Match Me! HS Junior Seeking College Recs: pursuing CS [MO resident, 2.85 UW GPA, 24 ACT, $10k budget]

You can print out some of the practice tests (or buy a study guide that has practice tests) and complete a couple of timed sections each night instead of completing entire practice tests. That takes about 20 minutes and doesn’t feel as stressful. The study guides also help you with test strategies which help you can gain a couple of points just by working more efficiently. I believe you have to know math formulas for the ACT also, as opposed to the SAT where they are given to you. So I agree that with some prep, you can raise your score. You also might give the SAT a shot as you don’t have to work as quickly, but the questions can be trickier so you’d need to familiarize yourself with the format and SAT specific test strategies.

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