I’m applying ED as WCAS for bio/environmental science this fall. For those who have been admitted, did you include the ACT writing score, and if you did,how high was it? on NU’s admission page it says that they no longer require the ACT essay. I took the ACT once and got composite 34 with 35 english and 34 reading but my essay was a 23, so i would prefer if I could leave that out if possible. the funny thing is that also got a 5 on AP Lang so i can definitely write well, I just suck at the ACT essay. Should i include the essay? should i retake it? I would appreciate some insight
This is actually a rather common problem- I know quite a few people who got composite scores in the mid 30s and essay scores in the low 20s. From what I know, a lot of schools no longer require the essay because they don’t score it well and the score isn’t really representative of how well the student writes. Since they don’t require the essay, I wouldn’t submit it and I also don’t think there’s a reason to retake it if you’re happy with your composite score