Anonymous wrote:^^
How to register for but not take the ACT essay
I just re-confirmed this process with the ACT today:
Register for the ACT with the essay.
On test day, when you enter your assigned classroom, inform the proctor that you no longer wish to take the ACT with the essay and ask that you be allowed to leave the room after the experimental section (the 20-minute fifth section at the end of the test that doesn’t count) before the essay starts.
In every instance, my students have been allowed to leave before the essay begins. But, technically it is up to the proctor’s discretion whether they will let the student leave or not.
If the proctor does not allow you to leave before the essay starts, then do not break the seal on the essay booklet. As long as you don’t break the seal (and just take a nap, do silent meditation, or contemplate gratitude for existence and blessings, etc for the duration of the 40-minute essay), then you will not receive an essay score, and your ACT test will be scored just the same as if you had never registered for the essay.
One last option (not confirmed by the ACT as an official practice but which sometimes works) is to ask when you arrive at the school check-in desk if you can be switched to a non-essay room. Then you, and everyone, will be done with the test after the fifth experimental section.
So, worst case scenario: you will experience the long suffering of 40-minutes of potential boredom. But, for most students, that worst case scenario is still much better than having to get up earlier to drive 40 minutes further to take the test because all the test centers near them are fully booked for taking the ACT without the essay.
Oh my gosh, Thank you so much for this!!!
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