ACT Essay

Test Preparation
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<p>I just got my ACT Essay score today; I received an 8 to make my combined english/writing a 31 (I also scored an 8 on the SAT essay). I thought I wrote a pretty good essay and deserved a 10, but there's nothing I can do about that now. Anyway, I got a 34 composite (34 english, math, science, and 33 reading). I know that the this does not affect the composite score but will colleges look at it differently or calculate it into the composite themselves?</p>

<p>Also, how did everyone else make out on the essay?</p>

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<p>I got an 8 for a combined score of 31 too ]: I don't know how important it is though, so I'm not much help. Boo essays.</p>

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<p>No, I doubt that an 8 will hurt you. Obviously, a 12 would look nice, but an 8 is fine. My friend got a 9 on his SAT essay and got into Columbia,etc. They mainly want to know that you can write relatively well, and they know that an ACT essay can't properly test that.</p>

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<p>i got a 32 composite, 33 english, but a 6 on the essay.
what do colleges make of that?</p>

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<p>nsno - my D got the same composite and score that you did...look at the comments on the score report. If it says something like "your essay adequately supported general statements with specific reasons, examples, and details. Your essay maintained focus on the specific issue in the prompt", you should be fine.</p>

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<p>hey modest mice: i got the same as you, except a 31. hopefully they don't really care. retaking anyway though.</p>

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<p>I got a 35 English and a 6 on the essay, so I'm just pretending the ACT doesn't exist and sending my SAT scores to colleges. (I live in the midwest and had to take it to graduate.) If that stupid essay score had been included in the composite, it would have dropped from 32 to 30.</p>

<p>I actually find the SAT essay to be a lot easier to write than the ACT essay... I don't give a rat's patooty about curfew or whatever.</p>