How much leeway should be given for bubbling in?

Test Preparation
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When taking practice tests for the ACT and/or SAT at home and simply circling the answers, how much time per section should you leave? Let’s say strictly ACT because I know it’ll be varying for the different tests. I know that you obviously need some more time for English (75 questions) vs. Reading (40 questions), but how much time should that be? Am I right in assuming 2 minutes for Reading and 4 for English would be enough, or should I really be shaving more time off that? I’m worried because I’ve been doing well on practice tests, but I’m not sure how much of that has been because I have timing that I won’t have on the official ACT.

Thanks in advance to all comments and again sorry if this has already been asked!

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Well, suppose you spend 3 secs per problem bubbling the answer. You should be able to estimate total time spent. Maybe add a little more for leeway.

However, I almost always bubble after each question on a Scantron-type test, since you don’t have to worry about rushing near the end to bubble everything.

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Why don’t you just bubble in as you go, like most people do?

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Bubble as you complete every question on each page in that way you can concentrate better in one task at a time.

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print out a bubble sheet and practice with that to see for yourself. most people bubble as they go but I like to it at the end bc bubbling distracts my focus but I took the (old) SAT which I felt had a little more time than the ACT