Winter ACT Boot Camp in Livingston, NJ

Session-by-session schedule

Every date, in order, from the February 1 diagnostic through the final review on April 7, days before the April 10 ACT. February and spring breaks are built in.

Diagnostic
Monday, Feb 1

Diagnostic pre-test (6:00 to 8:15 PM)
Week 1
Wednesday, Feb 3

ACT overview, English foundations
Week 2
Monday, Feb 8 & Wednesday, Feb 10

English grammar + reading strategies
No class
Monday, Feb 15 & Wednesday, Feb 17

February break
Week 3
Monday, Feb 22 & Wednesday, Feb 24

Math strategies + timing
Week 4
Monday, Mar 1 & Wednesday, Mar 3

Science reasoning strategies
Week 5
Monday, Mar 8 & Wednesday, Mar 10

Advanced math + problem solving
Week 6
Monday, Mar 15 & Wednesday, Mar 17

Reading + science timing strategies
Week 7
Monday, Mar 22 & Wednesday, Mar 24

Individualized review & weak areas
No class
Monday, Mar 29 & Wednesday, Mar 31

Spring break
Week 8
Monday, Apr 5 & Wednesday, Apr 7

Final review + test day strategies

Diagnostic or practice exam No class

What the 8 weeks covers

The first night is a full-length diagnostic on the Enhanced ACT, the version national Saturday testing moved to in 2025. It shows where your student is losing points across the 131 core questions in English, Math, and Reading, and it gives real evidence for the Science decision, since Science is optional now and sits outside the 1 to 36 Composite. The weekly plan is set, but what the diagnostic shows decides where your student's own practice sets and teacher time go inside it. Fifteen class sessions is enough time to rebuild a weak area from the ground up instead of papering over it, and the diagnostic is what tells us which area that is.

Included in tuition

A full-length Enhanced ACT diagnostic pre-test on the first night, run under real timing and included in tuition
A score report that reads English, Math, and Reading separately from the optional Science section
Fifteen two-hour classes, thirty hours of instruction, taught in person by certified New Jersey teachers
English: the punctuation, sentence-structure, and rhetorical-skills rules behind 50 questions in 35 minutes
Math: 45 questions in 50 minutes, including the geometry and trigonometry most juniors last saw in ninth and tenth grade
Reading: 36 questions in 40 minutes, taught to use the extra time per question the shortened passages give back
Optional Science: 40 questions in 40 minutes, for students whose programs or scholarships still ask for the score
Individualized review in week 7 and a final review with test day strategies in week 8, aimed at what the diagnostic and eight weeks of practice have flagged

Class details

Meets Mondays & Wednesdays, 6:00 to 8:00 PM
8 weeks of instruction
Built for the Saturday, April 10, 2027 exam
160 S Livingston Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039
Small group, in person, taught by certified NJ teachers
No separate materials fee

Where the points go on the Enhanced ACT

These are the patterns we see most often on ACT diagnostics, and what the eight weeks do about each one.

English 50 questions in 35 minutes

Punctuation and sentence boundaries

Where the points go

Comma splices and run-ons dressed up as style questions. Students answer by where they would pause if they read the sentence aloud, so they join two complete sentences with a comma and drop the commas around a phrase that needs them. These question types come back through the section, so one misunderstanding can cost points more than once.

What we do in class

We drill one test: cover the punctuation and ask whether each half stands alone as a sentence. Once a student recognizes an independent clause on sight, a large block of the English section becomes mechanical, and the shortened passages leave enough time to actually run the check.

English 50 questions in 35 minutes

Rhetorical skills: conciseness, transitions, and purpose

Where the points go

The questions that ask for the most concise option, or whether a sentence should be added or deleted. Students keep the longer version because it sounds more formal, and they judge add or delete questions by whether the sentence is interesting rather than by the goal stated in the question stem.

What we do in class

Weeks 1 and 2 are where these get taught. We teach the ACT's actual preferences, that the shortest option keeping the full meaning usually wins, and that every add or delete question is settled by rereading the stated purpose first. Those habits then get rehearsed in every practice set for the next six weeks.

