<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.</p>
<p>Is that something new? I just looked at my son’s ACT and SAT scores from a year ago, and the SAT essay score is just as obvious as the ACT essay score. There is a separate line item for the essay score for each. Is it reported differently now?</p>
<p>Besides…scores are often sent electronically to colleges…so wouldn’t each section have a line item, and the essay score have a line item? </p>
<p>More and more colleges are now requiring the essay, so in the future less kids will be skipping the essay. </p>
<p>Since Pepper’s son did very well in the Writing section of the SAT, it just doesn’t seem wise for him to skip the ACT. Scholarships aren’t usually based on the Writing section of the SAT, but it does count for the ACT. The essay scores aren’t considered for scholarships.</p>