Hey everyone. I recently received my ACT score and found out that my composite was great but my essay was lacking. I ended up getting a composite of 33 with the sub scores (31/31/35/34) but a 21/36 on the essay. That basically translates into a 7. Will the essay score hurt me when sending my score to colleges? Thank you in advance.
Doubt it, they may use it to verify your admission essay though.
Students are given around 2-3 months to refine their admission essay but only 40 minutes to write as much as they can for the ACT. Wouldn’t it be a bit unfair to use the ACT essay to verify our admissions essay?
No, what else are they going to use? They KNOW you and ONLY you wrote your ACT essay.