<p>I’d note that despite the low English score, a 26 ACT composite is pretty good – your son’s math and science scores are better than my daughter’s and she was admitted to top-ranked colleges and universities. </p>
<p>It’s clear that your son has some issues with English composition, but overall he sounds like a very capable student, and his scores are in range for a lot of schools. It might be a good idea to have a teacher or tutor look over a sample of his writing to give you some feedback as to whether he seems to have a significant problem with written expression that would hurt him in college, or if it is more a matter of being tripped up over the standardized test format.</p>