@ksmom48 Yes I am an ACT tutor. I think for admission there is little difference between a 34 and a 35, except at some of the “roll the dice odds schools” However, for merit scholarship, I think the point can make a difference. Though I am not sure I believe a 35 to 36 is worth it as you are just as likely to go down. There were some schools that told us it might be worth it to retake a 35 to a 36 - my daughter chose not to and she still got the invite to their most competitive scholarship. But she was (like everyone) much more than just her scores. I would also say tutoring would depend on what the subject breakdown was and where you think you can get the points and if your son is willing to do the work.
For the scenario I listed above my daughter ended up writing probably 10 unique essays. She could use some material but never a full paragraph and everything ended up tweaked and almost completely rewritten. She did end up with about 4 themes but they got rewritten differently for each essay. What she could reuse was the common app extracurricular list and descriptions of activities. I would start a word doc for each school application. We also hired a writing tutor - not a college essay tutor and it was worth every penny. We went with writing rather than college specific because we wanted it in her voice, not packaged in any way - and checked for grammar.
She did not list NMSF until she was named. We did however mention it when scheduling tours. Some asked what her selection score was and once hearing it were happy to organize a tour as they knew it would be likely or a bubble score depending on your state.