<p>@loquatical Thank you so much for taking the time to write a thorough post! I am spending this summer on the ACT and have actually improved significantly since I took the actual test (I am getting in the 34-35 range on all practice tests now, so hopefully I can repeat this on the actual test in September). I was very surprised to get a 31 actually. I feel like it was not my best effort and I tend to have really bad test anxiety so I am hoping for a significant improvement this time around. Hopefully that will improve my chance of getting into some of my desired schools 
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