What should I take to the test center?
Be sure you take these items to the test center:
- Your test center admission ticket.
- Acceptable identification. (Your admission ticket is not identification.) You will not be admitted to test without it.
- Sharpened soft lead No. 2 pencils with good erasers (no mechanical pencils or ink pens). Do not bring highlight pens or any other kinds of writing instruments; you will not be allowed to use them. If you registered for the ACT Plus Writing, your essay must be completed in pencil.
- A watch, to pace yourself. The supervisor in standard time rooms will announce when five minutes remain on each test.
- A permitted calculator, if you wish to use one on the Mathematics Test. Not all models are permitted. If you use a prohibited calculator (such as the TI-89), you will be dimissed and your answer document will not be scored.
Pack your bag the night before and make sure everything is ready to go, especially your calculator if you intend to use one. You don't want to forget anything!
Do not bring any of the following:
- food or drink (including water)
- books, dictionaries, notes, scratch paper, or other aids
- highlighters, colored pens or pencils, or correction fluid
- any electronic device other than a permitted calculator (examples include timer, cell phone, media player, PDA, headphones, camera)
- reading material
- tobacco in any form
- anything else not on the above list
For additional information, see prohibited behavior at the test center.