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<p>I took the ACT in June. I did fairly well overall (35 composite score), but I completely bombed the essay part (I got a 6 :P). My question was whether or not teachers should be allowed to set their own rules in their classrooms. I said yes, they should be able to, and wrote a 1.5 essay supporting that. I said that every class has different requirements and thus should have different rules, that the teachers are the ones working the closest with the students so they would understand each classes' dynamics and what rules would work best for that class, and that the superintendent might not have the clearest view of what the rules should be. I refuted the argument against allowing the teachers to set their own rules (that it might be confusing) by saying that it will just be slightly confusing and that this confusion will just help to prepare them more for college, where they will have keep track of every aspect of their lives. And after 1.5 pages of this I wrapped it up with a summery and left thinking that wasn't that bad, only to be floored with a SIX!! THAT SUCKS!!! What did I do wrong? </p>

<p>The comments were "Your essay responded to the prompt by taking a clear position on the issue. Your essay used some specific details, reasons, and examples, but it needed more of them." </p>

<p>I didn't use specific examples, because the only specific examples I could think of would be personal ones and they wouldn't really have any credibility.</p>

<p>Any help here? And I know a 6 is bad, but how bad is it?</p>

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<p>Personal details have credibility. You could have made them less personal by making them hypotheticals. </p>

<p>You got a 35, you don’t need to worry about a 6 essay score as long you write decent college app essays.</p>

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<p>I took it for the first time and I got a 31 composite, 11 essay. I just talked about 3 theoretical examples, and I talked about the unstated assumption. I explained the logic behind the argument and took it apart pretty well. I just pretty much used what I learned in AP Comp, ok, enough about what I did.</p>

<p>From what I can tell, 1.5 pages is not nearly enough, I wrote 3.5 pages. In the case for standardized testing, the more you write, the better. So more examples would have helped your score easily. </p>

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<p>nice line of logic here. I pretty much used all the reasons you said. From what you have written, I am not sure why you got a score of 6, I would have given that at least a 9. Just write more next time :)</p>

<p>On a side note, don’t retake, 35 is highly competitive for any college in the nation. </p>

<p>good luck!</p>