Congratulations Yash Rane!
When Yash Rane learned that he had received a perfect score on the ACT Exam, he was ecstatic. “When I first out about it, I was just sitting at my desk in my house. I was incredibly excited to be getting my score,” he said. “The first person I told was my brother, who was closest. He was pretty excited too. The first thing [my mom] did was, she couldn’t believe that I got that score, she just had to tell everyone.” Rane got a 36 after taking Excel’s ACT Core Classroom Course, and he… Continue Reading
Prayag Patel Excel’s Latest Perfect Scorer
An incoming senior at Cupertino High School, Prayag scored a perfect 36 on the ACT exam. In his preliminary perfect score questionnaire, Prayag explained all the ways that Excel’s classes and supplemental services helped make his perfect score possible. He admits early on to being unfamiliar with the college admissions exams, and he initially chose to take a course simply to get a feel for how they actually work. “I liked the balance between practice and teaching,” he notes when describing what he likes best about Excel’s approach. “I do not believe that I would… Continue Reading
ACT PERFECT SCORE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED; 12/1/18
Sahityasree Subramanian Mountain House High School sophomore Sahityasree Subramanian is one of Excel Test Prep’s perfect scorers, earning a 36 on the ACT exam. Sahityasree chose to enroll in an ACT prep course with the hope that it would prepare her for the ACT in ways she might not be able to achieve outside of the classroom. “This was the only course I took,” she mentions. When asked to describe her experiences in class, she stated, “I started off with good scores on practice ACT tests, but Excel helped give me the extra little push… Continue Reading
What is the ACT?
The ACT is a standardized test (just like the SAT) consisting of four main sections – English, math reading, science reasoning, and an optional essay. No points are deducted for wrong answers. The test is scored out of 36, with the range of possible scores being 1-36. Each of the four main sections are also scored from 1-36, and these 4 scores are then averaged which gives a student’s composite score. For example, if a student gets a 33 on English, 35 on Math, 34 on Reading, and 36 on Science, the average of these… Continue Reading
Breaking Down Vocabulary
So you’ve been studying your vocabulary list for the last few weeks, and you’ve gotten the hang of it. You know definitions and you feel pretty comfortable about understanding the words in context, but what about the other hundreds of thousands of words in the English language? One thing that you can do to prepare yourself when you encounter the more remote words is learn to dissect words and figure out their meanings based on the roots. By dividing words into familiar parts, you can learn how to decode even the strangest vocabulary words. You… Continue Reading