1,102 ratings
ACT nerd
Danny T.
The ACT is a speed game with published rules. Once you train for the clock, the score follows.
Education
Rice University
B.A. in Cognitive Sciences
Hometown
Houston, Texas
A note from Danny
“Standardized tests measure preparation and pacing far more than intelligence, which is great news: both are trainable.”
I find where your minutes and points are leaking, give you a triage rule you'll actually follow under pressure, and drill the handful of patterns your target score requires. It's a training plan, not a cram session.
Danny’s story
Danny raised his own ACT from a 24 to a 34 in one summer after realizing his problem wasn't knowledge — it was spending ninety seconds on questions designed to steal ninety seconds. He wrote up his pacing system for his younger cousins, then their friends, then half of his Houston high school's junior class. Studying attention and decision-making at Rice gave him the vocabulary for what he'd already figured out with a kitchen timer.
What students say
5.0 ★ · 1,102 ratings
“Went from a 27 to a 33. The skip-and-return rule alone was worth two points — I stopped donating time to the hardest questions.”
“Danny's error log turned vague 'study more' into fifteen focused minutes a day. My daughter's superscore hit her scholarship cutoff.”
“First coach who talked about the clock like it was part of the test. Reading section stopped feeling like drowning.”