Course Description

Ryan Fitzgibbons

Hi! I’m Ryan Fitzgibbons, founder of Hacking The ACT. Ironically, I was a terrible student in high school. My GPA was so low that college admissions counselors actually laughed at me. Then I got my SAT and ACT scores back. And suddenly the Ivy League started calling. So was that fair? Not really. But it taught me the importance of playing the game, how much colleges care about a silly Saturday morning test, and how little things like test-taking strategies can alter the trajectory of a student’s life.Many students tell me my resume first encouraged them to take my course, but it was how much I care that caused them to refer their friends, family, and younger siblings. While the headlines sound fancy:Mensa MemberPerfect score on the SAT99th percentile on the ACTCompleted Bachelor's Degree at BYU in just 2 years Students received a total of 6 million dollars in college scholarships last year alone That’s not what makes a good instructor. I believe most of my referrals come from the fact that I lose more sleep anxiously awaiting my students’ test results than they do.Over a decade ago, I discovered my passion for tutoring and preparing students to beat the ACT. I taught for Kaplan for many years as one of their top instructors, did private tutoring, and taught test prep courses. With each of my live courses booking out in advance it seemed the best way to reach as many people as possible was to offer all of my tips, tricks and strategies in an engaging, easy to follow video instruction guide. I want you to succeed and I know that by going through this online course, you will dramatically improve your ACT score. Join me and have your story be our next success story.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome!

    • Tuesday May 26th - SAT Introduction Video

    • Intro Survey

    • Course Schedule
  • 2

    Practice Tests and Materials

    • SAT Test 1

    • SAT Test 1 - Explanations

    • SAT Test 2

    • SAT Test 2 - Explanations

    • SAT Test 5

    • SAT Test 5 - Explanations

    • SAT Test 6

    • SAT Test 6 - Explanations

    • PSAT Test 1 (For Additional Practice Problems)

    • PSAT Test 1 - Answer Explanations

    • PSAT Test 1 - Scoring

    • PSAT Test 2 (For Additional Practice Problems)

    • PSAT Test 2 - Answer Explanations

    • PSAT Test 2 - Scoring
  • 3

    General Strategies

    • General Strategies: Introduction

    • Wednesday May 27th - General Strategy 1: To Guess Or Not To Guess?

    • Thursday May 28th - General Strategy 2: Think With Your Brain, Remember With Your Computer

    • Friday May 29th - General Strategy 3: When Two Answers Are Equal, Eliminate Both!

    • Saturday May 30th - General Strategy 4: Change How You Take The Test

    • Monday June 1st - General Strategy 5: Finish On Time

    • Tuesday June 2nd - General Strategy 6: Skip Problems And Return

    • Wednesday June 3rd - General Strategies 7: Review Wrong Answers

    • Thursday June 4th - General Strategies 8: Don't Be Brilliant, Just Be Right!

    • Tuesday June 9th - General Strategies 9: Scoring

    • Wednesday June 10th - General Strategies 10: Old vs New Digital SAT

    • Saturday June 13th - General Strategies 11: Get Familiar With Digital SAT Tools

    • Tuesday August 4th - General Strategies 12: Prior To Test Day

    • Thursday August 6th - General Strategies 13: What To Bring On Test Day
  • 4

    Reading Strategies

    • Thursday June 11th - Reading Introduction

    • Thursday June 11th - Reading Strategy 1: Read the Question First

    • Thursday June 11th - Reading Strategy 2: Yes. Actually Read the Passage

    • Friday June 12th - Reading Strategy 3: Predict Before You Peek

    • Friday June 12th - Reading Strategy 4: Read Actively

    • Saturday June 13th - Reading Strategy 5: Don't Rationalize Mediocre Answers

    • Monday June 15th - Reading Strategy 6: Fire Them!

