<p>Who else times themselves on standardized tests? I timed myself with a silent kitchen timer on the SAT I and SAT IIs. It helped quite a bit.</p>
<p>Am I risking anything with it? I know it's not on the list of items allowed for the test (and the proctors tell you to remove everything from your desk except for the answer book, answer sheet, pencils, eraser, and calculator), but the proctor for my SAT I came to my desk asking me if it was silent and he let me use it after he found out that it was silent. My SAT II proctor didn't say anything about it, but I don't think he noticed it.</p>
<p>I'm also wondering if it differs for AP, ACT, and/or other tests.</p>
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<p>It is technically not allowed. Watches with timers are, though, so if you want to be safe you can just go out and get a cheap one.</p>
<p>By “separate timer or any kind of watch with audible alarm”, does it mean</p>
<p>“[separate timer] or [any kind of watch with audible alarm]” or
“[(separate timer) or (any kind of watch)] with audible alarm”?</p>
<p>I used the chronograph feature on my watch which is basically a stopwatch. It beeps softly once at the beginning of each timed section and twice at the end when I reset it. Even though I was sitting in front of the proctors they didn’t tell me not to use it.</p>
<p>@Halogen:</p>
<p>The latter. You are allowed to have a watch with you during the SAT exam.</p>
<p>Using a watch is reccommended, unless, of course, it makes that ‘beeping’ sound in which case it may become a disturbance to the other test takers and/ proctor. It does prove quite useful but I would refrain from checking it in frequent intervals.</p>
<p>LOL Halogen, maybe you should write for the SAT! :)</p>