Multiple acceptances including UW–Madison
Chose: University of Wisconsin–Madison
Before Boosted Brains, Marcy was doing what a lot of moms do at this point in the college process: trying to research her way out of the problem.
The family had already tried hourly tutoring. It hadn’t moved Brody’s score. The usual reasons hourly ACT tutoring fails were all in play—no end-to-end plan, no daily structure, no accountability between sessions, paid by the hour with no real incentive to finish. Brody was studying. Marcy was reading. Nothing was changing.
“I had 15 browsers open trying to piece together an ACT plan.”
Every prep option, every methodology, every comparison, all sitting open in tabs while Marcy tried to figure out what to actually do.
What changed when one plan replaced fifteen tabs
Boosted Brains gave the family one plan, one daily roadmap, and one team. Brody got matched with Martin and Carson and started a daily practice plan tailored to the specific question types he was still missing. No more guessing at content. No more cobbling together prep books and YouTube videos and tutor sessions that didn’t talk to each other.
The shape of the engagement matters. Hourly tutoring is paid by the hour, so the meter keeps running. Sprint coaching is flat-fee for a finished result, so the team is structured around getting to the goal as fast as possible. Daily Slack check-ins let Martin and Carson adjust the plan in real time as new patterns showed up in Brody’s drills.
Marcy stopped being the research lead.
“After we joined the ACT Hacking Program, I didn’t have to think about the ACT. Brody’s coach managed everything for me!”
That’s the part most families don’t see coming. The score going up is the headline. The thing Marcy felt every day was getting her time back.
The score and the acceptances
Brody worked through multiple test cycles in the program and improved from a 22 to a 31. Multiple acceptances followed. He chose University of Wisconsin–Madison.
What Brody’s story shows
A lot of families come to us after hourly tutoring didn’t work and end up surprised that the answer wasn’t more tutoring. It was a different shape of engagement entirely—one with a finish line, a daily plan, and a coach paid to get the student there instead of paid to stay in the program.
If you’ve already tried tutoring and the number isn’t moving, that’s exactly what this is built to fix.
"I had 15 browsers open trying to piece together an ACT plan…after we joined the ACT Hacking Program, I didn't have to think about the ACT. Brody's coach managed everything for me!"
— Marcy B., Brody's Mom
What we did differently
- Replaced one-off hourly tutoring with a single end-to-end plan.
- Daily personalized practice plan—Brody knew exactly what to do each day without Marcy researching anything.
- Two coaches involved: Martin and Carson, with Slack messaging access between sessions.
- Built across multiple test cycles, with the plan adjusting based on what each test surfaced.
- Took the research and decision fatigue off Marcy's plate entirely.
Coached by
Martin and Carson
Every Boosted Brains coach has a perfect or near-perfect ACT score and has been personally trained by Carson Weekley (perfect 36) and Martin (Head of Student Success).