history: One of my friends had a really low ACT score to begin with, as it was around a 22. I thought he couldn't get it much higher, but he managed to try really hard and get it up to a 28, which really surprised me. I really didn't have much faith in my friend when he wanted to get a better ACT score_comma_ especially since he started out with a 22.
current: Has he put in a lot of effort in studying and trying to improve?
next: He did before, and he really surprised me since he ended up getting a 28 on it.