYU with a 30? The kid and his parents should have saved their money after getting the first score. Perfectionists like this waste their time and money while life passes them by.

someone | 11:07 p.m. Nov. 21, 2008

"this kid" earned $115,000 in scholarships. If he had stopped at just a 30, he would have received roughly $20,000 in scholarships from BYU and others. I'd say 4 extra times at a cost of $30 each payed off. $120 extra invested with a payoff of $95,000? Sounds like a good economic investment to me.

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