Reading four dense passages in 35 minutes forces a different kind of reading than most students are used to. Sugi's cognitive science training at Rice gives her a framework for teaching active reading strategies — how to map an argument's structure on a first pass so that inference and tone questions become straightforward rather than agonizing. She holds a perfect 36 ACT composite and a 5.0 tutoring rating.

Most ACT Reading mistakes happen not because students can't comprehend the passage but because they spend too long on it and rush the questions. Jiatian teaches a triage method: skim for structure first, then go back to the text with specific question stems in mind. It's the same prioritize-and-filter approach she uses in medical training, applied to literary narratives and social science passages instead of clinical data.

I'm currently a freshman at Rice University studying applied math. I've always had a love for sharing knowledge with others, and I started tutoring when I was a junior in high school. As a former AP student and a National AP Scholar, I have the experience necessary to guide my students through challenging curriculum. Though I specialize in tutoring mathematics and physics, I am experienced with and am happy to tutor a broad range of subjects.

I am a rising sophomore at Rice University in Houston, Texas. I am majoring in Social Policy Analysis with minors in global health technologies and biochemistry and cell biology. I am passionate about refugee advocacy, global health, and women's education. I am also on the pre-med track and hope to go to medical school after Rice. I have tutored for four years in high school and have a younger sibling that I have tutored in the ACT and standardized tests. I am pretty flexible and look forward to working with any new students.

Biochemistry coursework at Rice means Raj spends his weeks digesting research papers packed with competing data interpretations — the same skill the ACT Reading section tests when it asks students to distinguish what an author explicitly states from what a wrong answer subtly distorts. He drills students on eliminating answer choices by pinpointing the exact word or phrase in the passage that confirms or kills each option, a method that's especially effective on the natural science and social science passages where precision matters more than speed. His perfect 36 ACT composite and 5.0 student rating back up that evidence-first approach.

I am currently studying petroleum engineering at The University of Houston. Although I was typically a strong student in all areas throughout high school, there were some teaching styles I encountered that complicated the material more than was necessary. In fact, I avoided certain subjects for several years simply because of one unpleasant introductory class.

I am a rising sophomore in Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. I am majoring in security studies thinking about working in counterterrorism. As far as tutoring style, I think it is really important not to give the student the answers but to ask them questions and help them come up with strategies to get to the answer for themselves; the goal is to make myself unnecessary in a way. My strengths (in school and tutoring) are in foreign languages including Latin and humanitiesexpect a very enthusiastic tutor especially if we are talking about Shakespeare! I also think it is important to try and frame things in a context students are used to, so if that means watching She's the Man in order to understand Twelfth Night, then that's what we will do (although we do have to read the actual play as well). If that sounds like something you could use, get in touch!

The ACT Reading section isn't really about reading speed — it's about knowing what to look for before you start a passage. Aurnab, rated 4.9 by students, teaches a question-first approach that turns each 8-minute passage into a targeted search rather than a careful read-through. His 36 composite came partly from mastering the dual-passage comparison format that trips up even strong readers.

Scoring a perfect 36 ACT composite means Lila knows what it feels like to manage all four Reading passages under real time pressure — and her political science coursework at Rice, heavy on policy briefs and competing legal arguments, built the rapid-synthesis habit that keeps the social science and humanities passages from becoming time sinks. She teaches students to zero in on how answer choices subtly shift an author's scope or tone, turning tricky inference questions into straightforward elimination exercises.

I am currently a student at the University of California at Berkeley. I have worked children of all ages, from kindergarten to high school. During my senior year in high school, I tutored fellow students in SAT and ACT prep, as well as various math and science courses. I enjoy teaching a variety of subjects, but my favorites are math and English. I enjoy getting to know each student and design my curriculums based on each student???s needs. In my spare time, I play the piano, violin, and guitar.

I am a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University with a major in Behavioral Biology. I am seeking admission to MD/PhD programs so a lot of my time has been spent in the lab, from a computational neuroscience lab at Hopkins to a genome editing lab at Rice. That being said, I have extensive experience tutoring for the ACT (35) and MCAT (516), both privately and contractually. I aim to get students the score of their dreams. With a solid plan of action and dedication YOU can get there.

The ACT Reading section isn't really about reading — it's about quickly identifying what a passage is arguing and where the evidence lives. Yasmin scored a 32 ACT composite and teaches students to attack each passage type (prose fiction, social science, humanities, natural science) with a specific strategy for locating answers without rereading entire paragraphs. Rated 4.8 by students.