<p>I know colleges mainly want the ACT plus Writing, but how important is the actual score? I just got my Dec ACT results and I got a 36 in English, but i know the essay wasn't very good (still waiting on the score). How important is the Writing score?</p>
<p>The essay score if I remember correctly is not part of your composite score. Only some colleges request it, and I would guess a great essay could have them overlook it. Just my opinion.</p>
<p>I’m wondering about this, too. I was writing for a good chunk of the time, but I only could write a page and a half. I hope they put more consideration into quality versus quantity. The English portion did not seem too terrible; so, I hopefully did well in that…</p>
<p>I got a 36 on the English part as well and an 8 on the essay. 8 isn’t the greatest, but the combined English/Writing score is still a 32 (and in the 99th percentile!) No worries… I hope the good English score for both of us may help the Writing score a bit.</p>
<p>The writing scores don’t seem to have much influence in college admissions, providing you don’t do really badly. For example, the average ACT composite score at any ivy league school or similar institution might be a 34, but the average writing score might be an 8 or 9. It’s not uncommon at all for those kind of admissions statistics. </p>
<p>95% of all top schools require the writing, so it obviously counts for something. It is the one part of the test where you get to be a little creative and think outside the bubbles. Separates the drones from the thinkers.</p>
<p>Yes. However it is not factored when they are considering your test scores, usually. Perhaps so but at a much lesser weight. The essays you send in addition to your application are usually to be your “thinking” perspective.</p>
<p>Not that important at all </p>
<p>An essay score of 8 is the criteria for proficiency. It would be fine if you score 8 or above.</p>