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CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) -

Congratulations toa 12-year-old boy from Buffalo Grove. Thepre-teen got a perfect score of 800 on the math portion of the SAT.

Joshua Yoon is a 6thgrader at Twin Groves Middle School,and the school community celebrated his feat last week.

Most students takethe test in high school, to prepare for college, but Yoon took it early, onFeb. 4.

He prepared for thecollege entrance test by simply looking at a math book. Math is his favoritesubject.

He said he did "okay"on the rest of the SAT.

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