<p>zm- there are a couple breaks but they might not be very long, so plan on only a quick snack.</p>
<p>also for first time ACT takers- TI89 calculator not allowed only 84 and lower.</p>
<p>Good luck to ALL taking the test tomorrow morning! D was studying for a monday physics test last night and hasn’t looked at ACT stuff this week. She had a point, wanted to talk to physics teacher today if she had any questions. I hope we don’t need to dump more money for another June retake</p>
<p>Here is my wise piece of advice for this thread:</p>
<p>Don’t undercook the spaghetti squash, because by the time you find out, it’s too late…</p>
<p>I’m too overwhelmed by the whole college thing to event comment on that right now!</p>
<p>Zoosermom - I copied this info from the ACT site:</p>
<p>How long does the test take?</p>
<p>Just over 4 hours for the ACT without the Writing Test, including administration instructions and breaks. Actual testing time is 2 hours and 55 minutes, broken down as follows:
English: 45 minutes
Math: 60 minutes
Reading: 35 minutes
Science: 35 minutes
The ACT Writing Test adds 30 minutes.</p>
<p>What should I take to the test center?
Be sure you take these items to the test center:</p>
<p>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!</p>
<p>Do not bring any of the following:</p>
<p>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 </p>
<p>I hope this is helpful.</p>
<p>Very helpful, thanks LIMom. I don’t know why I was having such a hard time with that site. Stupidity I guess.</p>
<p>Thanks to all for the ACT prep tips - I was about to go navigate the site - and you guys have done it for me!!!</p>
<p>My son’s admission ticket said food and drinks, including water, can only be opened during breaks and outside of the testing room, so I think it is ok to take a snack and water bottle for the breaks. My son doesn’t want to take anything because he didn’t need a snack during the SAT, but I think I will suggest he take something like a bag of grapes or something just in case. Better to have it and not need it than to need a pick-me-up and not have it.</p>
<p>Oops - just realized that I forgot to wish all test takers good luck! Good luck! :)</p>
<p>ReadytoRoll - thanks for the advice regarding the spaghetti squash - I’ll be making it tonight.</p>
<p>What makes the Mt. Holyoke program absolutely acceptable to me is that it is opt-IN. If you believe that social justice teachings are hostile and divisive, don’t attend–but leave the option for other students who disagree with you. For the same reason, many schools offer special (and optional) URM orientation programs, to help integrate the community. I think it’s courageous of of Mt. Holyoke to apply this the other way–don’t just teach the minorities to cooperate with the majority, but also teach the majority about the unconscious racism they participate in every day (minorities also participate in such unconscious racism, but their actions are not backed by institutional power).</p>
<p>For the record, I believe strongly that racial affirmative action is wrong and should be replaced by sole and strengthened socioeconomic affirmative action. But even the daughter of an illiterate garbage man has white privilege (I presume she is white)–class privilege is a whole different matter, and I consider it an equally important issue to address, but let us argue them separately.</p>
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It’s unacceptable because my daughter would be a member of a class that’s been divided along racial lines before even meeting each other.</p>
<p>I think the Mt. Holyoke program is kind of sloppy and doesn’t give the students enough credit. I say just talk to everyone together, out in the open, make them all comfortable with each other. Its like sex-ed classes separated by gender- yeah, maybe everyone can be more comfortable, but I still don’t like the idea.</p>
<p>Hmmm…I just realized that Mt. Holyoke is an all-women’s college…so I guess the underlying philosophy is similar: You are more comfortable among ‘your type’.</p>
<p>I’m fine with social justice education. Each student can take or reject what they like. I’m fine with programs for differently situated students. I am not fine with it before they have even met and as their introduction to the college. It’s not a particularly welcoming program for the white students.</p>
<p>So, anyone know which Subject Tests have the reputation for being difficult? Ds has to take one more (but will take two) in June, and I’m trying to help him figure out what to take. He already has Math II so thinks he should go more liberal arts, like Latin or U.S. history … Thoughts?</p>
<p>Also English Lit can be considered. Do you have the college board book that has one complete practice test per subject? Lots of people take the USH coinciding with the course esp. at AP level. Latin might mesh well with your curriculum, D had to do a lot of vocab prep on her own</p>
<p>Do you mean this booklet? <a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools;
<p>OR the big book I see advertised on the second page?</p>
<p>Yes, English lit is an option I guess. I printed out the little sample tests in Latin and USH and figured we’d see how he did.</p>
<p>Ugh. Just looked at the English sample questions. No way. CR is his weakest subject, and this reminds me too much of that!</p>
<p>Many more LACs currently employ special pre-orientation programs for underrepresented minority students. Such programs are usually hailed for addressing lower minority graduation rates and encouraging bonding with fellow minorities (what cynical me sees as encouraging self-segregation). How is this any more or less divisive than Mt. Holyoke’s program?</p>
<p>YDS, that is a good start, but CB sells a book with one full practice test per subject. I’ll find a link to it. Also meant to thank you for rescuing from page 2! :)</p>
<p>Here is the book I was talking about [The</a> Official Study Guide for all SAT Subject Tests](<a href=“Store App”>Store App)</p>
<p>of course you could buy it cheaper at your favorite online retailer.</p>
<p>On this topic, has anyone found the books from the CB that cover the Math tests (Math 1 and 2 in one book) and history tests (US and Euro in one book) worthwhile?</p>
<p>YDS, if he takes Latin he might be able to use his score for placement if he takes it in college.</p>
<p>jackie, a year ago, when ds finished pre-Cal, we didn’t know about subject tests. Well, didn’t know enough to realize he should have taken one that spring! So we bought him a Barrons to study for the October testing. It was awful. Pages missing. Wrong answers. We returned it to the bookstore and bought a Princeton Review book. He liked it a lot.</p>