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Emily
I am currently a fourth year medical student in Indianapolis. I completed my undergraduate education at Indiana University Bloomington, where I majored in Biology and Spanish. I also completed two minors in Mathematics and Chemistry. While at IU, I worked for the Department of Mathematics and Depart...
Indiana University-Bloomington
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5+ years
Arthur
I am available to tutor in a broad range of subjects, though I am most passionate about Economics, History, and Civics. Please feel free to contact me and I would be happy to arrange a session.
Middlebury College
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6+ years
Rhea
I am a current student at the University of Chicago. I am working towards a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, and I am on the pre-medical track. I am extremely passionate about tutoring, and I have several years of experience tutoring students in my high school's learning center in various...
University of Chicago
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9+ years
Vansh
I am currently pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. I am also a graduate of the high school International Baccalaureate Program. I have informal experience tutoring high school physics, but am most passionate about tutoring students for the...
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
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6+ years
Rahul
I am a recent graduate of Cornell University, where I received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and graduated Magna Cum Laude. Over the past several years, I have worked with students from diverse backgrounds and experiences tutoring thermodynamics (my personal favorite), chemistry, and math. I have a...
Cornell University
B.S. in Chemical Engineering

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16+ years
John
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Max
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Ball State University
Bachelors, Biology, General

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5+ years
Benjamin
I am a 2023 graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a Finance/Economics major and a minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. I am a passionate student in the math and business realms, as I enjoy the intuitiveness of the former and the real-world potential of the latter. During classes in midd...
University of Notre Dame
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6+ years
Ilesh
I am a recent grad from Georgia Tech, majoring in Industrial and Systems Engineering (an intersection of math, computer science, and business) and minoring in Business and Technology. I am originally from Columbus, OH, but chose to come down to Atlanta after getting a full-ride scholarship from Geor...
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
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5+ years
Ishan
I am a current sophomore at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where I am majoring in Biology as part of the 7 Year Accelerated Medical Program. I am also minoring in Healthcare Economics and Policy. My favorite subjects in school are Chemistry, Biology, and Math, but I also enjoy the process of writ...
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Albany Medical College
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Score improvement depends on your starting point and how consistently you apply feedback. Students typically see meaningful gains of 2-4 points within 8-12 weeks of focused tutoring, though improvement timelines vary. The key is identifying your specific weak areas—whether that's grammar rules, rhetorical skills, or test-taking pace—and targeting those systematically.
A personalized tutor can pinpoint exactly where you're losing points and create a study plan tailored to your learning style, which accelerates progress far more than generic test prep materials.
Many students struggle with pacing because they spend too much time on difficult questions or second-guess themselves. A practical strategy is allocating roughly 45 seconds per question, which gives you about 36 minutes for the 75-question section. This means flagging tricky questions, moving forward, and returning to them if time permits.
Working with a tutor helps you practice this pacing under timed conditions, build confidence in quick decision-making, and distinguish between questions you should spend extra time on versus those you should skip strategically.
About 60% of the ACT English section tests grammar and mechanics—punctuation, sentence structure, verb tense, and word choice. The remaining 40% focuses on rhetorical skills, which assess your ability to organize ideas, support claims with evidence, and revise writing for clarity and effectiveness.
Many students excel at grammar but struggle with rhetorical questions because they require understanding context and author intent, not just applying rules. Personalized tutoring helps you recognize question types quickly and develop targeted strategies for each, rather than using one approach for the entire section.
A solid practice schedule includes taking full ACT English practice sections 2-3 times per week, with at least one complete full-length ACT test every 1-2 weeks. This frequency gives you enough data to identify patterns in your mistakes without overwhelming yourself.
Between practice tests, focus on targeted drills for specific skills—like punctuation rules or sentence combining—so you're not just practicing randomly. A tutor can review your practice test results with you, highlight recurring errors, and adjust your study plan based on what the data reveals about your strengths and gaps.
Test anxiety often stems from uncertainty about whether you'll recognize question types or apply rules correctly under pressure. Building confidence requires repeated, successful practice in test-like conditions—taking timed practice sections until the format feels familiar and your approach becomes automatic.
Working with a tutor also helps because you get immediate feedback on your reasoning, learn to trust your instincts, and develop a concrete strategy for each question type. This transforms vague worry into actionable confidence grounded in real skill and preparation.
The most frequent errors include misidentifying sentence fragments and run-ons, misusing commas, confusing pronoun reference, and overlooking subject-verb agreement. Beyond mechanics, many students also struggle to recognize the most concise or rhetorically effective answer choice, especially when multiple options seem grammatically correct.
Other common missteps include reading questions too quickly and missing key instructions, spending disproportionate time on one difficult passage, and not reviewing their own answer choices to catch careless errors. A tutor helps you catch these patterns early and build habits that prevent them.
An effective ACT English tutor understands both the content—grammar rules, rhetorical strategies, and test-specific language conventions—and the learner. They should be able to explain why an answer is correct, not just that it is; identify your specific weak areas; and adjust their teaching approach based on how you learn best.
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