Penn's writing-intensive political science curriculum meant Noah spent four years crafting and revising argumentative essays under tight deadlines — exactly the kind of editing muscle the ACT English section demands when you're choosing between answer choices that all look grammatically plausible. H...

Scoring a 35 ACT composite while studying history at Columbia means Theo reads and edits argumentative prose constantly — skills that map almost perfectly onto the English section's rapid-fire questions about transitions, redundancy, and paragraph structure. He teaches the punctuation and grammar co...

I am a Neuroscience and Behavior major at Columbia University. Although my major is centered in the STEM field, I am also passionate about human rights work, global engagement, and local outreach. While my future plans are subject to change, I see myself continuing in academia, going to medical scho...

After earning a perfect 36 on the ACT, Vivian developed a systematic method for the English section that sorts its 75 questions into a handful of recurring patterns: punctuation rules, pronoun agreement, sentence placement, and rhetorical strategy. She drills students on recognizing each pattern ins...

Running a tutoring program at a Boston charter school meant Liz spent years watching middle schoolers make the exact same grammar mistakes the ACT English section exploits — subject-verb disagreement buried inside long sentences, comma splices connecting independent clauses, and transitions that don...

I am an aspiring applied mathematician, with particular interest in image processing and climate science. I graduated in May 2017 from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor's in physics and mathematics, and am beginning a PhD program in September 2017 at the University of Chicago in Com...

Public policy writing at the college level is essentially an exercise in tight, rule-governed prose — every sentence has to be clear, concise, and structurally sound, which is exactly what the ACT English section tests at speed. Dana applies that editorial training to the rhetorical strategy and con...

Scoring a perfect 36 ACT composite means Sharan didn't just survive the English section — she mastered the specific rhythm of its 75 questions in 45 minutes, where hesitating on even a few rhetorical strategy questions can tank your pacing. Her premed coursework at Cornell keeps her writing tight an...

Punctuation rules and rhetorical effectiveness questions trip up different types of students on ACT English, and Richard diagnoses which category is costing points before drilling the fixes. His 36 ACT composite means he's navigated every question type — comma splices, dangling modifiers, transition...

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Scoring a 36 ACT composite means Robert didn't just survive the English section's 45-minute sprint — he mastered the pacing and rule-application that turn it into one of the easiest places to gain points. He zeroes in on the verb tense and pronoun agreement questions that students often overthink, t...

Most ACT English mistakes come from overthinking — students second-guess comma rules or misread transition questions because they lack a systematic approach. Aaron scored a 36 composite and tackles this section by drilling the handful of grammar patterns that account for the majority of questions, f...

I'm Solange - a recent graduate from Harvard where I studied Sociology & Women's Studies. I've been tutoring for eight years now, and have worked with a wide range of ages and in a wide range of subjects. Some of my specialties are college prep/test taking II worked in the admissions office on campu...

The ACT English section moves fast — 75 questions in 45 minutes — so recognizing punctuation errors, redundancy, and sentence-level organization has to become almost automatic. Nicholas treats each grammar rule as a small logical system, drawing on his linguistics training to show students the patte...

Scoring a 34 ACT composite means Yocheved knows firsthand how the English section tests punctuation rules, rhetorical strategy, and sentence structure in ways that look deceptively simple. She teaches students to spot the patterns behind comma-splice traps and redundancy questions so they can move t...