Secrets of the ACT: English & Reading
Brian Galvin
Teacher, Author, Multiple-Choice Magician
About Brian
Varsity Tutors’ Chief Academic Officer Brian Galvin has taught tens of thousands of SAT, ACT, GMAT, and GRE students around the world. The owner of 99th percentile scores on several standardized tests, he has been invited to teach test prep classes by admissions offices at top universities including UC-Berkeley, the University of Pennsylvania, and Trinity College - Dublin, and his test prep YouTube videos have over 3 million views. He spent over a decade hiring, training, and learning from top test prep tutors at Veritas Prep, and loves imparting all of that wisdom to test takers in their quest to maximize their scores.
About the class
Here’s an ACT secret: the subjects of English and Reading passages may change with each ACT administration, but the devices the authors use to make wrong answers tempting and right answers hard to spot are the exact same, every time. So if you know how to “think like the testmaker” you can expertly avoid traps, confidently find right answers, and maximize your ACT score. And in this class, you’ll find out precisely how, including:
•How to recognize subtle but fatal flaws in wrong answer choices.
•How to avoid the most common mistakes test-takers make.
•How to pick up on clues in questions and answer choices.
•And much more!
Boost your ACT score and take the exam with confidence knowing the secrets and shortcuts that save time, minimize mistakes, and maximize performance.
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