Math 45 questions in 50 minutes

Geometry and trigonometry from ninth and tenth grade

Where the points go

Circle relationships, similar triangles, right-triangle trig, and the occasional logarithm question. Juniors have not touched most of this since geometry class, and the ACT provides no formula sheet, so students lose points on problems they could have solved two years ago.

What we do in class

Weeks 3 and 5 are the math weeks, and the diagnostic tells us which of these older topics each student needs pushed hardest. We drill the formulas the ACT expects from memory and send home short problem sets on those specific topics between sessions.

Math 45 questions in 50 minutes

Question triage and answer-choice strategy

Where the points go

Enhanced ACT math questions now have four answer choices instead of five, which changes what backsolving and plugging in numbers are worth. Students still grind through the algebra on questions the choices would have settled faster, then reach the last handful of problems with the clock nearly out.

What we do in class

We practice spotting the question types where testing the choices beats solving, and we run timed blocks so students learn to mark a problem, move on, and come back. Leaving a question well is a skill we rehearse in class.

Reading 36 questions in 40 minutes

Pacing and evidence in the passage

Where the points go

On the legacy ACT, running out of time on the last passage was the usual complaint. Reading now gives 40 minutes for 36 questions, more time per question, but students trained on old timing still speed-read, skip the line references, and choose the answer that sounds like the passage instead of the one those lines support.

What we do in class

We reset pacing to the current section with a per-passage budget students rehearse under a timer, then build the habit of going back to the cited lines before committing to an answer. Skipping that check is where Reading points most often slip away.

Science (optional) 40 questions in 40 minutes

Reading figures, and whether to sit the section at all

Where the points go

Science is optional and is not part of the 1 to 36 Composite, so for some students the extra 40 minutes is not worth spending. Students who do sit it usually lose points by reading the passage introduction word for word before ever looking at the figures, then running short on the final passage.

What we do in class

Week 4 teaches the section: locate the variable, read the axes, trace the trend, and treat the text as a lookup table. Students who decide to skip Science on test day still sit that week, and the figure-reading work carries over to the graphs and tables elsewhere on the exam. We also help families weigh the decision against the programs and scholarships their student is applying to, some of which still ask for a Science score.

Practice challenge

5 questions · about 2 minutes

Can your student spot the traps?

Five real-format digital ACT questions, with 30 seconds each. You will get a skill breakdown at the end, the same way our boot camp starts with a diagnostic before anyone opens a textbook.

0:30

1. Choose the best option: "The museum, which opened in 1974 ______ houses one of the largest collections of maps in the country."

, and
,
;
no punctuation

Answer: ,. The clause "which opened in 1974" is non-essential and already opened with a comma, so it must close with one. A semicolon would need a complete sentence on both sides, and there is not one on the left. Paired commas around an interrupter are among the most frequently tested ideas on the ACT English section.
Skill: English: Conventions, covered in Week 1 of the boot camp.

2. The writer wants to conclude the paragraph by emphasizing that the repair was inexpensive. Which choice best accomplishes this?

The repair took the crew most of a week.
The bridge had been in use since 1952.
In the end, the whole fix cost less than a single day of detour traffic.
Engineers had recommended the work years earlier.

Answer: In the end, the whole fix cost less than a single day of detour traffic.. On this question type, the stated goal is the entire test. Only one choice mentions cost at all. The other three are perfectly true and perfectly irrelevant, which is exactly the trap: students pick the sentence that reads best instead of the one that does the stated job.
Skill: English: Rhetorical Skills, covered in Week 1 of the boot camp.

3. If 5x − 2 = 3x + 10, what is the value of x?

4
6
2
8

Answer: 6. Collect like terms: 5x − 3x = 10 + 2, so 2x = 12 and x = 6. Note that Enhanced ACT math questions now offer four answer choices rather than five, which slightly improves the odds on an educated guess and makes back-solving from the choices faster than it used to be.
Skill: Math, covered in Week 2 of the boot camp.

4. A right triangle has legs of length 6 and 8. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

12
14
10
48

Answer: 10. By the Pythagorean theorem, 6² + 8² = 36 + 64 = 100, so the hypotenuse is 10. The 6-8-10 triangle is just a scaled 3-4-5, and recognizing those common triples on sight saves real time on a section where pace decides scores.
Skill: Math, covered in Week 3 of the boot camp.

