<p>I'm planning on bringing my wrist watch to the ACT Saturday. It has a count-up clock. However, it lets out a very small chirp each hour, with no way to disable that.</p>
<p>Should I stick with the wrist watch or should I bring a stop watch???</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I don’t think the proctor’ll ding you for bringing a wristwatch with a chirp, but you don’t need to take unnecessary risks. You can definitely bring your stopwatch.</p>
<p>Bring a watch, don’t use a timer. That’ll just make you more jittery. </p>
<p>It’s also best not to look at anything with time for most of the test (it’s a waste of time if you’re going at a steady pace already).</p>
<p>I would disagree with blahblah. I need to have my wristwatch with the chronograph running, not just the time, when I take a timed test, otherwise I move at a pace that is comfortable, not necessarily correct. Knowing the time remaining really helps you pace yourself. A half-second glance at the chrono to calm my nerves is worth the time wasted, I think.</p>
<p>Now, obviously, not everyone will work the same way, so if you work better without a clock, go for it.</p>
<p>I just talked to a couple of kids who used a new ACT testing timer on the market. It is a watch that has been totally programmed for the ACT, section by section. They said that it worked well and helped keeping the time during each section of the test. Talked to a couple of friends who do tutoring of students and they have heard of the product and have used it before.</p>
<p>I am writing this now since I saw it was just featured on ABC news who called ACT about the watch. ACT told ABC it is ok. The watch is available on the testingtimers web site. By the look of the video on youtube it looks like it is a good fit.</p>