Desperately need help increasing score in 4 weeks? 30 to a 34/35? HELP

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<p>I have taken the ACT once (in February 2014). I prepped a little bit in summer of 2013, but not much. I never took any practice tests, and I didn't study anything in the weeks leading up to the test. I hadn't even taken the PLAN test that year. This was my score:</p>

<p>Composite: 30
English: 33
Mathematics:26
Reading: 31
Science: 28
Writing: 8</p>

<p>On math, I remember only finishing about half of a section with five minutes left and bubbling in random circles for the heck of it before time was out. Clearly there's some room for improvement.</p>

<p>Here's the thing: I want a 34. maybe a 35. Is that completely unrealistic? If not, how can I attain my goal (or at least come close)? I only have FOUR weeks.</p>

<p>I have a Baron's ACT book (the blue one). I also have the red SAT one. I have 4 sessions with a private tutor (i've already been to two and we accomplished nothing besides learning strategies) and a three day crash course with the same tutor and a few other kids during the week leading up to the test. The tutor thinks I can raise my score to a 32, but I don't think that's good enough for the colleges I'm interested in. I'm willing to work, but I'm pretty busy with final exams until the 26th (the test is june 14th fyi).</p>

<p>What should I do? I know that in order for me to grasp concepts, I usually need to do a bit of practicing. Are practice tests helpful? Is my goal of a 34 or 35 too far fetched? especially for this short period of time? I don't wan tot have to take it again in September, after senior year has already started!!! HELP</p>

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<p>A 30 to a 34 is a huge jump for a short amount of time. But just focus on math and science, take a practice section of one of those every day, grade it, and learn how to do all the problems you missed. A 30 to a 34 is really two weeks may be impossible but you could probably pull it off by september. A 30 is about missing 20-24 and you need to go to missing like less than 10 on the whole thing. I know people who took a practice test everyday for 2 two weeks and there scores skyrocketed. Here is a link with free and legal released tests <a href=“http://www.actquantum.com/releasedacttests/”>http://www.actquantum.com/releasedacttests/&lt;/a&gt; . Good luck. I am having enough trouble raising my 31 to a 33! If you go hardcore and your tutor is decent and you get lucky you have a shot. But you may have to retake again =(.</p>