Emily Lynn Jackson - Fayetteville High School

Emily Lynn Jackson, a student at Fayetteville High School, has been nominated to be an Academic All-Star by high school counselor, Jody Wood. “Emily Jackson has always been a conscientious, innovative student who strives to reach her highest potential,” stated Wood. “In my career as a high school counselor, she is the only student that I have worked with who has scored perfectly on both the ACT and SAT.” In addition to her perfect ACT and SAT scores (36 and 1600, respectively), Emily has a weighted GPA of 4.2397. “Further, her character and attitude set her apart — she makes wise choices and encourages positivity from all who know her,” added Wood. Emily has applied to University of Arkansas, University of Oklahoma, Indiana University, University of Michigan, Duke, Northwestern, Southern Methodist University, Texas Christian University, Carnegie Mellon University, and Yale. She plans on attending Texas Christian University with a double major in Chemistry and Vocal Performance.

Emily has taken extensive advanced coursework including AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, AP Language Composition, AP World History, AP U.S. History, AP Calculus BC, AP Literature, AP Music Theory, AP Physics I, and AP Spanish. In addition to her advanced coursework, Emily also has extensive community and school involvement including choir (school and community), band (school), St. Paul’s Church section leader (community), Induction Committee Chair for National Honor Society (school), and Mu Alpha Theta secretary (school).

Emily has also received many awards and honors including National Merit Finalist, Arkansas Biliteracy Spanish Award, All-State Choir, All-State Band, and Summer STEM Program at Naval Academy selection.

“I am more interested in achieving understanding than I am in memorizing some formulas in order to pass a test,” stated Emily. “The connections between different concepts, whether they be in science, math, languages, or music, are what fascinate me. I don’t blindly accept lessons without looking for their deeper implications; I want to reach the moments of clarity that illuminate particularly difficult problems.”

“I am a person who sees difficult situations as opportunities to reach higher goals of excellence, understanding, and achievement,” added Emily.