<p>Hey,</p>
<p>Does anyone that got a 12 on their ACT essay have any advice? And also, do you still have the copy of the essay that they sent back to you? If so, could you post it?</p>
<p>Oh, and also, if anybody is prepping with the Real ACT testbook, we should start a study group for the essay section using the prompts from the book. If anyone is interested, just say so!</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I got an 11...does that count? ANd I have no idea how in hell I did it. I hadn't really prepped at all for the ACT. Basically, I just made my argument coherent (it was on Senior Privileges - the April 8 topic). I talked about how it's something looked forward to since freshman year, etc. I think I had good transitions and word choice. Sentence structure variation could perhaps have been improved - maybe that's why one reader gave me a 5. I also had 2 personal anecdotes as well.</p>
<p>ooo i am prepping with the Real ACT testbook, dont know how much time i would have to go over the essays and stuff, but we can def do a study group for sure.</p>
<p>Hey, Senator Noodles, yea, an 11 is awesome too! Thanks for the tips. O, do you still have the essay you got an 11 on with you? Well, if u have time, could you type some of it so we can see what an 11 looks like?</p>
<p>Well, thanks a bunch!</p>
<p>Hey Kevin,</p>
<p>Yeah. We should def study the essay part together. Probably by chatroom or something? But hopefully, more ppl will want to do it so we have more input.</p>
<p>You guys do know that you dont have to keep taking the essay over and over again. If you are comfortable with a score you got on a previous test, colleges will look at it, since the essay is a seperate entity from the test itself.</p>
<p>I got a 11 on my essay.</p>
<p>Write the essay like you would write an essay for english class, using eloborate examples and details. That will give you a good score.</p>
<p>I scored a 5 on the Essay (out of 12), and I have some advice: Write, write, and write.. don't stop to think - just write. Apparently, quantity is far greater than quality to the Essay graders. Don't make the mistake that I (and others here) did by aiming to write a perfectly formed 1-2 page essay with no mistakes and perfect composition, or you'll end up in the 4% percentile like I did. That might get you an A+ in English class, but it's going to get you an F- on the ACT essay. </p>
<p>I scored a 35 on the English on that same test and have never scored below an A on essays done for school, for reference...</p>
<p>It seems that essay size is directly proportionate to score. Write four pages of every single detail/example/anything you can think of on topic, and a higher score is likely in reach.</p>
<p>PS: Are you sure about that excel? I was under the impression that ACT did not allow any score mix/matching whatsoever. I thought that you -could- send an older essay to a college, but they'd be getting your older scores along with it.</p>
<p>You cant mix and match anything.....you have to send composite scores.</p>
<p>I contacted some colleges about the writing section and I asked them if I had to keep taking it over and over again. They said that you can send in any writing score. So that means when I report my scores, I choose the best composite test score out of all the times I have taken the ACT. Then I have to report the testing date in which I did the writing score.</p>
<p>PS: it is not about how much you write on the ACT Writing portion...it is how you write it. ACT essay graders are giving you points on what you have. They look for specific stuff.</p>
<p>How to send only ur composite score? My essay score is just pityful:I only got a 6. But in English class, I always is the best. Ehhhhh, this is so frustrating.</p>
<p>And I want to join the study group.</p>
<p>you can just send the composite score if you took the test with it. It all goes together.</p>
<p>Ok, tonite, once I get home, I'll post up the essay prompt from the ACT prep book and we can start discussing it.</p>
<p>k sounds good</p>
<p>Check PM....</p>
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<blockquote> <p>it is not about how much you write on the ACT Writing portion...it is >>how you write it. ACT essay graders are giving you points on what >>you have. They look for specific stuff.</p> </blockquote>
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<p>Well, I would love to hear what that is.. </p>
<p>Granted, I don't exactly have a large sample size, but i've seen four separate people on here who were flunked in the worst way on the Essay who've gotten high scores in English and A's on school-wrote essays, all with one thing in common: writing very little in length on the ACT essay. Out of the 30 or so people who posted Essay scores for the April ACT, I wasn't able to find someone who wrote less than 2 pages and was scored a 10+... coincidence, or not?</p>
<p>more writing = well developed essay....you can write a lot...but it has to be good </p>
<p>my comments from my ACT essay: General statements in your essay were well supported with specific reasons, examples, and details.</p>
<p>Do you guys follow the format advised by PR? </p>
<p>They recommend taht in your first body paragraph, you attack the opposing viewpoint by stating reasons why yuo think its not true... And in the next two body paragraphs, support your own claim..</p>
<p>is this what you guys do too?</p>
<p>anyone have sample prompts from actual ACT exams?</p>
<p>Wazzup: I did something similar to that on mine on the April test. I stated with some strong supporting reasons and examples in the middle two paragraphs and wrapped it up with attacking the opposing viewpoint and summary in the last (would have separated them, but I was short on time). In any case, it panned out well enough. But when score day came, I was left with a 5. Like I said, 2 pages just doesn't cut it. (especially when it's closer to 1 like mine was)</p>
<p>I liked the essay...some prep book I used had that same essay as a practice one and said at the end what to include/how to score yourself :)</p>