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a lot of you may be putting in some serious time getting ready to take or retake the act<\/a>. with school and high school applications, you have a lot on your plate as it is without running into roadblocks on the act. if you need some act test help for getting unstuck, you’ve come to the right place.<\/p>\n

what should you do when you get stuck while taking the act? it\u2019s a scary thought, i know. with so little time, being stuck drains valuable seconds away from answering other questions. the tension builds, and it might feel that your mind is overflowing from stress. in this post, i\u2019ll let you in on a few act tricks<\/a> to get out of these \u2018sticky\u2019 situations. <\/p>\n

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getting stuck<\/h2>\n

to learn what to do when you get stuck, you first have to understand what being stuck is. being stuck isn\u2019t looking at a question with dread. it’s not the feeling that you answered a question wrong, either. instead, being stuck on a test is when you struggle to answer a question within the time the test allots for that question. for example, the act gives you 60 seconds for each math question. if you\u2019re still pondering the answer at 61 seconds, you\u2019re stuck, no matter how you might feel about it.<\/p>\n

getting unstuck<\/h2>\n

the first way is the most obvious and often used by students: guess and move on<\/strong>. there\u2019s no shame in doing this, and you’ll up your odds of getting the question right if you can eliminate one or more answers before doing so. but guessing is only half the battle. when you \u2018move on,\u2019 you really need to move on, both to the next question and mentally. don\u2019t let the anxiety about that question leave you second-guessing yourself, competing for attention as you tackle the next problem. if you let the answers you’ve guessed get to you, you\u2019re likely to take longer than you need with other questions—or worse, miss more questions.<\/p>\n

here\u2019s another piece of act test help: the best way to get out of sticky situations like this is to experience them on practice tests. everyone has more or one stuck moments on the act. they don\u2019t mean you’re doomed; they’re a natural part of the standardized testing experience. if you go into the test with this mindset, sticky moments will have less of an impact on your score.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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