Lake Braddock's Reynaldo “JR” Cabansag a Top National SAT Scorer

Reynaldo “JR” Cabansag, an eighth grade student in an advanced academic program at , was recognized by the John Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth as one of the top middle school SAT scorers in the nation.

JR took the SAT Math test as a seventh grader, missing only two questions.  The same test is taken by the college-bound juniors and seniors.

The 700 students honored at the CTY Grand Awards represented all 50 states and countries including Canada, China and South Korea.  They were chosen from more than 14,000 seventh and eighth grade test-takers from around the world.

Some of the past participants in the CTY Talent Search include Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, performer Lady Gaga and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Adam Riess. 

Students honored at the 2011 grand awards ceremony have qualified to take advanced college-level courses, residential summer programs, and online classes and family academic programs, where they meet gifted peers from all over the world, have an opportunity to stretch their creative and intellectual wings, and discover where their special talents may take them.

By Maria Blackburn, mariablackbuln@jhu.edu