    • Monday June 15th - Reading Strategy 7: Never Assume

    • Monday June 15th - Reading Strategy 8: Touch the Right Answer

    • Tuesday June 16th - Reading Strategy 9: Question Wording

    • Tuesday June 16th - Reading Strategy 10: Beware of Word for Word

    • Tuesday June 16th - Reading Strategy 11: Nitpick Every Word

    • Wednesday June 17th - Reading Strategy 12: Broad Answers Over Specific

    • Wednesday June 17th - Reading Strategy 13: Work Backwards if Needed

    • Wednesday June 17th - Reading Strategy 14: Vocab in Context

    • Thursday June 18th - Reading Strategy 15: Command of Evidence Questions

    • Thursday June 18th - Reading Strategy 16: Function

    • Thursday June 18th - Reading Strategy 17: Structure

    • Friday June 19th - Reading Strategy 18: Inference

    • Friday June 19th - Reading Strategy 19: Infographics

    • Saturday June 20th - Reading Strategy 20: Paired Passages

    • Saturday June 20th - Reading Strategy 21: Support vs. Weaken Arguments

    • Saturday June 20th - Reading Strategy 22: Detail Questions

    • Monday June 22nd - Reading Strategy 23: Generalization

    • Tuesday June 23rd - Reading Trap 1: Extreme

    • Tuesday June 23rd - Reading Trap 2: Opposite

    • Tuesday June 23rd - Reading Trap 3: Misused Truth

    • Wednesday June 24th - Reading Trap 4: Distortion

    • Wednesday June 24th - Reading Trap 5: On the Page
  • 5

    Writing Strategies

    • Wednesday May 27th - Writing Strategy Introduction

    • Thursday May 28th - Writing Strategy 1: Wordiness

    • Friday May 29th - Writing Strategy 2: Improper Pronouns

    • Saturday May 30th - Writing Strategy 3: Unidentified Pronouns

    • Saturday May 30th - Writing Strategy 4: Ignore Prepositional Phrases and Fluff

    • Monday June 1st - Writing Strategy 5: Verb Tense

    • Tuesday June 2nd - Writing Strategy 6: Parallelism

    • Wednesday June 3rd - Writing Strategy 7: Sentences vs. Fragments

    • Wednesday June 3rd - Writing Strategy 8: Singular/Plural Disagreement

    • Thursday June 4th - Writing Strategy 9: Modifier Errors

    • Friday June 5th - Writing Strategy 10: Transitions

    • Saturday June 6th - Writing Strategy 11: Punctuation

    • Monday June 8th - Writing Strategy 12: Unique Words

    • Tuesday June 9th - Writing Strategy 13: Big Picture

    • Wednesday June 10th - Writing Strategy 14: Consistency

    • Wednesday June 10th - Writing Strategy 15: Answer Their Question
  • 6

    Summer Test Walkthrough : Reading and Writing Module 1

    • Wednesday May 27th - Reading & Writing 1-3

    • Thursday May 28th - Reading & Writing 4-6

    • Friday May 29th - Reading & Writing 7-9

    • Saturday May 30th - Reading & Writing 10-12

    • Monday June 1st - Reading & Writing 13-15

    • Tuesday June 2nd - Reading & Writing 16-18

    • Wednesday June 3rd - Reading & Writing 19-21

    • Thursday June 4th - Reading & Writing 22 - 24

    • Friday June 5th - Reading & Writing 25-27

    • Saturday June 6th - Reading & Writing 28-30

    • Monday June 8th - Reading & Writing 31-33
  • 7

    Summer Test Walkthrough: Reading and Writing Module 2

    • Tuesday June 9th - Reading & Writing 1-3

    • Wednesday June 10th - Reading & Writing 4-6

    • Thursday June 11th - Reading & Writing 7-9

    • Friday June 12th - Reading & Writing 10-12

    • Saturday June 13th - Reading & Writing 13-15

    • Monday June 15th - Reading & Writing 16-17

    • Tuesday June 16th - Reading & Writing 18-19

    • Wednesday June 17th - Reading & Writing 20-21

    • Thursday June 18th - Reading & Writing 22-23

    • Friday June 19th - Reading & Writing 24-25

    • Saturday June 20th - Reading & Writing 26-27

    • Monday June 22nd - Reading & Writing 28-29

    • Tuesday June 23rd - Reading & Writing 30-31

    • Wednesday June 24th - Reading & Writing 32-33
  • 8

    Math Strategies

    • Monday June 29th - Math Overview

    • Tuesday June 30th - Math Strategy 1: Confirm the Question

    • Tuesday June 30th - Math Strategy 2: Use Calculator Carefully

    • Wednesday July 1st - Math Strategy 3: Show Your Work

    • Wednesday July 1st - Math Strategy 4: Order of Difficulty

    • Wednesday July 1st - Math Strategy 5: Double Check Your Work

    • Thursday July 2nd - Math Strategy 6: Pick Numbers

    • Friday July 3rd - Math Strategy 7: Backsolve

    • Friday July 3rd - Math Strategy 8: Take the First Step

    • Saturday July 4th - Math Strategy 9: Memorize Formulas

    • Monday July 6th - Math Strategy 10: Linear Equations

    • Monday July 6th - Math Strategy 11: Ratios & Proportions

    • Tuesday July 7th - Math Strategy 12: Rates, Units of Measurement

    • Tuesday July 7th - Math Strategy 13: Percentages

    • Tuesday July 7th - Math Strategy 14: Exponents, Radicals, Polynomials, & Expressions

