ACT · 16 weeks
Ahmed: 26 → 33
Pacing first. Knowledge second.
Score lift
+7
26 → 33
Subject
ACT
Duration
16 weeks
Week-by-week
- Week 0
Diagnostic
Knowledge was strong. Pacing was the bleed — averaging 65s/question on Reading vs. the 53s budget.
- Week 4
Skim drill
Shifted to question-first, paragraph-second reading. Reading time dropped to 51s.
- Week 9
Math fluency
Memorized the 12 most common quadratic patterns. Math up 4 points.
- Week 14
Composite climb
Mock at 32. Confidence followed.
- Week 16
Test day
33 composite. Submitted to Stanford early.
"Ahmed had every right to stay at 26 — pacing under time pressure with dyslexia is brutal. What changed was he stopped re-reading."
— Ben H., Yale '25