Scoring a perfect 36 ACT composite means Sugi knows exactly how the English section tests grammar — from comma splices and apostrophe rules to rhetorical strategy questions about paragraph organization. She breaks each question type into a decision tree so students can identify what's being tested b...

I'm currently a freshman at Rice University studying applied math. I've always had a love for sharing knowledge with others, and I started tutoring when I was a junior in high school. As a former AP student and a National AP Scholar, I have the experience necessary to guide my students through chall...

Medical school trains you to read dense passages fast and extract exactly what matters — Jiatian applies that same triage instinct to the ACT English section, where 75 questions in 45 minutes rewards quick, decisive editing over deliberation. As a Rice AB graduate now finishing med school, she treat...

Scoring a 35 ACT composite means Sajel knows the English section inside out — the way it cycles through comma rules, subject-verb agreement, pronoun clarity, and rhetorical strategy questions in predictable patterns. She teaches students to recognize what each question is actually testing so they ca...

I'm a rising junior studying Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Rice University. I first started formally tutoring at the beginning my senior year of high school to fill up some of my free time after school. I've always enjoyed tutoring because I frequently helped my friends in my classes and really e...

I am currently studying petroleum engineering at The University of Houston. Although I was typically a strong student in all areas throughout high school, there were some teaching styles I encountered that complicated the material more than was necessary. In fact, I avoided certain subjects for seve...

I am a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University with a major in Behavioral Biology. I am seeking admission to MD/PhD programs so a lot of my time has been spent in the lab, from a computational neuroscience lab at Hopkins to a genome editing lab at Rice. That being said, I have extensive experience ...

Punctuation rules, rhetorical strategy, and sentence structure all show up on ACT English, but most points are lost on just a handful of recurring patterns — comma splices, misplaced modifiers, and redundancy. Lila identifies which error types a student misses most and targets those first, building ...

I am currently a student at the University of California at Berkeley. I have worked children of all ages, from kindergarten to high school. During my senior year in high school, I tutored fellow students in SAT and ACT prep, as well as various math and science courses. I enjoy teaching a variety of ...

I am a rising sophomore in Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. I am majoring in security studies thinking about working in counterterrorism. As far as tutoring style, I think it is really important not to give the student the answers but to ask them questions and help them come up wit...

Scoring a 36 ACT composite means Aurnab didn't just survive the English section — he cleared it without dropping a point, and his method is almost clinical: classify each question by rule type (punctuation, sentence structure, rhetorical choice), apply the rule, move on without second-guessing. As a...

Studying cognitive science at Rice meant Adam spent years analyzing how people process language — parsing sentence structure, tracking how readers interpret ambiguity, and understanding why certain phrasings cause confusion. That background maps neatly onto the ACT English section's rhetoric and gra...

Studying biochemistry and neuroscience at UT Dallas meant Yasmin wrote constantly — lab reports, research summaries, dense analytical papers — all demanding the kind of tight, rule-governed prose the ACT English section rewards. She scored a 32 ACT composite and uses her science-writing background t...

Scoring a 35 ACT composite means Theresa knows the English section inside out — the comma rules, the rhetorical strategy questions, and the subtle differences between answer choices that all sound correct. She breaks each question type into a decision tree so students stop second-guessing themselves...

Economics majors live in dense, argument-driven prose — Lawrence's training at NYU means he's spent years parsing complex sentences for logical structure, which is the exact skill behind the ACT English section's transition, sentence placement, and rhetorical strategy questions. His 34 ACT composite...