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Certified Tutor
8+ years
Eric
Duke's biomedical engineering program keeps Eric sharp on the Math and Science sections, but it's his breadth — economics, Mandarin, literature, college essays — that lets him coach Reading and English without faking it. He earned a perfect 36 composite and uses that across-the-board fluency to diag...
Duke University
Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering

Certified Tutor
6+ years
Frances
A psychology degree from Duke — magna cum laude — means Frances reads the ACT's Reading and English sections through the lens of argument structure and rhetorical intent, not just grammar rules and vocab. Her 35 composite and experience across writing, science, and math tutoring let her build sectio...
Duke University
Bachelor in Arts, Psychology
Duke University
Degree unspecified
Certified Tutor
6+ years
Natalie
Writing for The Chronicle at Duke and studying engineering in Pratt means Natalie genuinely lives on both sides of the ACT — the verbal reasoning that drives English and Reading scores and the quantitative problem-solving behind Math and Science. She earned a 35 composite and uses her cross-discipli...
Duke University
Current Undergrad Student, Civil Engineering
Certified Tutor
9+ years
Zhong
Studying medical sociology at Duke while prepping for med school means Zhong reads dense research and builds evidence-based arguments daily — skills that map directly onto the ACT's Reading and Science sections, where extracting claims from unfamiliar passages is the whole game. His 1590 SAT and 34 ...
Duke University
Bachelor in Arts, Sociology
Certified Tutor
7+ years
Devanshi scored a 35 ACT composite and brings a cross-disciplinary edge to test prep — her economics, science, and literature coursework at Duke means she can coach every section from a place of genuine subject knowledge rather than just test tricks. She's especially sharp on the Science section's d...
Duke University
Bachelor of Science
Certified Tutor
9+ years
Kathleen
Scoring a 35 composite means Kathleen knows what it takes to perform at the top across all four sections — but her real strength is the intersection of math and science, where her deep background in biology, chemistry, physics, and statistics lets her teach the ACT Science section as a data-interpre...
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Bachelor's
Certified Tutor
6+ years
As a math major at UNC Chapel Hill, Tanay brings genuine fluency to the ACT's Math section — but his tutoring across subjects like grammar, literature, and science means he can diagnose weaknesses in any of the four sections, not just the quantitative ones. His 35 composite came from treating each s...
University
Bachelor's
Certified Tutor
8+ years
Bryce
Studying computer science and physics at Duke means Bryce thinks in systems — and the ACT is a system with predictable rules once you know where to look. He scored a 35 composite and teaches students to treat the Math section's later questions as logic puzzles rather than computation, while applying...
Duke University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Certified Tutor
8+ years
Three semesters as a lead TA for anatomy and physiology taught Dimitry how to explain dense material quickly and clearly — a skill that translates directly to coaching the ACT's Science section, where students need to parse unfamiliar data without panicking. His 35 composite and pre-med background a...
University
Bachelor's
Certified Tutor
9+ years
Scoring a 35 on her own ACT gave Sophia a blueprint she's since refined across five years of tutoring — she's consistently moved students up by 3+ points by targeting the specific section strategies that yield the fastest gains. Her approach breaks the test into manageable patterns: pacing tricks fo...
University
Bachelor's
Certified Tutor
5+ years
Abir
Biochemistry majors rarely struggle with ACT Science, but Abir's 36 composite proves he's just as dominant on the English and Reading sections — his college essay and literature tutoring experience keeps those verbal skills sharp alongside the STEM content. He teaches each section as its own system,...
University of North Carolina System Office
Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry
Certified Tutor
6+ years
Jonathan
Jonathan scored a 35 ACT composite and took the exam recently enough to know its current quirks — the time pressure on the Science section, the grammar patterns ACT recycles on English, and the specific trig concepts that appear on Math. As a Vanderbilt biochemistry student who just went through the...
Vanderbilt University
Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry
Certified Tutor
5+ years
Florence
Duke's computer science program trains you to debug systematically — isolate the problem, test a fix, move on — and Florence applies that same logic to ACT prep, diagnosing exactly which question types cost a student the most points across all four sections before drilling targeted fixes. Her perfec...
Duke University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Certified Tutor
As a dedicated tutor who is currently a Political Science and Public Policy student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I am passionate about fostering a love for learning in my students. I specialize in ACT and SAT preparation, AP Literature and Language courses, and any other Engli...
University
Bachelor's
Certified Tutor
6+ years
Alisha
Having served as a TA for a freshman honors writing course, Alisha brings real classroom instincts to the ACT's English and Reading sections — she knows how students misread rhetoric questions and where comma-rule traps hide. Her 34 composite and strong math and science background mean she's equally...
Virginia Commonwealth University
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Dance
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