HomeSchool Teen Gets Perfect SAT Scores

SONORA, Calif., 11:43 a.m. PDT April 6, 2001 -- A Northern California student is proving that perfection is possible after taking the tough SAT exam and recording two perfect scores.

Trevor Loflin (pictured, left) should feel good. The 17-year-old scored a perfect 800 on the verbal section and 800 on the math section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test.

The task is even more amazing considering that Loflin's family was homeless.

"We went back and forth. Sometimes we were homeless. Sometimes we had an apartment. And then basically we just lived wherever we could find," Loflin said.

Loflin not only got the score without the benefit of a home, he got it without a school, because he is home-schooled. He said that his mom has been a great teacher.

"I'm a lot more motivated now and more capable. The challenge of it has strengthened me," Loflin said.

The family thanks their Baptist faith for seeing them through the tough times. They just moved in to their first real house in Sonora a few weeks ago.

Loflin's next challenge will be finding a college and a way to pay for it.

Trevor Loflin can be contacted by e-mail at omnilynx@phayze.com

Thank you Debra for submitting this article.