<p>I got my ACT scores, and did surprisingly well (34 composite). However, i only got an 8 on the essay. Will this hurt me on college apps?</p>
<p>I'm in pretty much the same boat.</p>
<p>33 with 8 essay.</p>
<p>I'm not really worried, I can't see why you should be either. With a 34, I'm assuming you have a very good record in school, so I don't think an 8 is going to hurt you at all.</p>
<p>yea 34 and 9.. grr which gave me a 31 writing. i got a 790 writing on my SAT. weird</p>
<p>The way I look at it is that you wrote a single 2 page essay that some teacher/college kid looked at for two minutes. If you have a good record in English/composition an 8 or 9 on the ACT writing isn't going to be a dealbreaker.</p>