<p>The deal with the ACT essay is that the score gets shown alone/prominently, while on SAT it gets more mixed in les obviously with the the multiple choice results. My older daughter had a similar experience as son, but she at least got an 8 (50%). I had attributed her ACT/SAT essay score mismatch to a bad day at ACT. So I kicked myself three years later after having my son wing it on the ACT the first time with no practice other than PLAN. </p>
<p>FYI - The ACT website says the GC can get a copy of the essay online, but our GC claimed it was not possible. </p>
<p>Again, the smaller test pool probably has a lot to do with the low % - many students to skip the optional writing since many colleges don’t require it.</p>