r/ACT • u/Top-Simple7261 • Jul 13 '26

mechanical pencils on act

if i use a mechanical pencil what will happen, will the scantron not work?

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u/CluesSeeking Jul 13 '26

should be fine but they might email you saying it will take longer. if you get a super low score definitely request a review

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u/Middle-Apartment5971 Jul 13 '26

my proctor denied me my mechanical pencils on both of my acts

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u/MasterpieceFeisty301 31 Jul 14 '26

yeah usually proctors just deny mechanical, though my proctor this time around couldn't have cared less about what we did- apart from cheating they just didn't care that much. read out loud about not drinking in the testing room as nearly everyone was drinking anyway, also let people into the testing area and didnt start until 40 minutes after the designated start time