<p>We're seriously not allowed to bring a bottle of water with us?</p>
<p>When I took it in April, you were allowed, but it couldn’t be on your desk; there was a separate area that you were required to put it along with your bag.</p>
<p>I brought mine, but i drank it outside of the classroom. you just can’t have it on your desk.</p>
<p>That’s reasonable. Are there any breaks?</p>
<p>according to the website and the supervisor’s manual, no. That seems really strict to me, but then the ACT rules always seem much stricter than the SAT rules.</p>
<p>there are breaks, at least, when i took it last time there was…</p>
<p>I think there is only 1 break</p>
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Total: 215 questions </p>
<p>English: 75 questions 45 minutes
Mathematics: 60 questions 60 minutes
10-15 minute break
Reading: 40 questions 35 minutes
Science: 40 questions 35 minutes
5-minute break “to relax and sharpen pencils…may not leave the room”
Writing: 1 prompt 30 minutes </p>
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<p>My room got out at 11:45 lol.</p>
<p>mine got out at like 11:30 (no writing)
and I had water, but i put it on the floor, they didn’t care.</p>
<p>Right, but mine was 11:45 with writing. :p</p>
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<p>Really? I feel like the SAT’s are stricter. Because it’s the more popular one. When I took the ACT at my school, they used the analog clock, so it wasn’t 100% precise. But when i took the SAT they purposely had a digital clock on the TV so that the timing will be accurate.</p>
<p>wow mine was 12:10 without writing…we just slow i guess</p>
<p>i put mine under my desk. you can’t have it on the desk for obvious reasons</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>What are the obvious reasons? Its for writing the answers on the bottle label right? obvious for cheaters maybe…</p>
<p>I’ve always understood it as a rule to help you. They make it a rule so you don’t accidentally spill it on your test and ruin it. Although we all think we’re old enough to handle a bottle of water, I’m sure a few of us would spill it. That’s why you can bring it, but it has to be off your desk.</p>
<p>Because when you spill the water it ruins the scan-tron and your answers would be lost (therefore you just wasted 47$ if you did writing too). That is why you put it under your desk, it’s the same way for any test I take at school.</p>