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8+ years
Anna
Northwestern's Honors Program in Medical Education compressed Anna's premed and MD training into a single accelerated track — meaning she learned early how to master large volumes of material under tight time constraints, which is essentially what the ACT demands across all four sections. She scored...
Northwestern University
Bachelor in Arts, Anthropology
Northwestern University
Graduated (Honors Program in Medical Education)

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Christopher
Mechanical engineering at Harvard keeps Christopher deep in the math and science reasoning the ACT demands, but his Spanish and writing background means he's not faking it on the English and Reading sections either — he earned a 35 composite covering all four with genuine fluency. He teaches student...
Harvard College
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering
Certified Tutor
8+ years
Benjamin
Most ACT prep treats all four sections like they require the same skillset — Benjamin actually lives in both worlds, with a computer science degree and a graduate English program at Columbia giving him native fluency in quantitative reasoning and close reading alike. He earned a perfect 36 composite...
Columbia University in the City of New York
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Columbia University in the City of New York
Current Grad Student, English
Certified Tutor
6+ years
Astoria
Going from a 25 to a perfect 36 ACT gave Astoria something most tutors don't have — a precise map of where scores stall and which strategies break through each plateau. She teaches section-specific pacing techniques, particularly for Science (treating passages as data interpretation puzzles) and Eng...
Washington University in St. Louis
Bachelor of Science, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Certified Tutor
Asta
Having tutored students in Hong Kong preparing for U.S. college admissions, Asta knows how the ACT fits into the bigger picture — and that knowledge shapes how she prioritizes section-by-section prep based on each student's target schools. Her 35 composite and University of Chicago political science...
University of Chicago
Bachelor in Arts in Political Science
Certified Tutor
7+ years
Aleeza
Having earned a perfect 36 composite, Aleeza knows exactly how each ACT section works — but her pre-med biology background makes her especially sharp on the Science section, where she teaches students to treat dense data passages as reading exercises rather than content quizzes. She also draws on he...
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Science, Biology, General
Certified Tutor
7+ years
Viktor
Viktor's path to a 1600 SAT and 35 ACT started with hating math until a few great teachers showed him the reasoning behind the formulas — and that shift from memorization to understanding is exactly how he approaches ACT prep, especially the Math section's later problems where conceptual thinking be...
University of Chicago
Bachelor of Science
Certified Tutor
5+ years
Benjamin
Notre Dame trained Benjamin in finance and economics, but his 36 ACT composite — a perfect score — is what matters here: he knows every section cold and teaches the specific computation shortcuts and pattern-recognition tricks that turn near-misses into correct answers under time pressure. His math ...
University of Notre Dame
Bachelor of Science in Finance and Economics (minor: Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
Certified Tutor
9+ years
Elizabeth
Elizabeth scored a 34 ACT composite while balancing a full course load in aviation and management — a background that trained her to think systematically under pressure, which is exactly what the ACT rewards. As a Chicago Public Schools math teacher, she knows the specific content gaps that cost stu...
University of North Dakota
Bachelors, Aviation/Management
Certified Tutor
10+ years
Jessica
Jessica's UChicago economics and cancer biology coursework means she's equally comfortable with the ACT's quantitative reasoning and the dense, jargon-heavy passages that make the Science and Reading sections feel overwhelming — and her 36 composite proves she's mastered all four sections, not just ...
University of Chicago
Current Undergrad, Economics, Cancer Biology
Certified Tutor
6+ years
Spencer
Environmental engineering at UIUC keeps Spencer sharp across the quantitative reasoning and scientific data analysis that dominate two of the ACT's four sections — and his 36 composite proves he's just as dialed in on English and Reading. He takes a hands-on approach, putting students into timed pro...
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Science, Environmental Engineering
Certified Tutor
Neha
Studying both biological sciences and public health in an MD/MPH program means Neha reads ACT Science passages the way they're designed to be read — as mini research summaries where the answers live in the data, not in prior knowledge. Her 35 composite reflects that same cross-disciplinary comfort a...
University of Illinois at Chicago
Masters, Public Health
University of Illinois at Chicago
Bachelors, Biological Sciences
Certified Tutor
6+ years
Amanda
Cognitive science at Northwestern trained Amanda to understand how people process information under pressure — which is essentially what the ACT measures across all four sections. She earned a perfect 36 composite and uses that cognitive lens to diagnose whether a student's mistakes stem from misrea...
Northwestern University
Master of Science, Organizational Leadership
Northwestern University
Bachelor in Arts, Cognitive Science
Northwestern University
BA in Cognitive Science and Linguistics
Certified Tutor
6+ years
Industrial engineering at Northwestern trained Oliver to optimize systems — and he applies that same mindset to ACT prep, diagnosing exactly where a student's score breaks down and rebuilding the process section by section. His 36 composite means there's no ceiling on the strategies he teaches, whet...
Northwestern University
Engineer
Certified Tutor
6+ years
Ingrid
Scoring a 33 on the ACT herself, Ingrid knows how to navigate every section — from pacing strategies on the Science passage-based questions to eliminating answer choices in English grammar items. Her biomedical engineering coursework at Northwestern keeps her sharp on the math and science reasoning ...
Northwestern University
Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering
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