how do you time yourself on the ACT??

<p>Im very dissapointed with myself, I got my scores back and made a 24. I noticed that near the end of every section I would have one full section left when they said there was 5 minutes left.</p>

<p>How do you time your self so that you do not run out of time??</p>

<p>I noticed when I was doing practice tests that the sections, notably math and English, got more difficult as they progressed. As a result, I found that working as hastily as possible through the beginning, and saving more time for the questions that actually required an intensive though process enabled me to finish the sections.</p>

<p>This is personally for me. But it may apply to you too.
First, get a digital watch that has stopwatch capabilities. Much simpler rather than having to be distracted due to subtracting with those analog clocks. </p>

<p>English pace: 9 minutes per passage / 9 minutes per 15 questions
There’s 5 passages-15 Qs each - 75 total questions. 45 total minutes.</p>

<p>Math pace: 1 minute per question
I usually speed up towards the beginning and then am forced to slow down a bit in the end. Theres 60 questions in 60 minutes.</p>

<p>Reading pace: 8.5 minutes per passage / 8.5 minutes per 10 questions
40 questions in 35 minutes. 4 passages and 10 in each. </p>

<p>Science pace: number of questions - 1 in the section = number of minutes that should be spent (5 Qs means 4 min)
There’s 7 sections, but number of questions vary from 5,6,7.
Important: There’s always one science that has 7 questions. Only one. ALWAYS do that one last.
This will get you done in about 33-34 minutes. </p>

<p>Whatever you do, stick to the pace that you make. If you start to fall behind, you’ll start to panic and get completely messed up.</p>