Dedicated and experienced teachers: Many test prep academies hire part-time instructors who might be college students, recent college graduates, or high school teachers.

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These instructors would not—and could not—invest enough time and energy in lessons before, during, and after the class. On the contrary, Brix hires full-time teachers with many years of experience who constantly analyze ACT/SAT test materials and evaluate individual student’s needs. Students’ scores prove the point.

Much more than understanding grammar and reading passages: Standardized tests such as SAT and ACT have evolved, and simply knowing grammar and memorizing vocabularies do not translate into high scores. Yet, many test prep academies rely on the old skills. Teachers at Brix have dissected SAT and ACT tests, figuring out why SAT or ACT asks specific types of questions and building strategies for each question type.

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For example, students need to fully understand the context of culture because SAT Writing and ACT English is not about choosing the correct answer but choosing the best answer. In other words, multiple answer choices are grammatically correct, and students have to choose the best answer. Without understanding the context of culture, students may fall into the trap by selecting the shortest answer. Brix helps students avoid such mistakes.

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Furthermore, reading without thinking—or passive reading—leads to nowhere. Spending much time reading short posts on social media or watching video clips, students reading abilities have steadily declined. Some students have said that other teachers simply told them to read thoroughly and chose the answer carefully without telling how. Students at Brix learn to read actively and systematically so that they know which sentences are more important than others, ready for the questions.