CALCULATED PERFECTION BORON STUDENT SCORES 800.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer BORON boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. - Do Kyung Yu, a junior at Boron Junior-Senior High School, is a foreign exchange student from South Korea, but the math portion of the SAT was not foreign to him. Yu scored a perfect 800 on the math section of the college entrance exam Noun 1. entrance exam - examination to determine a candidate's preparation for a course of studies entrance examination exam, examination, test - a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to . He scored a 460 on the verbal portion. ``I had a vocabulary book for the verbal. I didn't study really hard for math. I'm not being cocky cock·y adj. cock·i·er, cock·i·est Overly self-assertive or self-confident. cock  i·ly adv. , but math is easy for me,'' said Yu, 17. Yu is from Taejon, South Korea, a city of more than a million people located about 100 miles south of Seoul. He applied for the exchange student program to attend school in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. because he thought it would be a good experience for him. The Boron school was selected for him, he said. He attended Boron last year for the fall semester and returned to attend his junior year at Boron. He has lived with the same host family for two years. ``I like it here. The people here are nice, and the school is pretty fun,'' said Yu, who has a 4.0 grade-point average and is a member of the Boron High's Mathletes competition team. ``Teachers are really nice. Teachers in Korean schools In Western countries like the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom, a Korean school (Hangul: 한국학교; Hanja: 韓國學校; Revised Romanization: han'guk hakgyo; McCune-Reischauer: are pretty strict.'' Yu plans to return for his senior year at Boron and then attend college in the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). system. ``I'm not really sure yet, but I'm thinking about something like graphic art. I like to draw stuff,'' Yu said. Boron guidance counselor guidance counselor Child psychology A school worker trained to screen, evaluate and advise students on career and academic matters Jon Greene said Yu has had no trouble adjusting to life in America. ``He's just an ideal student. He works hard and is fun to be with. The other students have fun with him,'' Greene said. ``We are proud of him, especially being a foreign exchange student. Those tests are harder for them.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Do Kyung Yu, a foreign exchange student from South Korea in his junior year at Boron Junior-Senior High School, scored a perfect 800 on the math portion of the SAT. |
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