5. A passage states that a scientist "abandoned a promising line of research after a rival published first." What does the passage most directly suggest about the scientist?

The scientist lacked confidence in the underlying method.
The scientist redirected effort once the work was no longer novel.
The scientist disliked the rival personally.
The scientist retired from research entirely.

Answer: The scientist redirected effort once the work was no longer novel.. The passage gives a cause (a rival published first) and an effect (the work was abandoned). The supported inference stays tethered to that. The other three all import motives or outcomes the text never states. With Reading now at 36 questions in 40 minutes, there is time to check a choice against the line that supports it, and doing so is what the extra time is for.
Skill: Reading, covered in Week 2 of the boot camp.

Why families choose this boot camp

Eight weeks, with the breaks built in

February break (February 15 and 17) and spring break (March 29 and 31) are already off the schedule. Families can travel without a student falling two sessions behind the class.

The diagnostic sets each student's focus

A full-length exam on night one tells us which sections each student needs most, so their practice sets and teacher time inside the weekly plan go there. It also gives families real evidence for the decision about the optional Science section.

Paced for the Enhanced ACT

The redesigned test shortened the passages and gives more time per question, and Reading now runs 36 questions in 40 minutes. We build pacing around those numbers and rehearse it under a timer in class.

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Every session meets at our Livingston center with a certified New Jersey teacher in the room. Students work through timed sets next to other students preparing for the same April exam.

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Questions about this class

When does the Winter ACT Boot Camp meet?

The diagnostic pre-test is Monday, February 1, 2027, from 6:00 to 8:15 PM. Classes then meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on February 3, 8, 10, 22, and 24; March 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, and 24; and April 5 and 7. There is no class on February 15 and 17 for February break, or on March 29 and 31 for spring break.

Which ACT does this class prepare for?

The Saturday, April 10, 2027 ACT, taught in the Enhanced format that national Saturday testing moved to in 2025. The calendar is built backward from that date, so the last session lands on April 7, three days before the exam.

How much does the Winter ACT Boot Camp cost?

Tuition is $2,080. That covers the February 1 diagnostic, the score report, and all fifteen class sessions, which comes to thirty hours of classroom instruction plus the diagnostic. There is no separate materials fee.

Where are the classes held?

All fifteen sessions and the diagnostic are in person at the Teacher Tutors center, 160 S Livingston Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039. This class is not offered online.

Is the diagnostic test included in tuition?

Yes. The full-length diagnostic on February 1 is part of tuition, not an add-on. Every enrolled student takes it, because it sets what your student works on inside each week, including whether to sit the optional Science section on test day.

How big are the classes?

Enrollment is capped so a teacher can work with students individually during timed practice, which matters most in week 7, when review is individualized. Call the center for current availability in this session.

What if my student misses a session?

Over eight weeks, a missed evening happens. Let us know in advance and we will cover the material, either with notes and the practice set from that night or a short one-on-one before the next class. Sessions build on each other, so we would rather catch a student up within the same week.

Do you also offer one-on-one ACT tutoring?

Yes. Some families use the boot camp for structure and add private sessions on one section, usually ACT math. Other students work entirely one-on-one on their own schedule. Call us and we can talk through which fits your student.

Winter ACT Boot Camp in Livingston, NJ

Session-by-session schedule

What the 8 weeks covers

Where the points go on the Enhanced ACT

Punctuation and sentence boundaries

Rhetorical skills: conciseness, transitions, and purpose

Geometry and trigonometry from ninth and tenth grade

Question triage and answer-choice strategy

Pacing and evidence in the passage

Reading figures, and whether to sit the section at all

Practice challenge

1. Choose the best option: "The museum, which opened in 1974 ______ houses one of the largest collections of maps in the country."

2. The writer wants to conclude the paragraph by emphasizing that the repair was inexpensive. Which choice best accomplishes this?

3. If 5x − 2 = 3x + 10, what is the value of x?

4. A right triangle has legs of length 6 and 8. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

5. A passage states that a scientist "abandoned a promising line of research after a rival published first." What does the passage most directly suggest about the scientist?

Why families choose this boot camp

Eight weeks, with the breaks built in

The diagnostic sets each student's focus

Paced for the Enhanced ACT

Weeknights in Livingston

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