<p>Just wondering if anyone has some words of wisdom to share. Bring snacks, extra calculator, pencil, light jacket? Not so much on the test material but maybe accidents you have experienced/seen.</p>
<p>Please do not be the kid who brings a Walmart bag full of pencils and snacks… There was a kid in my first ACT who brought like 100 pencils and sat half of them on his desk. Every 30 seconds a pencil would roll off and make the most distracting noise in the world. There really is no need to bring more than like 3 pencils. You also don’t need to bring a whole bushel of bananas like this kid did (seriously), either.</p>
<p>Bring a watch, but make sure it is permitted. My testing center didn’t have a clock and digital watches weren’t allowed.</p>
<p>What would the best snack be to bring? I’ve always taken honey-roasted peanuts but maybe like a PB&J or banana would be better?</p>
<p>Snacks: Don’t bring anything that’s going to make your fingers sticky or anything, and nothing that will get stuck in your teeth!!! Someone in my test room last October had an apple and said he couldn’t focus on the reading or science section because he couldn’t get the apple out of his teeth, lmao. So avoid that for sure. </p>
<p>Clothes: You look good, you feel good. You feel good, you do good. Seriously. Don’t roll out of bed and go in sweats. Wear something comfortable that makes you feel good. Make sure you have a jacket or layers of some sort… being hot/cold is super distracting! </p>
<p>Gum: If you chew it, have a wrapper or something in your pocket so you can get rid of the gum if you want. I can’t stand chewing gum that’s lost the flavor and I can’t focus on anything else. </p>
<p>Calculator: Put in fresh batteries if you haven’t recently. Or bring a back up. </p>
<p>Then the obvious tips of good night’s sleep, good breakfast, go to the bathroom beforehand, be confident.</p>
<p>good tips! Thanks everyone, and good luck to all :)</p>
<p>Don’t forget to go poop before you go to take the test. Once I sat down ready to take the test and then I got that painful feeling when you have this poop in your butt and it’s sharp. So it was like cutting the insides of my anus. I held it in for 3 hours and it was so painful I couldn’t concentrate.</p>
<p>Also, don’t take the test while you’re high. I did that once and all of your logical reasoning goes out the door.</p>
<p>This is good advice thank you</p>