{"id":544,"date":"2015-03-19t09:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-19t09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/act\/?p=544"},"modified":"2016-02-04t13:59:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04t21:59:24","slug":"how-hard-is-the-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/act\/how-hard-is-the-act\/","title":{"rendered":"how hard is the act?"},"content":{"rendered":"
difficulty is a relative term. on a difficulty scale that ranges from learning your abc\u2019s to building a space shuttle, the act test<\/a> probably ranks about here:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n compared to your abc\u2019s and a typical state standardized test, the act probably ranks about here: <\/p>\n <\/p>\n of course, this is just an illustration. for some people, learning the alphabet is hard–maybe they are non-native english speakers or struggle with a learning difference such as dyslexia. but multivariable calculus might be a piece of cake. the point is that it is ultimately impossible to answer the question \u201chow hard is the act?\u201d because the answer is going to be different for everyone. <\/p>\n but i know you aren\u2019t reading this post to discover that very unsatisfying answer. so here are some things i can<\/em> tell you about how \u201chard\u201d the act is: the act gives you 3 hours and 25 minutes to answer 215 questions. the new sat starting in march 2016 gives you 3 hours to answer 154 questions. granted, certain questions take longer than others to answer, but many act test-takers end up feeling that they could have done much better if they only had more time. you won\u2019t hear this from sat test-takers to the same degree.
\n <\/p>\nit\u2019s hard because it is very time-pressured.<\/h2>\n
\n <\/p>\nit\u2019s hard because of the concentration and amount of reading demanded by the test.<\/h2>\n