ACT ace offering an edge

CHAMPAIGN – In his high school days, Daniel Thies got a perfect score of 36 on the ACT college entrance exam. Now the Yale University graduate is back in Champaign preparing to teach students how to do well on similar tests.

Thies, who graduated from Champaign Central High School in 2003, is offering test-preparation classes this summer as an instructor for Ivy Insiders, an organization formed by Ivy League graduates.

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