Dreher student makes perfect score, team advances in state SAT competition 

David Wang of Dreher High School scored a perfect 118 in the first round, helping his school win AAA region 5 in the South Carolina SAT competition and advance to the Lower State finals.

Dreher is the defending AAA state champion, having successfully defended its title for two consecutive years.

Students from 125 high schools participated in regional competition over the past few weeks. Students took a specially designed two-hour, 118-question exam that was divided into two sections of math and two sections of verbal questions.

Team and individual winners now advance to the upper or lower state finals Feb. 24-27, and then on to the state finals March 10 where state winners receive trophies and medallions.

"This academic competition continues to provide our students with a fun and challenging environment for high achievement," Tenenbaum said. "Any time you see a perfect score during the competition, you know the students take this very seriously and work very hard."

A.C. Flora High was AAA region 5 runner-up. Teams from Lower Richland, Columbia and Keenan high schools also participated in the competition.

The SAT contest is open to all schools that are members of the South Carolina High School League, and participation is voluntary. After Round 1, each region sends team and individual winners to the upper or lower state finals, and from there to the state finals. Each classification, A, AA, AAA and AAAA, crowns team and individual winners. An overall individual winner is also named. 

Team scores for A class schools are based on the top six student scores, AA team scores are based on the top ten individual scores, AAA team scores on the highest 15 scores and AAAA scores on the top 20. Each competing school can test up to five more students than are needed for the team score.