Milwaukee - Astrid Stuth, daughter of Eckehard and Janellen Stuth of Hubertus and a junior at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School (DSHA) in Milwaukee, was one of only two college-bound students in Wisconsin and one of 32 in the U.S. to achieve a 36, the highest possible composite score, on the April 2005 national test administration of the ACT. About 22,500 Wisconsin students, and 405,000 from across the nation, completed the ACT college-entrance exam on April 9, 2005.

Astrid will be spending the next two years as a student at the iPoChunUnitedWorldCollege in Hong Kong. There are ten United World Colleges with the mission of bringing young people together to foster international understanding and global awareness. Although Astrid is unsure of where she would like to attend college, she is interested in pursuing a degree in biochemistry/genetics and German. Her ultimate goal is "to travel to developing countries to care for disadvantaged children."

The ACT consists of English, mathematics, reading and science. Each test is scored on a scale of 1-36, and a student's composite score is the average of the four test scores. For purposes of comparison, the average composite score for the national high school graduating class of 2004 was 20.9. (DSHA's score was 25.3) Some students also take ACT's optional Writing Test, but the score for that test is reported separately and is not included in the ACT composite score.

In a letter recognizing this exceptional achievement, ACT chief executive officer Richard L. Ferguson pointed out that Astrid should have a choice of the widest possible range of futures educational options. ACT scores are accepted by virtually all U.S. colleges and universities.

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