    • Wednesday July 8th - Math Strategy 15: Label Given Info

    • Wednesday July 8th - Math Strategy 16: Angles

    • Wednesday July 8th - Math Strategy 17: Triangles

    • Thursday July 9th - Math Strategy 18: Circles

    • Friday July 10th - Math Strategy 19: Graphs

    • Friday July 10th - Math Strategy 20: Draw Figures

    • Saturday July 11th - Math Strategy 21: Systems of Equations

    • Saturday July 11th - Math Strategy 22: Functions

    • Saturday July 11th - Math Strategy 23: Probability & Statistics

    • Monday July 13th - Math Strategy 24: Find a Pattern

    • Monday July 13th - Math Strategy 25: Inequalities

    • Monday July 13th - Math Strategy 26: Scatterplots

    • Monday July 13th - Math Strategy 27: Parabolas/Quadratics

    • Tuesday July 14th - Math Strategy 28: Trigonometry

    • Tuesday July 14th - Math Strategy 29: Alter Figures

    • Tuesday July 14th - Math Strategy 30: Forget Distance and Midpoint Formulas

    • Wednesday July 15th - Math Strategy 31: Math Vocab

    • Wednesday July 15th - Math Strategy 32: Figures Drawn To Scale

    • Wednesday July 15th - Math Strategy 33: Use Common Sense
  • 9

    Summer Test Walkthrough: Math Module 1

    • Monday June 29th - Math 1

    • Monday June 29th - Math 2

    • Monday June 29th - Math 3

    • Monday June 29th - Math 4

    • Tuesday June 30th - Math 5

    • Tuesday June 30th - Math 6

    • Tuesday June 30th - Math 7

    • Tuesday June 30th- Math 8

    • Wednesday July 1st - Math 9

    • Wednesday July 1st - Math 10

    • Wednesday July 1st - Math 11

    • Wednesday July 1st - Math 12

    • Thursday July 2nd - Math 13

    • Thursday July 2nd - Math 14

    • Thursday July 2nd - Math 15

    • Thursday July 2nd - Math 16

    • Friday July 3rd - Math 17

    • Friday July 3rd - Math 18

    • Friday July 3rd - Math 19

    • Friday July 3rd - Math 20

    • Saturday July 4th - Math 21

    • Saturday July 4th - Math 22

    • Saturday July 4th - Math 23

    • Saturday July 4th - Math 24

    • Monday July 6th - Math 25

    • Monday July 6th - Math 26

    • Monday July 6th - Math 27
  • 10

    Summer Test Walkthrough: Math Module 2

    • Tuesday July 7th - Math 1

    • Tuesday July 7th - Math 2

    • Tuesday July 7th - Math 3

    • Tuesday July 7th - Math 4

    • Wednesday July 8th - Math 5

    • Wednesday July 8th - Math 6

    • Wednesday July 8th - Math 7

    • Wednesday July 8th - Math 8

    • Thursday July 9th - Math 9

    • Thursday July 9th - Math 10

    • Thursday July 9th - Math 11

    • Thursday July 9th - Math 12

    • Friday July 10th - Math 13

    • Friday July 10th - Math 14

    • Friday July 10th - Math 15

    • Friday July 10th - Math 16

    • Saturday July 11th - Math 17

    • Saturday July 11th - Math 18

    • Saturday July 11th - Math 19

    • Monday July 13th - Math 20

    • Monday July 13th - Math 21

    • Monday July 13th - Math 22

    • Tuesday July 14th - Math 23

    • Tuesday July 14th - Math 24

    • Tuesday July 14th - Math 25

    • Wednesday July 15th - Math 26

    • Wednesday July 15th - Math 27
  • 11

    Review

    • Review Section Introduction

    • End of Course Survey

  • $399.00

    $399.00Hacking The SATs Full Program

    Buy Now