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Ethan
Certified ACT Reading Tutor
Ethan
BA Harvard University
1+ Years Tutoring

Speed is the real enemy on ACT Reading: four passages, ten questions each, thirty-five minutes total. Ethan teaches an active-reading method where students annotate for argument structure rather than detail, then use line references to answer questions without rereading entire paragraphs. It's a deliberate, trainable skill — and it's how he approached the section on his way to a perfect 36 composite.

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Tessa
Certified ACT Reading Tutor
Tessa
Current Undergrad, Mathematics and History Yale University
10+ Years Tutoring

Scoring a 36 ACT composite means Tessa knows how to handle the Reading section's tight pacing — four passages, ten questions each, forty minutes total. She teaches students to identify what each question is actually asking (direct detail vs. inference vs. author's purpose) and to eliminate wrong answers efficiently rather than rereading entire paragraphs.

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Elizabeth
BA University of New Haven
6+ Years Tutoring

I am a senior at the University of New Haven working on a B.S. in Forensic Science-Biology with a Pre-Medical designation who hopes to go to medical school in the future. I am most passionate about biology and chemistry but have a strong personal interest in history, especially topics overlooked in the past study of history. To me, learning is a life long process and leads to the development of a well-rounded individual. Seeing understanding of a difficult topic and creating enthusiasm for learning is what draws me to tutoring.

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Sami
BA Duke University • Current Undergrad Student, Business Administration and Management Yale School of Management
9+ Years Tutoring

I am a Duke University graduate in Economics and Computer Science. I am currently pursuing an MBA degree at the Yale School of Management. I have worked in the financial field, both at a management consulting firm and a fortune 500 company. My hobbies include playing and coaching soccer.

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Christina
MS Yale School of Management
1+ Years Tutoring

Between a 34 ACT composite and a Yale MBA, Christina has spent years speed-reading case studies, earnings reports, and legal briefs — material that demands the same skill the ACT Reading section tests: extracting an author's key argument from dense, unfamiliar text without getting lost in the details. She applies a business-school triage mindset to passage strategy, teaching students to rank what matters before they read rather than after, which cuts down on the back-and-forth rereading that eats up time on paired-viewpoint and social science passages. Rated 4.8 by students.

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Reta
BA Wesleyan University
1+ Years Tutoring

The ACT Reading section isn't really about being a "good reader" — it's about extracting answers from dense passages under a brutal time constraint. Reta scored a 32 composite and brings a strategic approach to passage prioritization, evidence location, and inference questions that turns 35 minutes from panic-inducing to manageable.

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Daria
Current Undergrad, Electrical and Computer Engineering Cornell University
10+ Years Tutoring

I am a current undergraduate student at Cornell University studying Electrical and Computer Engineering. I have a strong science and math background having taken many courses in Physics, Computer Programming, and various mathematics subjects ranging from Geometry, to Multivariable Calculus, to Differential Equations. I am also very passionate about English, Literature, Russian Studies, Spanish Language, and History. I believe that the key to success is having a well rounded education, so when I am not programming microcontrollers, one can either find me watching Russian news channels to polish up my vocabulary, reading textbooks on the history of the Middle East, or simply immersing myself in a Jane Austen novel. In my free time I also enjoy training for CrossFit, playing the viola, and traveling.

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James
MS Iowa State University • BA Iowa State University
9+ Years Tutoring

I am working with students, I seek to help them achieve a mastery of the subject that will stay with them for the rest of their lives and serve as strong foundation for their future intellectual endeavors. I was fortunate to have many fine teachers and appreciate what their talents helped me achieve. Now I seek to live up to that example and impart that same curiosity and thoughtfulness to the students I am fortunate enough to tutor.

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Maxwell
BA Yale University
4+ Years Tutoring

The ACT Reading section punishes students who read every word the same way — Maxwell teaches a triage approach, showing how to identify what each question type actually asks before going back to the passage. His 33 ACT composite and daily practice reading dense scientific literature at Yale make him especially sharp on the natural science and social science passages that trip up many test-takers.

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Alice
BA University
6+ Years Tutoring

I am a senior majoring in Mathematical Physics at the University of Connecticut with years of experience tutoring and teaching math and science from elementary through college. I primarily tutor high school math and sciences but also have extensive experience in all forms of physics and higher mathematics including Calculus and Linear Algebra. Not only do I have experience as a tutor, I was also an instructional assistant in college and a camp counselor. I like to use real world examples to help students realize how math and science can be applied in everyday life.

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Joana
BA Yale College
9+ Years Tutoring

I am an incoming medical student passionate about tutoring, counseling, and mentoring. From an early age, I tutored my fellow elementary school students in reading comprehension. From there, I gained extensive experience in my local library and other academic settings.

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Patrycja
BA Yale University
9+ Years Tutoring

I am a freshman at Yale University. I am majoring in computer science, and my other interests include economics and history. I have experience tutoring in an Algebra 1 classroom. I edited essays and tutored students in general subject in my high school's Literacy Resource Center. I also have privately tutored calculus. In college, I am a teaching assistant for a program that teaches middle and high school girls to code.

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