Your initial plan is built from three inputs: your target test date, your baseline score, and your target score. As you complete practice questions and tests, Acely tracks which specific skills and question types are costing you points and automatically shifts your plan to prioritize those areas. Every question you study is pulled from Acely's educator-crafted question bank, so you can trust what you're studying.

If you meet the eligibility requirements, which include following your study plan and completing a set amount of practice, and you don't improve by 200+ points on the SAT or 5+ points on the ACT within your qualifying study period, Acely refunds 100% of the subscription fees paid during that period. Full details, including eligibility requirements, are on the score guarantee page.

Students who start 3 to 6 months before their test date tend to see the biggest gains, since that gives enough time to close multiple skill gaps and build test-day confidence. Most students who practice consistently start seeing measurable improvement within the first 4 to 6 weeks.

Every question and explanation on Acely is written by educators with deep expertise in the SAT and ACT, then reviewed and verified before it goes into the platform. The library currently includes more than 15,000 expert-crafted questions across all tested subjects. Explanations are written to teach the underlying concept, not just explain why one answer is correct, so students build transferable skills rather than pattern-matching on specific question formats.

Yes. Acely offers full preparation for both the Digital SAT and the Enhanced ACT, each with its own dedicated study plan, question bank, and full-length practice tests, since the two exams test different skills in different formats. If you're undecided, you can take a diagnostic for both to see where your strengths lie. You then have access to both tests within your subscription, so you can study for both or change which one you're focusing on at any time.

Acely's tutor is available any time you're stuck on a question and want more depth. Unlike standalone AI chatbots, it works directly within Acely's educator-built content: explanations are grounded in the same verified question library that powers your study plan, not generated independently by a general-purpose model. That matters because test prep explanations need to reflect how the SAT and ACT actually reward and penalize specific reasoning, which takes content built by people who know the tests.