Just a week after his 14th birthday, Jackson Cantwell sat down to take his ACT before he entered his freshman year at Nixa High School.
Cantwell decided in the weeks prior that it would be "fun" to study for the test, which is typically given to juniors and seniors as they prepare for college applications. He took different online courses in preparation before it was time to do it for real.
Shortly after taking it, Cantwell learned that he earned a 33, putting him in the 98th percentile of recent high school graduates.
He didn't even finish the math portion.