<p>I did fairly poorly on my SAT essay-an 8, and on the ACT, i am hoping for a 10 or 12
What is the best way to improve this score/practice for writing-is it just to practice prompts?</p>
<p>SAT and ACT look for completely different things in their essays.
ACT’s scoring:
[ACT</a> Writing Test : Scoring Guidelines](<a href=“ACT Test Preparation | Test Prep Resources | ACT”>ACT Test Preparation | Test Prep Resources | ACT)</p>
<p>This is how I did it and i got a 12:
Write 5 paragraphs: Introduction (last sentence thesis), Body 1 (proving your point), Body 2 (proving another point), Body 3 (counter argument, but making sure to show why your argument is still better), Conclusion (wrap it all up)</p>
<p>Hi!
I too, would appreciate any writing advice. D received good score on the exam, but not so good on the writing. This is quite ironic as I felt this was her strength. She said she had some issues with the time. Also, I think she focused on varied sentence construction, transitions, etc. and didn’t produce a lot volume wise. Do you believe volume written has an impact? Any more writing advice to raise score is appreciated.</p>
<p>Don’t worry too much about the writing.
The composite is the important score.
I don’t think any schools report the average accepted writing score of their students.
I think some top schools, like Caltech and Univ. of Chicago don’t even require it.
It’s not a big deal…that’s my opinion
good luck.</p>
<p>is a 30 composite with a 10 on the essay good?</p>
<p>very good, you should already know that from looking at the percentile ranking for a 30 composite.
the writing score does not count for much
good luck to you.</p>