<p>ACT TEST ADVISE - Many schools require the ACT with writing. If you sign up for the writing portion too, PRACTICE AHEAD! Maybe even see a teacher or ACT coach for review. </p>
<p>There must be some kind of special criteria on the ACT essay scoring. My son, a fine writer (790 SAT writing) scored a 6 on the ACT essay in his Junior year. (That was 30th percentile. The pool of testers is smaller than for than the full ACT test… but still that 30% was a shocker. We didn’t submit those ACT scores anywhere, even though the other scores were ok. )</p>