ACT Writing - Screwed for Ivies?

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<p>Hi everyone I'm an international applicant. I sat, without preparation (just to see if it could bash out my poor SAT scores - it did partially, thank god), the ACT Plus Writing test in October. My results were as follows:</p>

<p>English - 32
Math - 35
Reading - 35
Science - 34
Essay - 8
Combined - 29</p>

<p>Now here comes the problem...obviously my combined score looks ugly compared to the other components. Do you think a high composite would offset a low combined score? Or would straight 800s on the SAT IIs, no fin aid required and excellent essays make up for the low combined/essay scores? Am I doomed? I am seriously worried because I couldn't find too much data regarding the combined and essay scores on the acceptance charts and stuff. I'm applying to Yale, Columbia, Penn, Dartmouth, Cornell, UChicago, UCB/UCLA, USC and NYU, if that helps.</p>

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<p>isn’t the composite supposed to be 34??</p>

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<p>@PrecociousMe - I’m pretty sure he’s saying that his combined English + Writing was a 29</p>

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<p>Oh I mean I got a composite 34 but a combined score of 29. I just wanted to know how heavily would that impact on my applications :frowning: </p>

<p>P.s. Despite the essay scored a shameful 8, the comments were quite positive (at least not devastating comments)…</p>

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<p>8-9 tends to be the 50 percentile for the essay at Ivy League schools so 8 is hardly “shameful”.</p>

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<p>You’re fine, the composite is the most important thing.</p>