<p>For those of you who have received your December ACT Writing score ~ Are you actually able to see the comments that were written about your writing test on-line or is this something that gets mailed to you?</p>
<p>Yes I saw my comments for my essay online. I think they also are mailed to you later.</p>
<p>cosine45 - were the comments very general? Do they send an actual copy of your essay with more comments in the mail?</p>
<p>This is what I can see on-line for my son:</p>
<p>"Comments on Your Essay: Your essay adequately supported general statements with specific reasons, examples, and details. Your essay maintained focus on the specific issue in the prompt."</p>
<p>He got an 8 out of 12 (which took his 35 English down to a combined English/Writing of 31). It would be nice if they gave you a little more information on what was lacking so that you could raise your score next time.</p>
<p>that's exactly what happened with me mom2010grad; but given how many essays they've had to grade, I doubt they'll give us anything more specific than that generic response.</p>
<p>mom2010grad, there was a similar generic comment for my daughter's essay. She got a 9 on her essay and that gave her a combined english/writing of 31 from an english 33.</p>
<p>comment "Your essay showed recognition of the complexity of the issue by partially evaluating its implications."</p>
<p>To me, that doesn't sound as positive as the comment your son got. But I am new to the ACT as it is not common where we live, so I'd be interested in hearing from others about the relative importance of the writing. </p>
<p>Also we are discussing this somewhat in the 2010 thread in the parent's area, if you would like to join us there. There are a couple others there waiting for scores. There is also a chart linked to there that shows how an essay score is factored into an english score to arrive at the combined score.</p>
<p>I got a 10/12 on mine and my comments were:</p>
<p>"Your essay showed recognition of the complexity of the issue by addressing counterarguments."</p>
<p>Not very specific on how to improve. However, I'm not sure if that was the point of the comments. They're there to show what you did and for you to figure out what you did wrong. Easier for the grader.</p>
<p>One of my daughters got a 25 doing it the first time without studying for it, but a 12 on the essay.....she wishes she could send just that score! At least it motivated her to try again and with more effort, she had been too overwhelmed with other things, but wanted to see how it went and what her weakness's would be.</p>
<p>Debruns, that is really great! Even with all of the CC posters who score above 30, I don't see many scores above above 9, and mostly 8s! She must be some writer!</p>
<p>Thanks northeastmom, she always loved to write. Her sister got an 8, although their school english/writing scores are similar.
They didn't score very high, her sister a bit lower, but if they can concentrate on it more, they will improve. Time and the science section killed them, beyond the lack of motivation prior. Now they have something to work with, although it will never be their strong point.</p>
<p>debruns, I just sent an email to you.</p>
<p>What you see online is the only writing comments that you will receive. There will be no added comments when your score report is sent online. For my essay, which I got a 10 on, it only said: "Your essay showed recognition of the complexity of the issue by partially evaluating its implications. General statements in your essay were well supported with specific reasons, examples, and details."</p>
<p>The first time I took the essay I got a 12. I basically wrote an essay questioning the validity of the prompt. It was easily the most pretentious essay I've ever written. So I think going outside the box paid off...I gave them a 5 paragraph persuasive, but when I took a side against the prompt, I think questioning the validity gave it the depth they were looking for.</p>
<p>"Comments on Your Essay: Your essay effectively supported general statements with specific reasons, examples, and details."</p>