The Complete Guide to ACT Pacing and Time Management
ANSWER THE EASIEST QUESTIONS FIRST - The easiest questions will give you the biggest bang for your buck. There’s no reason you have to do the questions in the order the test makers present them.
WEAR A GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED WATCH - The proctor should make a few remaining time announcements, but it’s a lot more helpful if you know how much time you have as you work through the test.
LOTS OF TIMED PRACTICE. - The more you practice, the better your ACT time management. Every time you do practice sections or practice tests, time yourself. Take note of the kinds of questions that are time-suckers for you.
LEAVE YOURSELF 30 SECONDS TO GUESS ON THE REMAINING QUESTIONS. - There is no guessing penalty on the ACT, so you shouldn’t leave any questions blank. A completely random guess gives you a one in four chance of getting the question right – a blank question is always going to be wrong.
FOCUS PREP EFFORTS ON HIGH-YIELD ITEMS. - Certain topics are always going to come up on every test. For example, in the English section, there are always going to be about 10 punctuation questions.
KNOW YOUR CALCULATOR. - The calculator is supposed to be a tool that helps you to succeed in the math section, but if you’re using a brand new calculator, you risk wasting more time trying to figure out how to get the calculator to do what you want than the calculator will actually save you.
KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. -If you already know all of the directions on the test, the layout of each section, and the types of questions you can expect to see on each section, you’ll save yourself precious seconds by being able to skip reading the directions on test day
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