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The flag-and-review loop on the digital ACT

October 7, 2026 · 5 min read

Flag, keep moving, then use the review screen. The loop is skip now, return later, fill blanks last. Flagging itself is in how to flag questions. The review list is in the review screen.

Three passes on the clock

First pass: answer or flag. Second pass: open flagged items. Last half-minute: anything still unanswered, in the no-blank rule. Two-pass as a habit is in the two-pass method.

The bottom line

Flag is not a parking lot. It is a return ticket, then a blank check at the end.

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