stories
Students, before and after.
12 stories, one design brief: what happens when the AI stops giving answers and starts asking questions.
12 stories
with the receipts
Stories that come with numbers.
These are the ones where the metric caught up with the feeling.
college freshman, engineering
The freshman who stopped copy-pasting.
“I turned off ChatGPT for a semester and used Brainback for problem sets. My final exam average went up 18 points.”
+18 ptsFinal exam avg
homeschool, three kids ages 9–14
The AI that a homeschool parent would actually let their kids use.
“It's the first AI I've allowed on my kids' devices without a fight. Because it doesn't hand them the answer.”
3 of 3Kids using daily
pre-med, senior year
The MCAT comeback.
“My first practice MCAT score was a 495. My real MCAT was a 517.”
+22 ptsMCAT lift
first-year law student
The 1L who stopped outsourcing her briefs.
“Cold calls stopped being disasters when I stopped letting the AI brief the cases for me.”
2 → 9 of 10Cold-call answers rated 'strong'
career pivoter, pm → data science
The career pivot with a stubborn coach.
“Six months in, I can actually explain gradient descent to a colleague. Every online course before this failed me.”
3 → 3Interview loops → offers
parent of two, ages 12 and 15
The parent who finally got signal without surveillance.
“For the first time, I know my kids are doing the work. And I don't have to read a single word of it.”
0 → 3Weekly parent-kid study conversations
high school ap chemistry teacher
The teacher who tried it in his own classroom.
“I couldn't ban ChatGPT. So I introduced my class to Brainback. The AP scores told the rest of the story.”
3.4 → 4.3AP score avg
second-year us md student
The med student whose Anki reviews weren't enough.
“Explain-back caught the gap Anki couldn't. I recognized the mechanism but couldn't teach it.”
+23 ptsNBME lift
independent researcher, 34
The self-learner who finally stuck the landing.
“The internet gave me infinite content. Brainback gave me the accountability that content never came with.”
3 → 22Study sessions per month
ee junior, state university
The junior who understood control theory for the first time.
“I'd passed two control classes without ever really understanding what a Bode plot said. Brainback would not let me get away with it.”
YesCapstone first-try success
first-year mba
The MBA who stopped answering cold calls with word soup.
“My cold-call answers used to be framework word soup. Now they're actual arguments.”
Bottom Q → Top QCold-call ratings
first-year engineering cohort, 40 students
The pilot that changed how one program thinks about AI.
“Our first-year DFW rate in Calculus 1 dropped from 22% to 9%.”
22% → 9%Calc 1 DFW rate
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