<p>Heyy I'm new to these forums (first post!) and I missed the deadline for the December 11 ACT registration ( :( ) and there's apparently no late registration for international test centres. </p>
<p>Anyone have any experience with standby testing for the ACT in India , specifically in Bangalore (like what are my chances of being allowed to test if I go on that day??? and any tips to increase that chance? ) ?</p>
<p>Finally, someone on this forum who’s doing the ACT!
Unfortunately I’m not in India atm 
So I can’t give a definitive answer. However, I think the best thing you can do is arrive well on time at your test center before too many people have started arriving and queuing up. Where I’m at, they call out at the beginning for anyone who’s testing standby and register and check them in first before the others, but that may or may not be the case in B’lore. Maybe you could go talk to someone at your testing center about Standby testing and ask if they’re familiar with the logistics and what you should do etc?
Good luck!</p>
<p>HA! Someone on this board after me is FINALLY taking the ACT! I have company now! 
(although Ive been done with mine like 8 months ago)</p>
<p>Okayy, so I can help! You can do standby testing at any center, though only if space is available. Go to the most rural test center or something. My friend from B’lore wen to Pune to take the ACT. Call them beforehand. The test center wont have a definite answer but they might have an idea whether a lot many applied or not. </p>
<p>Gooood Luck fellow ACT taker!</p>
<p>How did you do nitcomp? I felt the questions were a lot more straightforward, but time management is a much bigger pain in the ACT than in the SAT (I’ve only taken the practice test. I’m doing it for the first time in December).</p>
<p>Hey thanks for the advice guys!., im still trying to find the Bangalore center contact information though anyone have it?</p>
<p>@nitcomp:
how did you do and which city?? and I dunno about rural test centers theres not much time to head out to another city soo ill have to make the best with what I have here…As i said before theres an annoying lack of contact details for international test centers for the ACT but I did call the ACT in the US and they were pretty upbeat about my chances of testing…</p>
<p>@arunemo:
I really hope they do the same in B’lore what city did they do this in?.. how was the writing section cuz that’s what I’m the most worried about…</p>
<p>I got a 34 composite on my first try. Yes, I have to agree, time managment is a very important factor in scoring well on the ACT. I faced the same problem when I was practicing, especially in Reading and Science. Scores in those 2 sub sections were pretty erratic at first, they ranged from 28 to 33-34. I gained consistency only after a hell load of practice. So, even though its cliched, just practice, and more importantly UNDER TIMED CONDITIONS. Math was straightforward, comparatively easy. Reading was a bity shaky though, but I still somehow managed to score a 32. Oh and NEVER read the WHOLE question in the science section. You’ll lose out badly on time. Its a 60 minute - 60 question section if I’m right, so you better use your time efficiently. Just read the sentences that contain words in italics, if need be, as those are the key words of the question (usually science jargon). Then directly jump to the tables/graphs. Get an idea of whats being conveyed by them and go to the questions. They’re usually straightforward too and ask for deductions and inferences from the DATA, not the supporting content in the words or the written part, script, of the question. And NEVER stick to a question for more than a minute or so. Take an educated guess, as there is no negative marking, and go on to the next question. This follows true for the rest of the three sections too. And the tricky questions in the science part are usually about improvements in the design of the experiment/procedure, so take close note of any leeways or loopholes in the taking of measurements/readings (like heat loss, but more complex ones usually). The writing section is comparatively much easier; just review the grammar rules and your set. They become more and more familiar as you take more and more practice tests. Don’t sweat over this section too much during your prep. As said before, the reading section should be done carefully, as time constraints are pretty harsh (atleast for me). I use the same strategy I use in the SAT Reading section for the ACT Reading section: I skim through the questions, without reading the whole question, take note of the lines referred to in them and mark those lines in the passage. By doing this, I concentrate more on those parts and answer the respective question immediately as I read those lines. And usually, the questions that aren’t line specific are content specific, in the sense that the questions asked are pretty direct. They usually are not related with inferences and all, but rather plainly with questions like “What were a few things that X Person saw and pointed out in the portrait?”, albeit they sometimes do get a bit annoying and twisted. Ok so sorry for the unparagraphed rambling and for some of the redundancy 
I just spilled out everything I knew or could share about the ACT.
Good luck guys :)</p>
<p>phase12-I was talking about Brussels. The test center I was at is the only one around the capital, so quite a lot of people come out for testing (I haven’t done the ACT at this test center yet…I’m talking about the SAT but the procedures are identical for both). However with you I think you will most probably find a seat since the ACT is not as widely known or taken as the SAT, atleast in India (evident from me an nitcomp’s opening sentences 
). I think you should go talk to the test center in your city you want to test in, and ask them about how many people have registered.
Nitcomp-That is absolutely excellent advice, thank you so much! I’ll come back to this post over the weekend when I practice a bit more in more depth. And yes, time is so annoying! I was doing a section at a time and I found math especially easier than SAT math, but my brain would scream and cramp up when I realized I had 12 questions and 5 minutes left! Once again, working on time management like crazy, I really want to score well on this. If I get something like a 34 (fab score btw), I won’t have to send my SAT scores :D</p>