Long before Angelica Harris founded her own test-prep company, she was an ambitious New Orleans teen determined to attend a top university.

A varsity athlete who earned straight As at a private all-girls school, Harris thought her odds were pretty good. But when she took the ACT, she earned a dismal 16 out of 36 points on the all-important college entrance exam.

“My test score was really holding me back from getting into one of those top-tier Ivy League universities,” Harris said.

She tried going to a popular test-prep program but felt out of place. The other students were trying to maximize their already high scores, while she, the only Black person in her class, needed more basic help.

Still determined, Harris decided to create her own prep program, which focused more on filling gaps

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