American With Perfect
UCR Entrance Exam Score
Silvio Lucio Curtis
Guindon, a student of
the Escuela de Los
Amigos de Monteverde,
got a perfect score on
the Universidad de Costa
Rica (UCR) admissions
test. Curtis was called
to appear in front of
the Auditorio de la
Escuela de Estudios
Generales of the UCR
where he received the
award.
The 19 year old Curti
was born in
Pennsylvania, Curtis has
been living with his
family in Monteverde for
the last four years,
where he says he found a
perfect blend of weather
and environment to
foster his love for
ready and studies.
"I prepared myself with
the pamphlet provided by
the UCR, studied well
the practices and didn't
pay for any tutors",
said the young man,
adding that the day of
the exams he got up
early, got a little
nervous at the beginning
of the exam, however, he
concentrated on the task
at hand.
A perfect score is worth
800 points.
In the top ten scores
with Curtis were, Yeison
Panigua Rojas, 797.61;
Adrián Castro Madrigal,
795.63: Ignacio Vieto
Miranda, 793.05; José
Murillo Hernández,
793.05; Javier
Ballestero Vargas,
790.80; Manuel Arce
Herold, 787.94; Franco
Moiso Marín, 786.39;
Loriana Sanabria Sancho,
785.95; and, Rebeka
Hoepker Jiménez, 785.45
For the 2008 school
calendar, to enter the
UCR, a score of 442
points is required. Of
the 34.095 students
registered to take the
exam, only 29.754 showed
up, of which 18.478
scored above 442.
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