<p>What's considered a good writing score?</p>
<p>11 or 12…</p>
<p>A 10 is pretty solid, too, as is a 9.</p>
<p>8 and below is when its disappointing.</p>
<p>I’ve seen a bunch of kids get 30+'s who get 7’s and 8’s on the essay (including myself). </p>
<p>Colleges have yet to put a lot of emphasis on the essay because it is still relatively new. So, it’s not a big deal if you get a 7 or 8.</p>
<p>At Stanford, the combined english/writing score middle 50% is 29-32. At Penn, it is 27-32. At UNC, it is 25-30. At Texas, it is 22-29. At Vanderbilt, the writing middle 50% is 8-10.</p>
<p>Basically, from these stats, you can score highly on English, but get an essay of 8, and still be in the middle 50% or above it at these schools. Scoring an 8 is the 77th percentile, so it really isn’t that bad.</p>
<p>What anish said is true. I got a 35 on the english, a 6 essay, and this came out to be a 30 on the combined (95%)</p>
<p>an 11 is a good score
a 12 is a GREAT score</p>
<p>for 3 times in a row when i’ve taken writing i got an 11 instead of a 12
so if you get a 12 you’re a beast
if you get an 11 you’re good
10 is decent
9 is so so
anything else i would suggest working to improve
because the percents drop from a 89 at 10 to a 78 at a 9 and into the 60’s below that</p>
<p>wow, nice…</p>
<p>Do you think a 12 would require that you use all 4 pages?</p>
<p>well, just because you filled up all 4 pages doesn’t automatically translate into a twelve. If you did that because that way, you could fully show all sides of the answer or whatever, then great. you always hear it, but it’s SO quality over quantity. if you filled up all of the pages just for the sake of it and thus rambled on and on, they’ll be able to tell and you won’t get a perfect score.</p>
<p>/just my take!</p>
<p>yea I am not falling for that one</p>
<p>I’m just saying that sure, it’s good to make it long, but make sure what you’re saying has substance and is there to make a point, and if not, cut it off earlier. whatevsss</p>