<p>that is the question.</p>
<p>what do you think. Advantages and disadvantages, please....</p>
<p>Disadvantage:
It takes an extra half hour out of your Saturday morning
It costs more</p>
<p>Advantages:
If you decide last minute that you want to apply to a certain school and discover that you need writting you will have it
You will show how motivated you are since it was an optional essay
It is a very easy section to get a high score on
If math and science are just not your thing you can reinforce your strength in english</p>
<p>I would highly recomend that you take it. It can't hurt anything and like I said before you may decide to apply to a school that requires it.</p>
<p>It would be nice if to take the ACT writing if time and money aren't big issues to you.</p>
<p>Many top scores require the ACT with writing anyway. Better to be safe!</p>
<p>Yup, do it. It's really easy (way easier than the SAT one-though I got the same score on both...).</p>
<p>Your prospective colleges may give you no choice. All Ivy League schools require the test. Given your screen name, I don't know why you are asking for advantages and disadvantages ... If you are interested in other schools, it is easy enough to look them up.</p>
<p>Even if a school will admit without it, they may require it for scholarship consideration. Happened to son's friend. Admitted, then got the potential scholarships letter. The kid's a senior and had to scramble and retake the ACT w/writing last month. Avoid that hassle and get it over with.</p>
<p>The other thing is that at many schools now if you submit the ACT with Writing they will accept that in place of SAT II tests. So essentially you end up saving both time and money going this route.</p>
<p>The GC at my kids' school recommends that ALL juniors take the SATI with writing & the ACT with writing. This just gives you more options in your college aps & some schools do require one or the other.</p>