About the instructor

Hi, I'm Adam Lang.

I'm a high school teacher in Kansas City and have been teaching test prep since 2015. I've spent years helping high school students build confidence, prepare for high-stakes exams, and make complicated academic work feel manageable.

I also know the scholarship side of this process personally. When I was a student, my first ACT score left my dream school financially out of reach. I needed a higher score to be invited to its competitive scholarship competition, so I studied the ACT, learned how the test worked, and raised my score four points. That improvement helped me earn an invitation, win more than $100,000 in college scholarships, and later earn an additional $50,000 in scholarships while working on my master's degree. This experience is a major reason why I teach ACT prep. I understand the strategies students need to score well, and I also understand how life-changing score improvements like this can be.

In college, I graduated summa cum laude with honors. In the classroom, I was named Teacher of the Year at my school in 2021. I understand the content students need to know, and I know how to communicate it in an engaging and effective way. My style is direct, encouraging, and practical: students leave knowing exactly what to do differently. The results speak for themselves: My students have seen an average improvement of 5-6 points on the ACT over my last three years of teaching ACT Prep classes.